Erskine Park. Visit by Property Council

Penrith City Council’s general manager, Alan Stoneham, will speak at BlueScope Steel’s new Western Sydney Service Centre, at Erskine Park, during a visit by members of the Property Council of Australia (NSW), on May 7. The centre, the first Sydney-based paint line for BlueScope Steel, meets best practice in terms of its manufacturing processes, as well as taking a leadership position on water and energy efficiency, which won it the 2007 NSW Urban Taskforce Development Excellence Award for Industrial Development. Other speakers include Ian Kiernan, Clean Up Australia, and Brian Rooney, manager In-Market, BlueScope Steel

BlueScope goes green in Erskine Park

BlueScope Steel’s new $150 million paintline and service centre, at Erskine Park, incorporates the latest technology in reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. By reusing the heat from the product drying and baking process, the company is able to recycle it and it to pre-heat ovens and heat water. The company, also, is examining options of storing waste heat and making it available to other businesses in the region