Edcon and Industry News

We’re proud to be supporting the WorldSkills Competition once again. The biennial competition sees apprentices and trainees from around Australia competing in a range of vocational skills competitions, including Fitting.

While our stores are open and we continue to operate following strict government COVID-19 guidelines, online or phone orders maybe a better option in these current NSW Health restrictions.

The steel price increase continues thanks to slowed production in India, persistent shipping delays and China’s rebate changes.

Steel supply update: NSW track repairs enable Orrcon Steel to rebuild inventory levels and stabilise production after the March 2021 severe weather event.

Steel recycling is a key driver in the construction industry and at Edcon Steel, we’re proud to be part of an industry with such a focus on sustainability.

Edcon Steel has your welding needs covered with our range of SpeedGas cylinders available for purchase and swap and go, including acetylene, argon, CO2, oxygen and nitrogen.

The recent flooding disaster on the NSW north coast, coupled with COVID-19 shortages and shipping disruptions, has led to significant steel supply issues. Make sure you don’t get caught out when pricing jobs for later in the year.

Increasing costs of raw materials, government-imposed restrictions, shipping container shortages…they’re all contributing to steel prices increasing. And they’re going to continue to go up.

It’s important to us at Edcon Steel that we continue to evolve and innovate our capabilities so we can provide our customers with the best service and results. In line with this, we recently upgraded our steel cutting facilities at both our Brookvale and Blacktown stores. The existing equipment was dated and increasingly inaccurate and unreliable.

For more than 50 years, Jeff Edmunds was a guiding force in Edcon Steel. His passing is a great loss to not only all of us at Edcon Steel who knew him as a father, friend and mentor, but also for our many customers and associates who worked with him over many years.

Collaboration is how we’ve always done things at Edcon Steel. From our beginning more than 50 years ago, we have built many partnerships and steel collaborations along the way.