We're building our verified hot-dip galvanizing network in Kitchener. Tell us what you need and our team will source and match capable Canadian shops, usually within two business days. It's free for buyers, with no account required.
Request a quote →Hot-dip galvanizing immerses steel in molten zinc for long-term corrosion protection. Sourcing hot-dip galvanizing in Kitchener? Made to Spec matches your job to vetted Canadian shops. Describe your part once, process, material, tolerance, quantity and any required certifications, and our team routes your RFQ to shops that can actually make it, then comes back with 3 to 5 quotes. It is free for buyers, with no account needed, and your drawing stays in Canada.
The attributes that decide a good match are the specific process, the materials a shop is tooled and experienced for, the tolerance class they can hold, and, for regulated work, their certifications. An AS9100 shop is effectively mandatory for aerospace parts, ISO 13485 for medical devices, and IATF 16949 for automotive production. We confirm those before we route your job.
Galvanizing is usually priced by weight, with minimums per batch. It is a cost-effective, decades-long corrosion barrier for outdoor and structural steel. Design matters: parts need proper vent and drain holes for the zinc, and very large or very small parts can carry handling premiums.
One RFQ instead of cold-calling ten shops. We only route to Canadian shops we have vetted for the specific capability and certifications your job needs, so the quotes you get back are from shops that can genuinely fulfill the work.
Decades in most environments. Life tracks the zinc coating weight (set by ASTM A123 for steel, A153 for hardware) and the exposure: rural lasts longest, coastal and industrial less. For a colour finish on top, a duplex system (galvanize then powder or paint) extends life further.
Proper vent and drain holes so molten zinc flows in and out, no fully enclosed pockets, and sealed overlapping surfaces. Share the drawing and the shop flags anything that needs a vent before dipping.
Hot-dip is a thick, rugged barrier for structural and outdoor steel; zinc plating is thin, for fasteners and indoor parts; galvannealed is a mill coating for formable sheet. If the part lives outside or carries load, hot-dip is usually the answer.
AS9100 is the aerospace quality standard and is effectively mandatory for flight and defence parts. It builds on ISO 9001 with added requirements for traceability, risk and configuration management. Tell us if your part needs it and we only route to certified shops.
Prototype and short-run work often turns in 1 to 2 weeks; production runs typically run 2 to 4 weeks depending on material availability, finishing and shop capacity. Share your timeline in the RFQ and we prioritise shops that can hit it.
Yes. Under CUSMA, qualifying parts move tariff-free across the border. Ask for cross-border-ready shops and we route to ones that already handle the customs documentation and freight.
The Controlled Goods Program (CGP) is Canada's domestic industrial security program under the Defence Production Act. A shop that examines, possesses or transfers controlled goods or controlled technical data in Canada must be CGP-registered. If your part or its drawings are controlled goods, common in defence and some aerospace work, we route only to registered shops.