Is Galvanized Steel A Sustainable Option?

As demand grows for an ever-dwindling amount of resources, questions of sustainability arise in every industry. Business owners and their customers alike search for sustainable materials and methods that won’t cause so much damage to the environment around us. Galvanized steel has a long history of sustainability. Unlike many other metal treatment options today, the […]

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Meet Our 5 Monnig Global Plants

Monnig Global started small with a single plant in Glasgow, Missouri in 1960. You may not know that Monnig Global has grown since then, and is now the parent company to five plants across the United States. The five plants that Monnig Global operates are Monnig Industries, Universal Galvanizing, Indiana Galvanizing, Big Bend Galvanizing and […]

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The Proper Way to Fabricate Steel for Safe Galvanizing

When you are designing and fabricating steel that you intend to galvanize, there are a number of important considerations for success of the galvanizing process. Whether you are working with galvanized steel for the first time or for the one-hundredth time, there are some predictable issues you need to discuss with your galvanizer at the […]

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How to Avoid Build-Up on Galvanized Steel

Maintaining a like-new finish on galvanized steel requires attention to two sets of activities. The first is preventing build-up on galvanized steel, and the second is removing build-up without damaging the zinc coating or the steel beneath it. Preventing Build-Up on Galvanized Steel The most important step in preventing corrosion on galvanized steel is keeping […]

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Regalvanize It: Everything You Need to Know About Galvanizing a Second Time

There are almost no structural materials with a longer life expectancy than galvanized steel. ASTM Standard A123 gives builders guidance on the expected time to first maintenance, the number of years galvanized steel will be in service before even the first 5 percent of the zinc coating needs to be renewed. In an industrial setting, […]

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