History

Los Angeles Galvanizing has been servicing the Southern California area and surrounding states with quality hot-dip galvanizing since 1932.

From a place and time when material handling involved rope block pulley hoists and a cherry picker, we have evolved into a larger, more efficient facility. Our 5-ton monorail crane system has been a major upgrade, and coupled with our larger kettle that came on line in 1998, we now galvanize more steel than at anytime in our history.

At the height of a bustling steel fabrication era in the 1950's and 1960's, as many as 10 separate hot dip galvanizing plants peppered the Los Angeles basin. With key leadership in place such as Ted Forsyth, Walt Newton and Bob Burton, Los Angeles Galvanizing had a solid foundation that was guided by their wealth of industry experience.

Over the decades, the number of plants has dwindled to just three, and the names behind our success have changed. Jim Rosenkranz, who in 1960 started as a general laborer and steel cleaner, purchased the company in the 1980's and became the architect of the current infrastructure.

The Rosenkranz family continues to remain committed to the enhancement of the hot-dip galvanizing industry. As we head toward a Century of service, Los Angeles Galvanizing views the future with significant promise and continued prosperity