Brisbane’s engineer-grade plastic fabricator. Custom tanks, pipework and process components for blue-chip industrial clients across Australia, since 1971.
Industrial Plastics is a Brisbane-based custom plastic fabricator established in 1971. We design and build engineer-specified tanks, pipework and process components in HDPE, polypropylene, PVDF, PVC and engineering plastics for industrial clients across mining, water treatment, food processing, energy, marine and civil construction.
We are ISO 9001:2015 certified by SGS, with welders qualified to the German DVS 2207 standard, significantly more stringent than minimum AS/NZS requirements. Our production facility is set up for medium-to-large fabrications. We don’t take on small bench-scale work.
Our story
Industrial Plastics has been fabricating plastics in Brisbane since 1971. The factory has moved several times as the work has scaled, from local commercial repairs and signage in the 1970s, to industrial process equipment in the 1980s and 90s, to the engineer-specified tank, pipework and fabrication work that now anchors the business.
What hasn’t changed is the focus on precision plastics fabrication for industrial clients who can’t afford failure in service. Our work goes into mining processing plants, water treatment plants, food production lines, energy assets, marina infrastructure and civil works, environments where a tank failure, a weld leak or a corroded fitting takes equipment out of service and costs the operator real money.
That’s the lens we apply to every project. Material grade matched to the chemistry. Wall thickness calculated for the load. Welds traceable to a qualified welder. Documented inspection. The boring, unglamorous engineering discipline that means the part still works ten or twenty years after it left our workshop.
Why engineers specify Industrial Plastics
ISO 9001:2015, certified by SGS
We are certified to ISO 9001:2015 by SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification body. Our quality management system is documented across design, material selection, fabrication, weld qualification, inspection and dispatch. Every project is traceable from drawing to delivered part.
DVS 2205 (tank design) and DVS 2207 (welding) qualified welders
DVS 2207 is the German plastics welding standard. It is significantly more stringent than the minimum requirements of AS/NZS standards: tighter weld procedure tolerances, harder welder qualification testing, and stricter on-the-job revalidation. Each of our welders is individually qualified, and each weld is traceable back to the welder who made it.
When you specify a tank or pipework system that has to handle aggressive chemicals or hold pressure for decades, the weld is the failure point that matters. DVS 2207 is the standard the European industrial plastics market has agreed sets the bar high enough.
Australian and international standards
- DVS 2205, German thermoplastic tank design (static calculations, wall thickness, chemical resistance)
- DVS 2207, German plastic welding (welder qualification, weld procedures, weld testing)
- AS/NZS 4766, polyethylene storage tanks for water and chemicals
- AS/NZS 4020, products in contact with drinking water
- AS/NZS 4129 / 4130 / 4131, polyethylene pipe and fittings
- AS/NZS 4929, abrasion-resistant PE for slurry and ore handling
- FSANZ Standard 1.4.3, food-contact applications
- AS 1940, bunding and ventilation where flammable adjacency applies
What we fabricate
Plastic tanks
Engineer-specified storage and process tanks in PE100, PP, PVDF and PVC, chemical, dosing, day, mixing, scrubber, IBC and bunded tanks, from 2,000 L. AS/NZS 4766 compliant. Potable to AS/NZS 4020. Food-contact to FSANZ Standard 1.4.3. View tank capabilities →
Plastic pipework
HDPE, PP-R and PVDF process pipework fabricated to DVS 2207 by qualified welders, butt-fusion, electrofusion and IR welding. AS/NZS 4129 / 4130 / 4131 compliant. View pipework capabilities →
Custom industrial & commercial fabrication
OEM components, machine guards, bunds, ducting, scrubbers, manways, signage substrates and one-off engineered parts. Drawings to delivered part. View custom fabrication →
Sectors we serve
We fabricate for mining, water treatment, food processing, energy, marine and civil and landscaping. Each industry page sets out the scope we deliver, the standards that apply and named project examples. For the full list, see Industries we serve.
The workshop
Our Hemmant facility is purpose-built for medium-to-large plastics fabrication. The shop is set up for full-pallet and oversize work, saws, CNC routers, butt-fusion machines for HDPE pipe up to 630 mm OD, electrofusion and hot-gas welding stations, sheet bending and thermoforming, fabrication bays for tanks up to truck-loadable size.
Receiving and dispatch handles crated, palletised and oversize loads. Most projects are dispatched Australia-wide directly from our Hemmant yard. On-site work, installation, commissioning, complex measure-up, is by arrangement on confirmed projects.
Capability snapshot
Founded
1971. Brisbane workshop. 54 years of continuous plastics fabrication.
Quality system
ISO 9001:2015 certified by SGS. Documented across design, fabrication, inspection and dispatch.
Welding qualification
DVS 2207 (German plastics welding standard). Significantly more stringent than minimum AS/NZS.
Materials
PE100, PE100 RC, PP-H, PP-R, PVDF, PVC, UHMWPE, acrylic, polycarbonate, engineering plastics.
Workshop location
Unit 7, 1 Roebuck Street, Hemmant QLD 4174. Eastern Brisbane, 15 min from Port of Brisbane.
Office hours
Mon, Fri 8am, 4pm AEST. Receiving & dispatch Mon, Thu 7:30am, 3:30pm, Fri 7:30am, 11:30am.
Minimum project size
Tanks from 2,000 L. Fabrication scope is medium-to-large only, we don’t take on bench-scale work.
Dispatch reach
Australia-wide. Crated, palletised or oversize loads. On-site visits by arrangement on confirmed projects.
The team
The work is done by qualified plastics fabricators and DVS 2207 certified welders, supported by a technical sales team that reads engineering drawings and turns specs into proposals. We run an active apprenticeship program, most of our senior tradesmen started here as apprentices and are still here.
Continuity matters in this trade. The welder who built your tank in 2008 is probably still welding here. That makes warranty work, retrofits and repeat fabrications easy.
Why this positioning matters
Bench-scale plastic fabrication is a commodity in Australia. Engineer-grade industrial fabrication isn’t. The difference is what happens when something fails: a 200 L water-feature liner failing is an inconvenience; a 30,000 L caustic dosing tank failing is a plant shutdown, an EPA notification, and an insurance claim.
Our customers, process engineers, project engineers at EPCs, procurement teams at blue-chip resource and utility companies, specify Industrial Plastics because they need the part to keep working. ISO 9001 and DVS 2207 aren’t certifications for marketing brochures; they are the documented quality system and the welder qualification regime that mean we can stand behind a tank that has to hold sodium hypochlorite at 12.5% concentration for fifteen years.
Get in touch
Send drawings, P&IDs, chemical compatibility data or a written brief. Or call 1300 465 888, Mon, Fri 8am, 4pm AEST.
Why Industrial Plastics
Industrial Plastics has fabricated engineered thermoplastics from its Brisbane workshop since 1971. Every job runs under an SGS audited ISO 9001:2015 quality system, with welding by DVS 2207 qualified welders and per weld traceability, standards that sit above the AS/NZS minimums. Process and project engineers review every enquiry, and every delivery carries its documentation: material certificates, weld records, inspection and test plans, and as built drawings.
The workshop at Hemmant covers 2,000 square metres with hardstand for full volume hydro testing. Local, national and international shipping is available.
Frequently asked questions
A Brisbane based custom plastic fabricator established in 1971, designing and building engineer specified tanks, pipework and process components in HDPE, polypropylene, PVDF, PVC and engineering plastics for mining, water treatment, food processing, energy, marine and civil clients across Australia.
Material grade matched to the chemistry, wall thickness calculated for the load, welds traceable to a qualified welder, and documented inspection, the engineering discipline that means the part still works ten or twenty years after it leaves the workshop.
ISO 9001:2015 certified by SGS, with every welder individually qualified to DVS 2207, the German standard that is significantly more stringent than minimum AS/NZS requirements, and tank design to DVS 2205.
Our production facility is set up for medium to large fabrications. We do not take on small bench scale work.
DVS 2205 and DVS 2207, AS/NZS 4766 for polyethylene storage tanks, AS/NZS 4020 for drinking water contact, AS/NZS 4129, 4130 and 4131 for PE pipe and fittings, AS/NZS 4929 for abrasion resistant PE, and FSANZ Standard 1.4.3 for food contact.
Trusted across the industries we serve
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Send drawings, a sketch, or a description of the duty. An engineer reviews every enquiry and confirms receipt within one business day.