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:
Feb
22
National Springs and its division National Traps are delighted to announce that their Predator BT200 trap has been successfully tested against NAWAC standards, joining its highly successful big brother the Predator BT250. National traps is already one of the leading suppliers to bodies working towards Predator-free New Zealand, and now their great service is available for those targeting rats, stoats and ferrets, as well as possums.
Feb
22
Infrapipe delivers the first load of Ecopipe, a culvert pipe product, for roading and forestry. General Manager Fynn McDonough waved off the first B-train loaded to the hilt with around 30 culvert pipes for a contractor customer in the South Island, and explained that because this pipe could be nested with several pipes inside each other, it had far less freight costs than most alternatives.
Jan
22
Infrapipe passes the audit phase of its AS/NZS 5065:2005 – Polyethylene and polypropylene pipes and fittings certification, a vital step toward technical acceptance by water authorities for civil works. The unique Krah system means that a pipe can be designed to the structural requirement of each unique job, saving councils large amounts of money compared to all the alternatives which lack the many strengths of Infrapipe.
Dec
21
Galloways has invested in a new, additional shuttle twin-station rotational moulding machine following the success of the existing Oven 9. “This gives us an extra 20-30% capacity, depending on product mix” explained CEO Phil Wilson, “and allows us to welcome further custom-moulding customers, as before we were hamstrung by machine time”.
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