FORT WORTH, Texas, May 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AZZ
incorporated (NYSE:AZZ), a global provider of galvanizing services,
welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly
engineered services, today announced that AZZ Galvanizing Services
won "Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing," awards in five categories
- out of 14 – including the highest honor awarded, "Most
Distinguished." The American Galvanizers Association (AGA), a
leading trade association in the galvanizing industry, presented
the awards.
The Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards recognizes the
special skill and efforts of galvanizers, fabricators, architects,
engineers, contractors, and all other parties as they complete
projects that will remain durable, beautiful, and maintenance-free
for generations to come. AZZ Galvanizing Services competed
against more than 60 projects representing hot-dip galvanizing's
versatility. The annual awards are presented to projects that
utilize hot-dip galvanizing in an ideal, creative, innovative or
monumental fashion. All submissions were judged online by a panel
of architects and engineers.
"AZZ Galvanizing is honored to have participated in the projects
that have been recognized with these awards," said Joe Langemeier, Vice President of Sales &
Marketing of AZZ Galvanizing Services. "The architects,
engineers, fabricators and contractors that conceived, designed,
built and erected these structures deserve the accolades. In
the end, it is the owners and users that benefit from the decision
to utilize hot-dip galvanizing to protect these projects from
corrosion. We look forward to submitting more unique projects for
next year's competition."
The highest honor presented is the Excellence Award for the
"Most Distinguished." AZZ Galvanizing Services - Jackson was
recognized as "Most Distinguished" for its work at The
Lazy Magnolia Brewery in Kiln, MS. The owners'
specified hot-dip galvanized (HDG) steel for the building expansion
because of its cost effectiveness and durability under harsh
conditions at the brewery. Lazy Magnolia is dedicated to providing
the best possible products, and selecting the most cost-effective
corrosion protection, hot-dip galvanizing was the correct solution.
Steam and changing pH levels required a degree of protection only
HDG could provide.
AZZ Galvanizing Services - Denver is the proud winner of the "Original
Equipment Manufacturing" Excellence Award for the use of hot-dip
galvanized steel throughout The Cherry Creek Systems
Facility in Denver, CO.
Greenhouse customers and environmental conscientiousness
often go hand-in-hand, which made Cherry Creek Systems' choice of a
galvanized coating for its greenhouses an easy decision. Cherry
Creek Systems' founder Arie Van
Wingerden said, "The galvanized coating was the perfect
choice because of its 100% recyclability, making this an
earth-friendly solution for corrosion protection, as well as
helping out Cherry Creek Systems' bottom line because of its low
lifecycle cost."
AGA's "Food & Agriculture" award was earned by AZZ
Galvanizing Services - Peoria for galvanizing more than 150,000
lbs. of steel to construct The Petone Elevator in Petone,
IL. Hot-dip galvanized steel was selected to protect the catwalks,
bucket elevator and all angle iron used for the project.
Hot-dip galvanizing provides abrasion resistance, a common issue
with agriculture structures. For this reason and many others, the
agricultural community prefers hot-dip galvanized steel.
Winning the "Duplex Systems" award was AZZ Galvanizing Services
- Jackson for work on The Point Cadet Pavilion in
Biloxi, MS. The open air pavilion
is built on the site of a Coast Guard seaplane hangar that was
completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and is built in a similar
shape. The pavilion hosts family events, symphonies, crawfish
boils, and other special events for the community. The combination
of paint over galvanized steel on the project's tube columns and
rolled trusses was used to extend the life of the project 1.5 times
or more – making hot-dip galvanizing and paint the logical choice.
The dual-coating will provide unmatched corrosion protection and
beauty for the Pavilion for generations.
Another award winner displaying the more amusing, creative side
of hot-dip galvanized steel was AZZ Galvanizing Services -
Arizona for its work on The
Praying Mantis Sculpture displayed in Black Rock Desert, NV
which took home the "Artistic" award. The Praying Mantis Sculpture
was created for the Burning Man Festival that has quickly grown
into an iconic, annual event that celebrates individual uniqueness
of the human spirit and boasts a net zero impact on the
environment. The sculpture's artist, Heather Dessel, utilized HDG after learning the
galvanizing process is green which fits with one of the festivals'
key 10 principles, leaving no trace and recyclability. The
sculpture highlights the versatility of hot-dip galvanizing used in
amusing, creative and innovative ways.
About the American Galvanizers Association
Founded in 1935, the American Galvanizers Association (AGA) is a
nonprofit trade association dedicated to serving the needs of
fabricators, architects, specifiers and engineers, providing
technical support on innovative applications and state-of-the-art
technological developments in hot-dip galvanizing for corrosion
control. www.galvanizeit.org
Presented annually, the AGA Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing
awards recognize projects that utilize after-fabrication
hot-galvanized steel in an ideal, creative, monumental, or
otherwise impressive fashion in 13 distinct categories: Artistic,
Bridge & Highway, Building Architecture, Civic
Contribution, Duplex Coatings, Electrical Utility &
Communication, Food & Agriculture, Industrial, International,
Original Equipment Manufacturing, Recreation & Entertainment,
Transportation, and Water & Marine. Winning projects represent
the finest achievement in the use of hot-dip galvanizing in project
design and concept.
About AZZ Galvanizing Services
AZZ Galvanizing Services, a division of AZZ incorporated
headquartered in Fort Worth,
Texas, owns and operates 36 hot-dip galvanizing plants
across the United States and
Canada with kettles ranging from
16' to 62' in length. The network of plants enables the company to
accommodate the largest projects with customized turnaround time at
a competitive price. "GalvXtra," AZZ's unique nickel-zinc alloy
process, helps meet the highest quality standards.
About AZZ incorporated
AZZ incorporated is a global provider of galvanizing services,
welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly
engineered services to the markets of power generation,
transmission, distribution and industrial in protecting metal and
electrical systems used to build and enhance the world's
infrastructure. AZZ Galvanizing is a leading provider of metal
finishing solutions for corrosion protection, including hot-dip
galvanizing to the North American steel fabrication industry. AZZ
Energy is dedicated to delivering safe and reliable transmission of
power from generation sources to end customers, and automated weld
overlay solutions for corrosion and erosion mitigation to critical
infrastructure in the energy markets worldwide.
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uncertainties including, but not limited to, changes in customer
demand and response to products and services offered by AZZ,
including demand by the power generation markets, electrical
transmission and distribution markets, the industrial markets, and
the hot-dip galvanizing markets; prices and raw material cost,
including zinc and natural gas which are used in the hot-dip
galvanizing process; changes in the political stability and
economic conditions of the various markets that AZZ serves, foreign
and domestic, customer requested delays of shipments, acquisition
opportunities, currency exchange rates, adequacy of financing, and
availability of experienced management and employees to implement
AZZ's growth strategy. AZZ has provided additional information
regarding risks associated with the business in AZZ's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2015 and other filings with the SEC,
available for viewing on AZZ's website at www.azz.com and on
the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. You are urged to consider
these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking
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entirety by this cautionary statement. These statements are based
on information as of the date hereof and AZZ assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Contact:
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Joe Langemeier, Vice
President of Sales & Marketing - AZZ Galvanizing
Services
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Paul Fehlman, Senior
Vice President – Finance and CFO
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AZZ incorporated
817-810-0095
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Internet:
www.azz.com
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Lytham Partners
602-889-9700
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Joe Dorame or Robert
Blum
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Internet:
www.lythampartners.com
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