Foreninge af Danske Varmforzinkere (FDV) har eksisteret siden 1955. I 2005 blev foreningen medlem af den nordiske brancheorganisation, Nordic Galvanizers, hvorfra alle nummererede virksomheder drives.
Nordic Galvanizers er en sammenslutning af nordiske varmforzinkningsvirksomheder. Foreningens formål er at fremme varmforzinkningens tekniske udvikling, samt medvirke til øget anvendelse af varmforzinket stål.
Nordic Galvanizers udfører forskning og udvikling, arbejder med miljøspørgsmål og uddannelse, samt overvåger branchen internationalt.
Nordic Galvanizers virker også som databank, hvor alle med spørgsmål indenfor området er velkommen til at henvende sig.
The board of Nordic Galvanizers
The board of Nordic Galvanizers consists of eight people – two galvanizers from each country. In addition, there is also an alternate from each country. Chairman: Lars-Göran Tylebrink.
| Board member: | Company: | Alternate: | Company: | |
| Denmark | Henrik Steen-Jørgensen Niclas Adelsparre | DOT AS Zinkpower | Morten Nygaard | Fyns Galvanisering |
| Finland | Pekka Poutiainen Ralf Sohlström | Recion Oy Aurajoki Oy | Jorma Panula | New Boliden AB |
| Norway | Jarle Bjørdal Geir Ove Salte | Vik Ørsta AS NOT Varmforzinkning AS | Johnny Theigmann | DOT Duozink AS |
| Sweden | Jan Uhrberg Lars-Göran Tylebrink | DOT Halmstad DOT Eskilstuna | Tomas Hällgren | Gallac Produktion AB |
Daniel Asplund represents New Boliden AB in the board.
Hot dip galvanizing history
| Year | Activity |
| 1700 | The use of hot dip galvanized sausepans started in France. |
| 1800 | In England hot dip galvanized sheets are used in ship building and for roofs. Hot dip galvanized nails are introduced at the market. |
| 1837 | The modern hot dip galvanizing technique was born when a Frenchman, Sorel, introduced pickling with sulphuric acid as a pre-treatment step. He subsequently applied for his first patent on hot-dip galvanizing on 10th May 1837. The main part of the process that Sorel sought to patent is still used today. |
| 1870 | The first nordic galvanizing plants started in Sikeå and Karlskrona. |
| 1895 | Stockholm Galvanizing plant started. |
| 1930 | Bablik wrote the first handbook in galvanizing, called “The bible of galvanizing” |
| 1950 | Nordic Galvanizers Association was established by Danmark, Finland, Norge and Sverige. |
| 1970 | Cooperation with the zinc producers started. |