A Black Country galvanizing business is making a big splash in the independent boating sector, even though it is based nearly 100 miles from the coastline.

Despite its landlocked location, Willenhall-based B.E. Wedge, part of Wedge Group Galvanizing, is carving out a name for itself as a key part of the supply chain for yachtsman up and down the UK, as it is one of the few companies in the country that has the capability to properly galvanize continuous lengths of anchor chain.

As one of the few facilities in the UK able to perform centrifuge galvanizing – where small pieces of steel, such as bolts, or nuts, are placed in baskets and 'spun' to ensure excess zinc is removed and prevent links in the chain from sticking together – B.E. Wedge has seen a dramatic increase in the number of independent yachtsman and sailors calling on its services in the past few months. Requests have come from all across the UK, from Hampshire on the south coast all the way up to Scotland, with one client even requiring a galvanized anchor chain to be supplied for a vessel en route to Norway which had docked in Plymouth.


Commenting on his recent experiences, seasoned sailor Gavin McLaren from Falmouth, Cornwall said:

"The quality of the galvanized anchor chain is excellent. Because of the special operation B.E. Wedge employs, which is unique to the plant, none of the chain's links are welded together and there aren't any unsightly blobs of zinc hanging off, which can affect how the chain fits on the boat’s windlass gypsy, the mechanism that enables the anchor to be raised and lowered."

Wedge Group Galvanizing is the largest hot dip galvanizing organisations in the UK with a history dating back over 150 years. With 14 plants strategically placed across the country, the firm offers a truly national galvanizing service.

For further information please contact Wedge Group Galvanizing on 01902 630311 or visit

www.wedge-galv.co.uk