Welcome back

Hafelewelcome Simon Lount back to the team at Hafele New Zealand. Many of you may remember his familiar face … Simon previously worked with Hafele New Zealand from 2005 - 2018, before making the move across the world to join the team at Hafele’s head office in Nagold, Germany. After spending three-and-a-half years looking after Trade Partners across the world, Simon has now returned to Hafele New Zealand in the role of General ManagerSales and Marketing.

Simon can be contacted at simon.lount@hafele.co.nz

An eclectic connection

The Archant Showroom is now open, and provides an interior design retail experience in down-town Wellington

Hutchco relocates

We are excited to share with you that from late June 2021 our warehouse and office will operate from our newly built facility in Higbrook east Tamaki, Auckland. In just over 3 short years and with the support of our loyal customers, we have outgrown the multiunit site that has housed Hutchco for the past 20+ years. We have an expanded range of colour matches and offerings that are continuing to grow, the newly built multi-purpose facility in Highbrook offers more than double the storage capacity. As announced in March, we installed a custom built multi-blade calendar machine, designed to custom slit standard rolls and calendar cut 275mm master rolls, we are now nearing the end of the commissioning phase and the new facility gives us the space to take this service to the next level.

Check out www.hutchco.co.nz for further information and updates

Choosing to collaborate with VidaSpace - a designer timber and veneer supplier - instantly created a space that is a distinct destination for Wellington's architectural and design community. Nestled at the bottom of College Street in Te Aro, this showroom embraces the natural and the new through an eclectic connection between VidaSpace' timber and Archant Stone, all under the same showroom roof.

The design was led by Dorian Minty and his team at Studio Pacific Architecture. With an aim to create an 'award-winning' space which was not to be just a showroom, but a meeting and social space that Wellingtonions feel truly connected to. Oozing with collaboration and full of experience-driven displays, the showroom allows designers and architects to not only see and view the product, but experience the product.

Marble Marquinia, was selected as the hero stone for the space to create a certain grandeur and luxury. This deep and moody marble colour is a replication of the Spanish Nero natural granite which while beautiful, boasts the uncompromising functionality of a porcelain. To further dramatize the space, large-scale 1 metre square tiles clad one side of the wall, creating a brilliantly eclectic effect with the dynamic range of rusted metals, gold marbles and cement like porcelain colours.

While the space is dramatic and large-scale, no detail has been missed. The showroom features a centre sink unit, fabricated entirely out of Archant Porcelain with detailed mitred edges and an integrated porcelain sink. This unit is at the centre of any design conversation and showcases a selection of Archant's state-of-theart food preparation sink stations by Franke. The beautiful details of these sinks and accessories are a real celebration of an intense attention to detail and quality in product design. And of course, the Archant Handle collection is displayed in a downsized manner of the stone samples. By fitting the handles to 300mm square boards, the displays featuring a range of modern and traditional designs in brass, black, anthracite, nickel, antique brass and other finishes.

It's an indelible experience that this showroom aims to create ... a true Wellington retail experience which is endowed with the quality of Archant's many European design-houses offered to the New Zealand market. So, we invite you to visit the new showroom and experience the Archant difference for yourself.

Laser edgetape now available

A collection of six finished woodgrain panels that are rich in colour and texture.

• Supplied as finished panels so no coating or lacquering is needed

• Consistent colour and pattern

• UV stable for indoor use

• 2800x1220 sheet size

• Matching 22x1mm textured ABS and 22x1.2mm laser edgetape

• Recommended for vertical use

• 7 year warranty laminex.co.nz

View laminex.co.nz for full range, swatches and brochure. Contact your Laminex representative to find out more.

Textured Finish

Consistent Pattern Repeat

UV Stable Indoor Use

Versus natural timbers