Nails for the

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Nails for the nations

NAILS are an important

ingredient that go into the construction activi ty. Ba Industries Ltd. (BIL), located on the riverside sugar town of Ba has been proudly making nails since 1974.

BIL not only manufactures nails but also galvanises them in Fiji’s only hot dip galvanising plant set up in 1997.

Apart from bright & hot dip galvanis ing, BIL, also manufactures barbed wires & chainlink fencing with not only knuck le but with twisted end for added security at no extra cost.

Since its inception BIL, has grown in terms of technology, quality and produc tion capacity to cater to the growing demands of the local and export markets.

BIL has the lion’s share of the local market for all its products. BIL exports to American Samoa, Western Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga, Tahiti and the Solomon Islands amongst the Pacific Island coun tries. BIL also exports in a big way to Australia and New Zealand. Low manu facturing costs and proximity to the export markets have helped BIL to estab lish markets abroad. BIL is also exploring the possibility of developing newer mar kets.

BIL has successfully installed and commissioned a nail factory in Kiribati in 1993 and a rotary galvanising plant in 1997 and also trained their staff for the

operating of these plants.

BIL is the only wire and fencing prod ucts manufacturing company in the South Pacific to be accredited with ISO 9002 certification and has a thoroughly docu mented quality management system. BIL

is the only company in Fiji to have its own hot dip galvanising plant. This was com missioned in April 1997. The investment made in this project is well over F 5250,000.

This was made to ensure that all the company’s galvanised products including nails meet the stringent requirements of the Australian (AS 1650-1989) and New Zealand Standards.

BIL has been awarded overseas mem bership of the Galvanisers Association of Australia and thus has access to the latest developments in hot dip galvanising.

BIL also galvanises a lot of brackets, anchors, chains, and other similar prod ucts. As a result the company is undertak ing galvanising jobs for various industries such as the construction, marine, mining, hotel etc.

The effective size of its bath available for galvanising is 1.4 m (long) x o.Bm (wide) x o.sm(deep).

BIL plans to invest a lot more in new technology and equipment to increase productivity and efficiency and to diversi fy its product base.

The company has already installed and commissioned Fiji’s first thread rolling machine to manufacture different types of helical and annular threaded nails.

BIL has invested approximately F 5250,000 (in 1998) in installing the lat est technology weighing and packing machine to cater to the specific blister pack requirements of the Australian and New Zealand markets.

This has been done to fully satisfy the company’s export customer’s packing needs in BlL’s effort to achieve all round customer satisfaction. ■