SOUTHERN STEEL: PROJECT READY STEEL, ON SITE WHEN YOU NEED IT ITS ROOTS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN THE AUSTRALIAN STEEL INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN STEEL GROUP HAS QUIETLY AND METHODICALLY GROWN INTO ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S LEADING BUSINESS GROUPS. DURING ITS LONG HISTORY, SOUTHERN STEEL GROUP HAS PARTNERED WITH, AND CONTRIBUTED TO, MUCH OF AUSTRALIA’S INDUSTRIAL JOURNEY IN MINING, AGRICULTURE, ARCHITECTURE, DEFENCE, CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
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rom its humble beginnings in 1947 Wollongong, New South Wales, the Southern Steel Group is proud of its rich history. Over the last 75 years, the company has grown its asset base to include 23 subsidiary steel supply, processing and distribution businesses under management. Today, the Group’s network covers steel products, sheet and coil, steel processing and distribution. It continues to fortify its position through strategic acquisitions incorporating ethical governance and management oversight. With national reach, the Southern Steel Group’s network is represented in all Australian mainland states. The company’s long term client portfolio is extensive and features some of Australia’s most influential steel fabrication, engineering and construction companies. The Group’s network continues to service small, medium and large enterprises with flexibility, humility and excellence in customer service and communication. ADVANCED STEEL PROCESSING
Southern Steel's advanced steel processing services consistently deliver value-added steel solutions to all market segments, including fabrication, construction, agriculture, transport and mining.
HGG SPC 1200 pipe profiler.
According to Greg Peat (Processing Marketing Manager, Southern Steel Supplies), "We can process all materials. Our beam line cutting and drilling services include plasma and saw cutting, coping, notching and mitre cutting. We can provide full CNC plate profiling solutions for any project utilising oxy and plasma cutting techniques." "Our plate profiling service is efficient and fast. In addition to cutting, we offer hole drilling, countersinking, weld prep bevelling, and external rolling, pressing and bending services." SOPHISTICATED PIPE PROFILING
Southern Steel is the only distributor in Australia that boasts pipe cutting capabilities, having recently invested in two HGG SPC 1200s for their Sydney and Queensland facilities. A highly accurate pipe cutting machine, the SPC 1200 is engineered to process highly complex designs of a wide variety of sizes and wall thicknesses, saving time and resources on laying out cuts, manual cutting and grinding. Southern Steel can process pipe from 80mm to 1225mm in diameter, and up to 12m in length. "We supply fully processed material to fabrication workshops so that fabricators can concentrate on their core business. We speed up their process, making our customers more efficient and productive, and reducing their materials handling
and waste." "Our pipe machine is quite unique—it will scallop, put in transition points, and mark up to 1,200mm diameter pipe. It saves our customers more than just simple materials handling." "Traditionally, fabricators that work with pipe use cardboard templates in a very time consuming process. Our pipe processing capabilities eliminate all of that for fabrication shops. Some fabricators take one look at project drawings, see that there is pipe involved and say 'no way'—it's just too hard. Now, they can take on these projects, knowing that they can do it with our support." "At the moment, fabrication businesses are finding it almost impossible to get tradesmen like boilermakers and welders. With the processing capabilities that we offer, fabricators don’t need the manpower that they would normally," said Greg. Southern Steel's pipe processing capabilities are already proving beneficial for the Australian steel supply chain, having been instrumental in major projects such as CommBank Stadium and the roof trusses at the Centre of Excellence at Concord Oval (both located in western Sydney), Jubliee Hotel in Brisbane, Salesforce Tower in Circular Quay, and the Amazon Distribution Warehouse at Kemps Creek (profiled opposite).
Jubilee Hotel Development in Brisbane.
