From sand to post Summit Steel & Wire’s fencing products are world renowned for their durability and marketleading quality. Made in Christchurch, using only the highest quality raw materials in their state-of-the-art production facility,
Summit has tried and proven its XFence,
Pro Fence and Summit product ranges in
In the Newcastle processing plant, the billet is rolled into its final wire form. Then it is sent through for its two gas wipe layer coatings of zinc/aluminium. The gas wipe coating differs from other ways of manufacturing, as it allows the wire an even spread of the zinc/aluminium layer. Other methods can leave an uneven coating which promotes patchy wear and the potential for rust to appear sooner.
LEADING THE WAY InfraBuild Wire are also a leader in galvanised wire production technology operating a number of galvanising lines with a significant portion of their capacity reserved for production of the corrosion resistant Zinc/Aluminium coated wires. This is the zinc/aluminium wire that Summit uses in its Xtralife™ fencing products.
the harshest conditions and most testing applications across the globe.
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But what is it that separates their products from the rest?
Steel is sourced from the Whyalla Steelworks in South Australia’s Middleback Ranges, 400km North-West of Adelaide where 1.2 million tonnes of iron-ore is produced every year and turned into commercial grade billet feed
Summit Steel & Wire’s primary
wire supplier, InfraBuild Wire, has a
long and proud year history in wire production – over 100 years– and
has been manufacturing high quality
fencing products for the Australian and international markets.
InfraBuild is a fully integrated steel
manufacturer with control of its upstream raw material inputs thereby maintaining strict control over the quality of the steel rod that is its key input to wire manufacturing.
Steel is sourced from the Whyalla Steelworks in South Australia’s
Middleback Ranges, 400km North-West of Adelaide where 1.2 million tonnes
of iron-ore is produced every year and
turned into commercial grade billet feed. The billet is then sent to a processing plant, in the New South Wales beach town of Newcastle where the billet is
turned into the class leading wire used in Summit’s products.
Raw materials sourced from the Whyalla Steelworks in South Australia’s Middleback Ranges
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ISSUE 60 / MARCH 2021
Summit wire being drawn into coils
Close up view of production site
Red hot billet on the production line
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