SSAB and Adelaide Profile Services (APS) have formed a strong partnership to support customers in the quarrying sector.
A true partnership is always forged over time, and the same can be said for SSAB and Adelaide Profile Services (APS).
APS is one of the largest processors of Hardox® wear plate materials in Australia and has built its reputation by supplying the Hardox® wear plate products in Australia’s key sectors.
From its headquarters in Lonsdale, South Australia, the company works with customers across the quarrying and mining industries, in particular, who require its expertise in laser, oxy, water jet, and plasma cutting to create tailored steel plate solutions. In recent times, this has included liners, screen media, and wear components for local quarry operators.
The South Australians pride themselves on manufacturing locally with rapid turnarounds to minimise customers’ downtime. And it’s these values that have aligned APS with SSAB as partners for 15 years.
“For us, SSAB is a reputable company with high-quality material, and their support and technical knowledge are unmatched in the industry,” APS sales manager Adam Ozolins told Quarry.
As SSAB has expanded its global presence, APS has grown in tandem with the Swedish steel manufacturer. APS is an official Hardox® Wearparts centre, part of SSAB’s global network of trusted partners serving customers in the quarrying and mining sector. The status has been earned and retained by APS for the past decade on the back of their work in key sectors, including quarrying and mining.
“Our relationship has been going from strength to strength. They were super impressed with our operations because we’re doing it better and we’re doing it right,” APS director Lenny DeRoma told Quarry.
“The support of SSAB and the Hardox® brand, we’re leveraging off that, but through that, we’re one of the dominant players in the market, in their eyes as well.”
For APS, the reason Hardox® stands out in a crowded market comes down to three key factors: product consistency, weldability, and depth of hardness. As an official Hardox® Wearparts centre, APS stocks the entire range of SSAB products to use in its industrial solutions. This includes Hardox® 450, Hardox® 500, Hardox® 550, Hardox® 500 Tuf and the Strenx® range.
By being part of SSAB’s global network, APS can help its customers by accessing the resources and global expertise of other Hardox® wearparts centres if required.
“That’s what the wear parts centres are all about, especially networking with other wear parts centres. It is a big plus for our business and our customers that we can network with those businesses,” Ozolins said.
“But we’re also able to do everything in-house, which means we don’t have to rely on third and fourth parties to value add. We can do it and meet the customer’s requirements in the time required.”
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While APS is based in South Australia, its partnership with SSAB has enabled the company to deliver work interstate.
APS has worked directly with quarry customers, as well as fabricators manufacturing key products for the sector.
“We do a lot of work for everyone. We don’t just do things for ourselves, we do things for everyone around the whole country,” DeRoma said. “We’ve got an experienced team with experienced technical and sales people, plus we can lean into SSAB’s metallurgists and technical guys.”
With its capabilities in laser, oxy, water jet, and plasma cutting, APS can locally make wear steel plate solutions tailored to customer requirements. The company prides itself on “in-house value-adding”, which includes pressing and folding and CNC machining materials for large-scale projects. This can range from small amounts through to materials over eight metres in length.
“We have that capability in-house as a value add. We have over 3000 tonnes of material on-hand, which means we can stock and process material as well,” DeRoma said.
APS specialises in liners, crusher screens, vibrating screens, and bucket works, including cutting edges, bevels, and more. The company has supplied chute liners, wear liners, and tray liners to the sector. It has worked on an extensive range of solutions for buckets, including lips, cutting edges, bucket rolls and blades. The family-owned business can deliver one-off projects or major works using the latest technology, machines, and programming software.
APS’ team prides itself on supplying customers with a product that is ready to perform as soon as it leaves the workshop.
“Anything that is custom, we can do that as made-to-order in-house,” DeRoma said. “We can work with the requirements, technical specifications and drawings the customer provides. From there we can make it to order; any size, any shape, any requirement.
“For technical support, we’re skilled enough to do that knowledge and intel in-house.”
DeRoma and the APS team are confident their partnership with SSAB will see them go from strength-to-strength.
“We’ve got a world-leading product, with world-leading capability and equipment, yet we’re doing that and supplying that locally,” DeRoma said. •
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