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New Paintline To Meet Demand For COLORBOND® Steel
An artist's impression of the new BlueScope Steel COLORBOND® steel paintline at Erskine Park in Western Sydney.
| Location: | Erskine Park, Western Sydney |
| Country: | Australia |
| Construction Date: | March 2007 |
| Project Size: | A$120 million |
| Products Used: |
COLORBOND® steel |
Construction work has begun on BlueScope Steel's latest COLORBOND® steel paintline at Erskine Park in Western Sydney. The A$120 million paintline will cater for steadily increasing local demand for COLORBOND® steel.
The state-of-the-art facility is expected to be commissioned by March 2007 and is designed to produce 120,000 tonnes per year, enough COLORBOND® steel to supply roof cladding for 80,000 homes.
The plant, located on a "green field" site, has been designed to incorporate world's best practice environmental protection measures. It will incorporate regenerative thermal oxidiser technology, a first for any BlueScope Steel production line, to ensure optimal air quality.
"The growth of steel as a building material and the growth in consumer demand for COLORBOND® steel has driven the decision to develop this facility," says Peter Nash, Vice President Sales, BlueScope Steel.
"The Erskine Park facility will deliver capacity in line with forecast domestic demand, to meet the needs of BlueScope Steel's domestic customers."
"It provides BlueScope Steel with an in-market coil painting presence in Western Sydney, Australia's largest metropolitan market."
"The site is situated close to Australian Building & Manufacturing Markets major customers, which will facilitate a high level of service to our customers."
"The site is designed to capture a high proportion of the rainwater which falls on the roof areas and to recycle most of the water for site irrigation, toilet flushing and process use," he said.
"It will also be the first development of such a large scale to use the innovative HYDRORIB® stormwater drainage pipe product developed by BlueScope Water.
"The paintline building will also be an architectural showcase for industrial development," Ross Sharrock continued.
"It will be a benchmark for future similar developments in the Western Sydney area and will demonstrate that industrial buildings made from COLORBOND® steel can satisfy increasing demand for higher levels of architectural merit in industrial buildings."
