Building a bright future

NEW Zealand is a source of building products and services to the worldwide construction industry. A wide range of these products and services, of all levels of sophistication, is exported every year from New Zealand to world markets.

These products either end up in build ings in more than 150 countries and include traditional building products such as cement-based products, carpet and furnishings and processed and often specialised or elaborately transformed manufactured products of timber, metal, glass and plastic. Along with these products go many skills and technical expertise which make up the service side of the industry.

The strength of the industry is in the skills of its people and the ability of its companies to adapt to market needs. The domestic industry in New Zealand oper ates in a relatively small but demandingly competitive environment.

Products need to be sophisticated and produced in the most cost-effective man ner.

Success in the local markets provide companies with a springboard to inter national opportunities. In many in stances, technology developed or adapted in New Zealand offers solutions to building opportunities in a range of markets. The introduction of a performance-based building code and the constant updating and alignment of New Zealand standards to international requirements ensures that products and services constantly meet the overseas market.

The Building Industry Group

of New Zealand

The Building Industry Export Group of

New Zealand (BIEG) was incorporated in June 1993, dedicated to exporting the produces and services of New Zealand construction and building industries.

This group is one of a number of Joint Action Groups formed in recent years by partnership between industry groups and the New Zealand Trade Development Board (TRADENZ). Membership is open to any individual company or organisation which shares the groups aims. Already the group has brought together a strong cross section of com panies, both major as well as smaller specialized companies giving good rep resentation to the industry as a whole.

The vision of the BIEG is for New Zealand suppliers to be recognised and sought as suppliers of modern products and services wherever quality buildings are required.

Aluminium City Limited

Rylock has been a premier brand of aluminium joinery in New Zealand for over 40 years. Extrusions are sourced and surface finished by suppliers accredited to international quality standards. Alu minium City is a key distributor, manu facturer and installer of Rylock Alu minium Joinery.

Athena Products Ltd

Athena manufactures a range of bath room vanities, showers and acrylic baths/ spa baths from its 50,000 sq ft factory in Auckland. Athena vanity tops can be either back filled acrylic or high quality cultured marble tops and solid colour tops. The vanity cabinets have a high impact resistant surface that won’t chip, crack or peel.

Athena shower enclosures have an acrylic tray with solid framed base, two or three sided DR/ADS walls and a toughened safety glass pivot door and return, with soft magnetic closing. A variety of uniquely designed baths, all with spa options, complete the range.

Boral Acrow Limited

Boral Acrow has been established for more than 50 years and has gained wide renown with its Acrow construction equipment. Manufacturing a wide range of its products the company has substan tial interests in scaffolding, building equipment, materials handling, spaceframes and interior products. The Auckland manufacturing facility is equipped with robotic welding and powder coating facilities. The company has branches throughout New Zealand.

Bremca Industries Ltd

Established in 1972, Bremca specialises in the design, engineering and construc tion of low voltage switchgear for applications including the automation of industrial processes, the distribution and control of electricity for all manner of industrial commercial and domestic buildings. Bremca has accreditation by Telarc to ISO 9002 for Quality Assur ance.

Building Technology Ltd

Building Technology Ltd (BTL) is wholly owned by the Building Research Association of New Zealand (Inc*) (BRANZ). The company assists the manufacturer of building products and systems in gaining marketplace accept ance by providing consultance, testing and research in fire and structural

engineering, and product appraisals.

The company drawns on extensive world-wide experience in building prod uct performance covering the last 25 years.

Carter Holt Harvey Roofing

International Ltd

CHH Roofing produces a range of pressed steel roof panels coated with proprietary coatings which include natu ral stone chip. The product range includes a full range of accessories including skylights, venting and gutter ing systems.

The brands/profiles include Decrabond, Colortiles, Gerard Superroof, Tuffcoat and Corona Shake.

CHH Roofing products are sold in over 70 countries and are produced under licence in nine countries. All products are tested to international standards, and meet a range of climatic and architec

tural challenges.

Clearlite Industries Ltd

Clearlite manufactures and markets a full range of products for the bathroom,

kitchen and laundry. The product range includes baths (acrylic and enamelled pressed steel), spa baths, shower enclos ures, stainless steel kitchen sinks and laundry tubs, vanity tops (cultured marble and plain) vanity cabinets, and roof lights. The company exports to Pacific Rim countries, Asia and Europe.

Clearlite is the first NZ bathroom manufacturer to achieve ISO 9002 quality standards accreditation.

Comalco-CHH Aluminium

Comalco CHH Aluminium manufac tures aluminium extrusions in mill finish, anodised and powder-coated surface finishes. International markets are ser viced with Rylock and Oakley brand window and door systems, together with Eclipse brand fences and balustrading and Nu-Wall brand aluminium clad ding, as well as aluminium extrusion profiles for customers own designs. All facilities are accredited to ISO 9002.

Crystal Glass Industries

Manufacturer and supplier of most types of plain and processed flat glass products.

The company exports a range of prod ucts to Australia, the Pacific Islands, SE Asia, the Gulf and UK markets.

These products include a unique patented process for decorative ceramic glass, curved glass, electronically heated glass and security glazing. Overseas installations are completed with on-site administration in collaboration with local agents.

De Geest Prebuilt Bath

rooms De Geest was established in 1955 and since 1983 has supplied over 3500 prebuilt bathroom units to hotels, motels and hospitals in New Zealand, the Pacific and Australia. The de Geest Prebuilt Bathroom System speeds up construction programmes, increases quality and saves the cost of organising and providing facilities for tradespeople on site. Com plete bathrooms are delivered to site where they are placed in final position.

Durold Ltd

Duroid manufactures aluminium foil thermal insulation products, building papers and other moisture control prod ucts designed for use in roofs, floors and ceilings of industrial commercial and residential buildings where temperature and vapour control and fire retardation are required. Duroid actively exports in four distinct markets: Australasia, the Pacific Islands, South East Asia, and Latin America. Duroid is a Telarc certified ISO 9002 and standards Austra

lia Quality Endorsed Company.

Fletcher Homes Ltd

Fletcher Homes is New Zealand’s largest residential builder. The company build

homes in all marrket areas low, medium and high cost operations. In the medium and high cost areas, Fletcher Homes is a leader in the design of houses.

While in the modest income, first buyer market, Fletcher Homes is uniquely placed to provide housing packages to meet the needs and requirement of customers.

Fletcher Construction New

Zealand and South Pacific

Ltd

Fletcher Construction New Zealand and South Pacific Ltd is a major general contractor with extensive experience in civil, commercial, high density residen tial, industrial and marine construction, and refurbishments and interior fitouts.

Fletcher Construction has operated in the South Pacific Islands since 1946. The Fletcher Construction Group is a sub stantial construction company through out the Pacific Rim.

Fletcher Wood Panels Ltd

Producer of reconstituted wood-based Eanels for residential and commercial uildings, agricultural, furniture and

joinery markets.

Products include Lakepine fibreboard, superfine and Pynefloore particle board flooring, Melteca low pressure melamine decorative wood panels, hardboard, soft board, Panel tile, Michelangelo ceil ing tiles and decorative panels.

Forging and Casting New

Zealand

Forging and Casting New Zealand is the export division of H.M.C. and Metheven Tapware New Zealand. The company specialises in copper-based and unleaded alloys with a vast capacity and expertise in forging and casting of specific cus tomer requirements and finished chrome and void plated products. A “No Obli gation Quotation Service” is available for estimates.

Greens Industries Ltd

The company has its own foundry casting facilities and machining centres, and specialises in the manufacture of a wide range of single level mixers, shower systems, traditional tapware and pres sure equalising valves suitable for dom estic or commercial use. The company is accredited to ISO 9002 International Quality Standard.

Golden Bay Cement

Golden Bay Cement operates a modern cement plant supplying cement in its own bulk vessels to storage terminals.

The plants annual production capacity is 500,u00 tonnes, and this is marketed throughout the Pacific region.

The company has the ability to export cement in paper bags, oil pallets, and cement clinker in bulk shipments up to 27,000 tonnes.

Product quality meets and exceeds international standards.

Henry Brown and Co Ltd

Henry Brown and Co, established for more than 130 years, specialises in the supply of timber products and services to the building industry from domestic builders to large corporate construction companies. Timber can be supplied, dressed and finished to joinery grade.

The company is proud to add value to construction for single exercises or mass production runs. The company’s product range includes radiata pine and NZ native timbers; pre-cut/nail frames; trusses, posistruts and ganglam beams; prehung doors; and stairs.

James Hardie and Coy Pty

Limited

The Building Products division of James Hardie Ltd is a leading supplier of internal ironing boards, external clad dings, fibre cement roofing, fencing and flooring products. There is also a growing range of lightweight fascia/facade and architectural systems for commercial construction applications.

Lockwood Buildings Ltd

Lockwood Buildings is a private com pany which manufactures a solid timber building system interlocked with ex truded aluminium profiles. This system is suitable for domestic and light commer cial buildings. It is supplied in precut/ kitset form. The company has operated for more than 40 years and exports worldwide with an emphasis on Asia and the Pacific Rim areas.

McConnell Dowell Con

structors Limited

Since 1960, McConnel Dowell has been dedicated to meeting the construction challenges of South Pacific Island nations in the development of essential infra structure and community facilities; mar ine engineering and construction; wastewater, freshwater supply and treat ment; commercial and industrial build ing; and earthworks, roads, bridges, runways and pipelines.

Microscan A Division of

T.L. Jones Ltd

T.L. Jones Ltd are the innovators and world leaders in electronic elevator door protection equipment which prevents people being crushed in elevator doors.

Microscan equipment is exported exten sively throughout Asia, the Pacific basin, North and South America, Europe and Africa.

Milburn Cement

The Milburn Group of Companies supply cement, lime aggregates and concrete to the domestic market, and export cement and lime. The company has a 450,000-tonne annual capacity

cement plant, two lime plants, seven marine terminals and a number of ready mix concrete and quarry operations.

MM Cables New Zealand

Limited

MM Cables has been manufacturing energy cables in New Zealand since 1954 and telecommunication cables since 1961. The company has a Quality System accreditation to ISO 9001. MM Cables is a wholly owned division of the Metal Manufacturers Ltd Group, an Australian Stock Exchange top 100 listed companies. MML has as its majority shareholder BICC Pic of the UK, one of the most foremost cable and construction companies in the world.

Pacific Steel Ltd

Wiremaker Pacific Steel is New Zea land’s sole manufacturer of long steel products producing wire and reinforcing steel and merchant bar products.

Wiremakers is New Zealands only inte grated wire mill/wire products manufac turer with a huge range of products for the farming and construction industries.

All products are manufactured to inter national quality standards.

Parex Industries Ltd

Parex is a privately owned company involved in the manufacture of specialist building and construction products. The main export product is the unique Insapipe, a factory-manufactured pre insulated piping system which is used extensively in schools, hotels, and indus try and for oil exploration and refining.

Other products include heat trade sys tems and instantaneous electric hot water systems. The company is committed to providing full design and technical support.

Plaster Systems Ltd

A surface coating manufacturing com pany specialising in cost effective, thin coat cement and gypsum-based products and systems. Plaster products are avail

able for leveling, insulating, texturing

and decorating masonry and concrete surfaces, and for jointing and decorating fibre-cement sheeting. The company also distributes and licenses proprietary Ex terior Insulation and Finishing Systems (ETFS) and a fully engineered thin coat structural upgrading system for the conservation and strengthening of masonry buildings.

Plumbers Limited

Established for more than 75 years, Plumbers Ltd has been supplying the plumbing trade in New Zealand, Austra lia and the Pacific basin with a wide range of products. Notably the Dux products include cisterns, toilet seats, waste trape and accessories. Other brands cover drainage control systems, heaters, pipe and plumbing systems, storage tanks, flush control valves, grat

ings, drainage systems, pipe clipping systems, valves, corrosion protection products and rainwater pits.

Plyco Doors Limited

Plyco Doors is a market leader in the manufacture and supply of interior and entrance timber doors for the residential market. Located in Penrose, Auckland, Plyco Doors has been manufacturing doors for over 50 years. There are a variety of doors for interior use, namely moulded panel doors and point quality and veneer flush panel doors. Two timber entrance door ranges are avail able solid timber or composite construction. In addition, Plyco Doors is distributing a range of steel entrance doors, a recent initiative for the com pany.

Scott Panel and Hardware

Ltd

Specialist suppliers of panel products, hardware and timber to the furniture and joinery industry. Customers include kitchen manufacturers, commercial and domestic furniture manufacturers, shop fitters, joiners and laminate fabricators.

The company is closely involved with the development of exports and provides business advice and networking opportunities in addition to the supply of all materials required in manufacturing processes.

Southern Cross Paints Ltd

A privately owned New Zealand manu facturer of highly quality decorative (house) and industrial maintenance coatings. The company specialises in the food industry as well as concrete and metal protection coatings. Regional toll manufacturer for Benjamin Moore and Co of New Jersey, USA, as well as distributor of products from Croda- Mebon, UK and Desowag, Germany.

Particularly skilled in the area of product design to meet specific project require ments.

Tetral Industries Ltd

This private company manufactures and markets a wide range of building and hardware products which are sold throughout the South Pacific and South East Asia. These include Matrac curtain and cubicle track systems, safety and hand rail systems, bathroom accessories, Sressed metal vents and Tetralfoam a exible bituminised foam. Tetral also holds an exclusive agency for a leading Australian hardware brand which in cludes garden tools, striking tools, insect screens, wire mesh and cutting tools.

Window Treatments NZ Ltd

Window Treatments NZ Ltd designs and manufactures blinds vertical, Venetian, micro, roller, holland, pleated, and wooden 25mm.

Quality blinds direct from our factory are available from 24 branches through out New Zealand. A founding member of the Building Industry Export Group, Window Treatments (NZ) Ltd is owned and operated by the Rose family.

Winstone Wallboards Ltd

Winstone Wallboards is New Zealand’s largest manufacturer and marketer of gypsum plasterboard, drywall systems and associated products and services under the Gib Board brand name.

Winstone Wallboards leads in the devel opment, design and production of lead ing edge material and interior systems for the building industry.

W Stevenson and Sons Ltd

This privately owned New Zealand company manufactures concrete masonry products including grey blocks, bricks, interlocking pavers and the key stone retaining wall system. Made to very high New Zealand standards, these products are available in a wide range of colours, shapes and sizes.

Yunca Heating

Yunca Heating, renown for its advanced technology in wood heating design, has now introduced the Yunca Wegj. The radical design of the Wegj incorporates a

circular double skinned firebox along with its unique angled drop down door among its many features. The Wegj meets the high standards set for safety and emission levels worldwide along with an outstanding performance level. The styling compliments both contemporary and traditional interiors.

What NZ exported

New Zealand exported over NZ$2OO million worth of manufactured building products and products used in construc tion into the Pacific Region in the year ended June 1993. The value for the most recent period is expected to be higher.

The 1993 figure was 75 per cent more than in the same period in 1991 reflecting not only the increased effort of New Zealand companies, but the overall increase in construction activity and building and refurbishment which has been taking place in the region. The main markets Western Samoa, Fiji and Papua New Guinea together account for over 50 per cent of this value.

The range of products exported from New Zealand to Fiji is one of the broadest of all New Zealand’s markets covering probably the most varied after that to Australia which is New Zealand’s biggest market with over 30 types of materials and products both traditional and non traditional and some 150 different tariff items. The 1993 total of $45 million worth of products is only part of the story. The market is also significant in terms of the involvement of major New Zealand construction and service com panies, specialist contractors, architects, engineers and other professional services.

The Pacific regional figure represents about 13 per cent of the total exports of building products. The global 1993 figure was over $1.5 billion in 1993.

Almost half of this went to Australia.

What Tradenz does

The New Zealand Trade Development Board (Tradenz) is the New Zealand government agency charged with the role of developing and expanding New Zealand’s foreign exchange earnings. It is in the unique position between govern ment and industry to work with export ers on production and marketing.

Tradenz does this by identifying opportunities, and then working with industry groups and individual exporters to fully develop their capabilities so that they may achieve export growth in the international trading environment. This co-operative industry/Tradenz approach to business, enables competitive com panies to find neutral ground on which they can develop long term joint market ing programmes which position them in export markets and result in export growth. □