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:
Mar
23
Viking kayaks announces the return to full production capacity with the commissioning of its second kayak oven, a super-fast moulding system that will enable Viking to supply their domestic, Australasian and export orders with ease. Following the fire a year ago, Viking had been relying on just one oven brought out of mothballs, and assistance from Galloway – though their equipment was not suited for swift production of kayaks.
Feb
23
Infrapipe makes its first 3.2m diameter pipe. Following the arrival of the giant 3.2m mandrel after 7 months of manufacture in Tauranga, Infrapipe quickly got to work making the largest plastic pipe ever made in NZ and – we believe – the largest in the S Hemisphere. As the picture shows, there isn’t much to spare when it comes out of the door!
Feb
23
Galloway adds to the Aquatank range with its “Urban tanks” in 1000L, 2000L and 3000L variants. Designed to fit through doors (for installation) and under eaves (to maximise garden space) the Urban range complements the existing, oval slimline range allowing Aquatanks to offer the complete range of options for the detention and retention of water, in the complete range of colours.
Jan
23
Infrapipe broadens the range of diameters it can produce in its spiral-wound HDPE range, with culvert and civil pipe in SN4/8/16 now available in 250,375,450 & 525 diameters to complement the larger range from 600 to 3200mm diameter. “Now Kiwi contractors, councils and farmers have a better solution to concrete in the smaller diameters” explained Fynn Macdonough, “and its recyclable too”
Dec
22
Infrapipe joins Galloways at the rescheduled Fieldays from 30 Nov 22 to 3 Dec 22; whilst Galloways has been a mainstay at Fieldays for decades, this was Infrapipe’s first appearance and their giant solutions for fluid management went down well with the 75,000 visitors. The two companies’ products complement each other neatly and both make for striking visual displays of what can be achieved with HDPE.
Nov
22
Promains also played an integral part of the Nelson job with Infrapipe with its unique Hermetica seals. This technology provides an instantaneous, permanent mechanical seal and is now in widespread use because Promains introduced these Spanish-made products to the NZ market. “”There is no other solution available that can do what Hermetica does and this is typical of the way that we at Promains actively seek out cutting-edge technologies globally for the benefit of the NZ water authorities” expounded GM Richard Eardly, “and this kind of urgent high-profile large diameter requirement is the perfect example of the way that Promains keeps the water flowing for Kiwis.”
Nov
22
Did you ever wonder exactly what happened to the pipes built at the rush in September by Infrapipe for the city of Nelson? They were then welded together on site and joined with Hermetica couplers (see next article) to bridge an enormous landslip and restore the primary source of drinking water to the city. To achieve this with steel or concrete would have taken years, not 6 weeks and cost a fortune. But Infrapipe’s spiral-wound HDPE is light, cheap, fast and effective. See these before and after photos showing the scale of the job, and read more detail in this Stuff article:
Oct
22
Solo launches their new Channell power bulk pit range for multiple connections in a single in-ground box for electrical or data (data on site only). Sister company Promains has been the supplier of the water bulk pit range produced by world-leading US-based injection moulding company Channell for a number of years and quintupled volumes, so it was a natural fit for Channell to seek distribution thorough Solo’s network of electrical merchant customers nationwide.
Oct
22
Promains launches in West Auckland from its new premises in Patiki Road, right by the motorway. Customers in the central city had been clamouring for a closer branch than Albany or Papakura and once premises were secured in Avondale then Promains’ fifth branch was able to meet their needs for convenient supply by potable water professionals.
Sep
22
On Fri 16 September, Infrapipe, Promains and Solo hosted some 30 engineers from Watercare to update them on the latest technologies available to them. Not only were they shown the manufacture and testing of the giant Krah pipes, but also new butt welding equipment from Solo, Promains’ sealing technology from Hermetica and Solo’s recent developments in PVC junctions and bends.