The brief articles below recognize the steps forward taken by our imaginative, resourceful and hard working managers and staff in the last couple of years:
Nov
21
Infrapipe announces that its New Krah plant is operational in East Tamaki. The $6M machine can create spiral wound HDPE pipes up to 3.2m in diameter which outperforms alternative products in many aspects. Krah machines are in operation in over 30 countries worldwide, and Infrapipe is the most modern pipe-making facility in the Southern Hemisphere.
Nov
21
Galloways’ new branch in Nelson, intended to support the poorly-served top of the South Island market, opened in a temporary facility with a step up in premises expected next year. The Covid lockdown has delayed – but not derailed – Galloways’ desire to get more rotomoulded product to the provinces.
Sep
21
Technicool has confirmed that has contracts to place a further round of dehumidifiers into Bay of Plenty kiwifruit coolstores following the success of initial projects in the last two years. “Dehumidifiers are essential for packhouses to achieve the skin moisture levels for proper adherence of labels under new requirements” explained General Manager Glenn Taylor
Sep
19
Manawatu Cold Store welcomed its first blast-freezing load. The Feilding-based cold store has invested heavily in three new blast freezers, each of which can take 32 tonnes of meat from chilled to -20 in a day using an ammonia system. “this really puts us on the map for all meat processors in the Manawatu” said General Manager Brent Cawthray.
Aug
21
Promains opens another branch at the start of a lockdown, as the doors open on its Hamilton branch. Its Frankton location allows it to reach the new work South of the city whilst still being in range of the growth in Te Rapa
Jun
21
Hermetica – Promains is pioneering a step forward in watermain repair with its exclusive arrangement to market and distribute the Spanish-made permanent pipe repair clamp to the NZ market. Contemporary solutions require a temporary seal on a broken pipe, which then needs further, lengthy, expensive repair: Hermetica’s seal now replaces this costly process with a quick, easy and permanent fix, saving the ratepayer considerable amounts of money.
Jun
21
National Springs takes delivery of a further forming machine, to complement the previous year’s addition of two more coiling machines to its modern stable of production machinery. The company intends to reinvest annually in its general wire-forming equipment to match a continuing growth in demand.
May
21
Solo confirms that both PVC forming machines are now installed in Avondale. The machines, which bend PVC pipe, were delayed by Covid but are now in a position to meet the growing demand for conduit and bend in the NZ market.
Mar
21
Solo announces completion of its contribution to the St Marys Bay outfall project. As well as manufacturing and supplying a wide range of fittings, Solo’s onsite welding teams joined the 500m long 1600mm diameter pipe on a beach in Miranda before the finished article was then towed to Auckland to be sunk in situ.