Hereford & Shropshire Galvanizers
Securing Price and Supply Stability with Greenfields Energy Group
Bureau Services
Ensuring 100% bill accuracy and taking the hassle out of supplier engagement.
Flexible Gas Contact
Giving access to manage procurement on the wholesale market.
Client Overview
Hereford & Shropshire Galvanizers is a metallurgical services company specialising in hot-dip galvanizing, applying a zinc coating to steel to prevent corrosion. They also operate powder coating services, allowing for a “duplex” system, both galvanizing + coating, on projects.
They have sites in Hereford and Oswestry, serving architectural, industrial, decorative, and structural steelwork needs.
Challenge
As an industrial operation, Hereford & Shropshire Galvanizers must run their operation 24 hours a day. Their galvanizing kettle is a significant energy source , and because it contains around 120 tonnes of zinc in a gas-fired furnace, it must remain on all the time. Due to their continuous, high-energy consumption, the company requires long-term visibility for their energy contracts and price stability
Solution
Hereford & Shropshire Galvanizers partnered with Greenfields Energy Group to address their need for price stability and long-term contract visibility. This partnership not only assists the company with budgeting but also helps them provide stability to their own customers regarding the charges they make. Key areas of support included:
Energy Procurement: Greenfields provides tailored solutions for electricity and gas procurement, which involves analysing usage, comparing offers, and negotiating the best terms to ensure cost savings and long-term value.
Risk Management: For an energy-intensive business like Hereford & Shropshire Galvanizers, this service is key to identifying and mitigating threats like energy price volatility, ensuring the company can plan ahead and maintain profitability.
Energy Bureau Services: Utility bill validation, consumption monitoring, and budget forecasting. Saving time, reducing errors, and improves decision-making. Our bespoke client portal gives the client instant visibility of accurate cost and consumption data.
Results
Working with Greenfields Energy Group has provided Hereford & Shropshire Galvanizers with crucial support and expertise:
Long-Term Visibility: Greenfields helps the company with long-term planning for contracts.
Price and Budget Stability: The partnership aids internal budgeting and helps Hereford Galvanizers maintain stable pricing for their customers.
Trusted Partnership: Managing Director Dave Watkins values the supply chain partnership, highlighting that Rich and Liam at Greenfields Energy have been a "really good benefit" to the business.
Industry Expertise: The team at Greenfields has been in the industry a long time and "know what they’re talking about".
Appropriate Scale: Greenfields is described as being "small enough firm to care but big enough to cope" with the amount of energy Hereford Galvanizers procures every year.
“I think the most important thing for any business is to have a supply chain partnership. Having people like Rich and Liam at Greenfield Energy has been a really good benefit to our business.”
Dave Watkins, Managing Director, Hereford & Shropshire Galvanizers.
Expert Insight
Managing headline costs is one thing but having the ability to have greater visibility on consumption which can be shared with the team is critical.
Running a complex and diverse estate is challenging and being able to talk directly with knowledgeable people who know your business is essential.
The key factors in our successful relationships with Hereford & Shropshire Galvanizers have been our industry-specific knowledge and a direct, personal partnership that allows for quick, informed responses to a client's specific business needs and energy challenges.
Liam Conway, Co-Founder, Greenfields Energy Group