Pioneer Water Tanks Primed For Export Success

Pioneer Water Tanks is undertaking a multi million dollar capacity expansion project to support significant growth in export sales in the next 12 months.

The company, acquired by BlueScope Water in 2005, provides commercial and community water supply solutions to 50 countries and has agents and distributors in 15 countries.

"We recently opened an office in Texas because there are significant water shortages in some parts of the US," Pioneer Water Tanks General Manager Daniel Wyatt says. "We have also recently received US Standard certification, allowing us broader entry into that country's market."

Pioneer Water Tanks, which invests in engineering and product development, has designed and manufactured seismic tanks for the earthquake prone West Coast of the US.

"The tanks are designed with stronger wall panels and roofs, and have additional 'slosh' capacity, allowing them to handle internal waves when they're shaken during an earthquake," Daniel says.

He says Pioneer Water Tanks' top three export markets are the US, South Africa and the Middle East, and the company has identified a growing need for humanitarian and commercial water solutions in other countries.

"We manufactured more than 50 water tanks for Sudan when the civil war ended in 2005 to help prevent disease spreading through contaminated water supply," Daniel says.

Humanitarian clients include Oxfam, the United Nations, Rotary and the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

"Our tanks are ideal for remote locations because of their modular design," Daniel says. "They are 1.2 metre by 2.1 metre modules that can be flat-packed onto a pallet and transported in shipping containers, on trucks or by helicopter."

Pioneer Water Tanks manufactures steel tanks with capacities ranging from 12,000 litres to 2.6 million litres.

Tank walls and roofs are made from COLORBOND® steel and ZINCALUME® steel, and all tanks are lined with a five layer AQUALINER® membrane.

Pioneer Water Tanks, based in the Perth suburb of Bellevue, has manufactured tanks for Australian rural and commercial markets since 1988.

"We sell rural customers tanks that are used for water storage on farms, fire-fighting supplies, supplying water to schools, and irrigating bowling greens and other sporting surfaces," Daniel says. "Demand for our tanks is currently very strong in all states of Australia."

Rural tanks account for 60 per cent of Pioneer Water Tanks' local sales, with the balance of sales being made to commercial customers such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and the WA Water Corporation.

"We're a key supplier to the WA Water Corporation, providing them with tanks that can hold up to one million litres of water for urban and rural community water storage," Daniel says.

Pioneer Water Tanks is a member of the STEEL BY™ Brand Partnership Program.

For more information contact:

Daniel Wyatt
Pioneer Water Tanks
Ph: 08 9274 4577
www.pioneertanks.com.au