Joiners Magazine September 2022

the best of 2022 systems & componentry

surfaces & sinks

materials, design & development

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COLUMNS

Master Joiners 4

Andrew Reilly comments on the value of networking and the sharing of information which can often save us from finding out the hard way,

Laminex Update 14

Mike Arthur congratulates the MJ Award winners, anticipates the next 12 months to be a good period for our industry and introduces several new additions to the Laminex Ceasarstone and HIMAC ranges.

Steering a Course 84

Ian Featherstone illustrates the relationship between strength and adversity through the sharing of an inspirational poem.

Due Process 86

Geoff Hardy explores the use of a “determination”, which can be obtained relatively quickly and cheaply from the MBIE, as a pathway when involved in a legal dispute involving workmanship or consents.

a g a z i n e

excellence awards 16

Each year the Master Joiners celebrate the best in design and manufacture from their members with their Excellence Awards. We highlight the 2022 winners announced at their Conference Dinner in Blenheim last week.

door works 32

We talk to door manufacturers and suppliers about machinery set-ups to reduce the labour in sizing and fitting blanks, and look at door systems to fit virtually any purpose or space across your residential and commercial projects.

surface & sink 56

A look at some of the surface materials and design developments that go into giving bench tops and sink inserts the ability to withstand their functional day to day abuse and still retain their aesthetic appeal over the years.

screen to machine 69

The owners of Kitchen Draw in Taranaki, Jody and Wayne Hall have been designing and manufacturing kitchens for 20 years, they recently purchased software that combines the two, and they like the result.

demographic storm 82

Te Pukenga Deputy Chief Excutive Warwick Quinn explains that to address our skills shortage, employers must broaden their thinking about who is targeted for training and how we go about training them.

Surround by Laminex p.24

Photo courtesy Laminex NZ

Networking

The action or process of interacting with others to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts.

By the time you all read this the 2022 Master Joiners Conference and Excellence Awards will be done and dusted for another year. The opportunities the conference brings us to learn more about our industry and tools to give us a better understanding of how our businesses work are endless and I'm sure this conference was no different.

Allison prepared a fabulous itinerary to suit every walk of life so I know we all had plenty of opportunity to gain plenty of new knowledge and had a great catch up with our fellow joiners and supply partners.

A big congratulations to all of the award recipients and I'm certain the level of excellence in the entries would have once again lifted the bar.

I've always felt beyond the glitz and glamour of the Awards dinner which I'm sure was fantastic and the learning's we gain from the various workshops the most important part of a conference is the knowledge sharing among our peers and the camaraderie among people who share a common interest in an industry we all love and that's called "Networking" Sharing experiences good and bad whether it be materials we've used on a job or a challenging client we've had to deal with, these are all topics we love to share and compare with each other to see who's got the best or worst story to tell.

As a Master Joiner I find this to be the most valuable asset we have, the ability to share information with fellow MJ members without bias or fear of being judged, both locally and nationally is the reason we will always have an edge over our non member competitors. Learning from other peoples experiences whether they're failures or triumphs before you have to find out the hard way yourself can be a massive benefit to all of us and our businesses.

Conference has and always will be the most ideal situation for all of this to fall into place, whether over a beer or a coffee everyone can share their experiences and knowledge together with someone who actually understands where

you are coming from and how it relates. All the things you can't talk to your mates about at the pub! You only need to meet one person or have one light bulb moment at conference that can have a huge impact on your life and business to make all the effort to get there worthwhile. Conference is also a great setting for you to articulate your ideas, being understood allows you to contribute and belong amongst your peers. It enables us to set our standards and our pace. I really hope you all had these opportunities in Blenheim and created some lasting memories.

On another note we all appear to be getting hammered with staff sickness and these contentious

Covid isolation rules and I'm hearing nothing but horror stories from many of you but hopefully with the end of winter now in sight we can all look forward to some spring sunshine and better health for everyone, just remember when things seem hopeless you can always reach out to the Master Joiners for help.

Regards

Andrew Reilly National President Registered Master Joiners

Knowledge sharing and camaraderie among those who share a common interest in an industry.

Official

Inspired By Nature

It’sAwards time once more for the Master Joiners with the announcement made at their Annual Conference held in Blenheim this year and the Supreme Award Winner for 2022 is truly worthy of the title.

Congratulations to Jo Newton and the team from Cutting Innovations for their sensational staircase. Inspired by nature, this technically complex project featuring an American White Oak finish and solid Oak handrails was clearly the judge’s favourite. We will have more detail on this stunning winner and the firm that produced it in our December issue along with a review of the Conference.

As always we are proud to be a sponsor of the Apprentice Awards once more. The standard of the entries simply rises with each year and the 2022 batch are no exception. I am humbled by the overt demonstration of outstanding joinery skills shown by all the entrants and of course the winners in each category.

The Awards are a great way to kick off our September issue but that is not all we have for you. A look at the materials and machinery used to make benchtops proved to be an interesting one. The range now available is quite amazing with technically challenging designs being more and more to the fore in a wide range of materials. Added to this was a feature looking at door systems and how the componentry is incorporated in various doors. Again, machinery features prominently in the manufacturing process making things easier and quicker to complete. On a different level I had the opportunity to interview Simon Lount from Hafele whom I haven’t seen for a few years as well. He has had an interesting last couple of years and it makes for a good read.

As always we also have our regular columns from Geoff Hardy (Due Process) and Ian Featherstone (Glass Half Full) along with various storylines about people and businesses that make up the industry landscape the magazine has been part of for the past twenty seven years now. Don’t forget the regularly updated directory of Master Joiner members down the back either. They are the ones you should go to when in need of trade professionals. Hope you enjoy looking at all the Award winners in this issue. Catch you next time!

Bob Nordgren

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Training beyond the tools

The power of collaboration

The learnings given in the early days of a joiner’s career will last a lifetime. A career lifetime? How long is a piece of string right?

Today, a joiner can have a career that includes cabinetry, installation, specializing, detailing, production delivery or being the business owner and driving business strategy. Registered Master Joiners contribute to apprentice training, passing on critical skills with a keen eye in ensuring a quality workforce. It is critical we continue to evolve the teachings on offer to our incoming joiners.

Waihanga Ara Rau is one of the newly established Workforce Development Councils (WDC) representing construction and infrastructure, which includes joinery. WDCs are responsible for developing industry qualifications, setting industry standards and assessing training provision against these standards across vocational education.

Their vision is to reimagine vocational education to ensure the system best meets industry’s current and future needs and give a stronger voice to Māori business and iwi development. They work to provide employers and industry greater influence on their workforce development requirements to ensure a sustainable and thriving Aotearoa.

Earlier this year, Master Joiners engaged with Waihanga Ara Rau and contributed to the review of the joinery apprenticeship unit standards, which was facilitated by an experienced Qualifications System Product

Analyst. A Technical Advisory Group met regularly to carry out the review. We look forward to seeing the outcomes of this review, which is scheduled for completion at the end of August. Master Joiners thanks the contributors to that work whose volunteer time and technical expertise is highly valued in these forums. At the same time, Waihanga Ara Rau met with the Master Joiners leadership to share and learn more of what the future of work looks like in the sector. They now have more intimate knowledge from which to support workforce strategy planning for joinery and understanding its needs. The knowledge seeking to understand our profession extended into visiting joinery businesses to hear and share views. This opportunity was warmly welcomed by Master Joiners.

This opportunity to collaborate with Waihanga Ara Rau allows another dimension of engagement with the wider joinery industry. We are seeking feedback on the current apprenticeship from joiners throughout the country, including those who are not members of Master Joiners.

Improvement cannot happen without the voice of industry so if you have something that you would like to contribute to the improvement of the joinery apprenticeship, please feel free to email us anytime on info@masterjoiners.co.nz

For more on this go to www.waihangaararau. nz click on the menu bar then go to Reviews and Developments for information on the joinery unit standard review

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Creating opportunities in engineered wood

Henkel, a global leader in the adhesives market, is slated to produce Loctite polyurethane (PUR) adhesives in Australia from the first half of 2023. The adhesives will be manufactured in Kilsyth, Victoria, to serve the engineered wood industry across Australia and New Zealand.

“By localizing the production of Purbond adhesives, our customers will benefit from reduced lead times from order to delivery, as well as greater supply chain security. This reflects our commitment to putting our customers at the center of what we do,” said Warren Grigsby, Business Development Specialist, New Zealand.

Torrington Stairways 2012 Supreme Award winning entry.

Wrong spelling in June issue

In our last issue we ran a piece detailing the past 10 winners of the Master Joiners Supreme Award, our apologies to the 2012 winners Torrington Stairways from Cambridge, who were incorrectly named as Torrance Stairways.

“Purbond adhesives are used globally and have long been the benchmark for innovation and reliability in the engineered wood industry. Producing Purbond locally is an exciting endeavor that opens many opportunities for us to help our customers in Australia and New Zealand to grow,” said Brad Simpson, Sales Manager and Business Unit Manager, Adhesives Technologies, Engineered Wood, Furniture and Building Components.

Henkel’s adhesive experts at its Innovation and Application Labs in Auckland and Sydney, help customers explore ways to expedite the time to market and optimize their own production processes for the development of engineered wood solutions. With the production of Purbond in Australia, adhesives production can be customized for specific performance requirements such as fire resistance and for use with modified timbers.

Purbond adhesives for engineered wood construction

With a growing environmental awareness surrounding construction and material use, engineered wood has become an increasingly popular design choice for load-bearing mass timber and high-tech structural engineering applications.

Approved for use in all major engineered wood construction markets, Loctite Purbond adhesives make it possible to manufacture glued wood components that are free from harmful industrial solvents and formaldehyde. In addition, they can be specifically engineered and controlled to enable the use of engineered wood in ever-new ways.

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Australia's highest wooden office building in King Street, Brisbane uses Loctite polyurethane adhesives to create high-performance load-bearing elements that combine with walls and ceilings of cross-laminated timber elements.

SICAM 2022 buzzing with excitement

Pordenone, Italy will host from 18th till 21st October the 13th edition of SICAM that promises to be packed full of ideas for an international furniture industry that is increasingly lively and in constant search of innovation, stimuli and relationships: a world of industry professionals who are keen to see each other and compare notes at the events that count. The exhibition complex’s ten halls are all occupied, and this year there will be a new expansion to the exhibition space thanks to the significant increase in demand for participation that has again been recorded this year.

“We are looking forward to a truly significant trade fair,” said Carlo Giobbi, organiser of SICAM, “We have the participation of all the major players in every product sector, I believe that the solid participation of all these companies at SICAM 2022 is the best response that the components and accessories sector could give after the challenges and uncertainties of the last two years”.

The same data recently communicated by FederlegnoArredo on the performance of the national furniture industry make it easy to understand the reason for this expectation for SICAM: the first quarter of the current year closed with a 24.5% increase in sales for the entire national furniture supply chain compared to the same period in 2021, with the domestic market growing by 27.2% and foreign sales up by 21%. This consolidates the results achieved in the record year of 2021 for the sector, which recorded a production turnover of 49 billion (of which 18 billion was exports), with exports in particular seeing a significant recovery.

On the international market front, this year SICAM will also see the presence of designers, architects, buyers and journalists from all over the world as well as our European. From the Americas, arrivals are expected from the United States, Canada and Mexico; expected from Africa are Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa; and then there is Australia and New Zealand, and the Caucasian Republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. A fundamental showcase, but also a gateway to new markets and customers. For SICAM, the expectation is to consolidate the one hundred-plus diverse origins of furniture professionals that have already featured for years in Pordenone, and thereby guarantee the companies attending an extensive and, above all, qualified international visibility at the highest level.

“Constant growth is one of the characteristics that have marked the entire history of SICAM: and this edition is no exception,” continued Carlo Giobbi.“Overall, we are seeing that the international furniture market has recovered well. As a result, many new business opportunities will be created in Pordenone once again this year among exhibiting companies and professionals visiting from all over the world. The format of our exhibition, whose style and atmosphere are so conducive to the development of personal relationships, remains in this sense a guarantee that is recognised and appreciated every time by the entire international furniture industry”.

Pordenone, Italy, 18-21 October

BI-MU, Xylexpo & Viscom Italia join together to create new business opportunities

BI-MU international biennial exhibition of machine tools, robotics and automation systems, additive manufacturing, digital and auxiliary technologies. Plus Xylexpo, biennial exhibition of woodworking technology and components for the furniture industry. Along with Viscom Italia, Europe's leading visual communication trade fair, all kick off concurrently on the second week of October 2022 at Rho-fieramilano expo centre.

In a scenario highlighting the need for greater dialogue and the desire to once more come together to discover the latest sector innovations - being fully aware, that only innovation is the key to bringing the market

back to life again, access to one event opens the doors to the other events.

Thanks to the three organizers’ joint decision, it is as simple as pre-registering at the reception desk. A choice that will permit exhibitors to boost potential visitor numbers. Enable visitors to round off their fair experience, by not only visiting their exhibit of interest but also giving them the opportunity to check out the other events at the same time. Offering all participants the chance to enjoy a more lively and vibrant fair atmosphere and get better overall general services, enhanced by the three-way event organisation.

“Viscom Italia is a great opportunity for all companies wishing to keep up to date with the latest industry trends and experience innovative technological solutions in the field of digital printing, engraving,

The fully integrated BI-MU and Xylexpo events, start Wednesday, Oct.12 until Saturday, Oct.15; Viscom Italia takes the stage Thursday, Oct.13 until Saturday, Oct.15.

screen printing, embroidery, interior decoration and visual merchandising,” comments Massimiliano Pierini, Reed Italia Exhibition’s Managing Director.

Riccardo Gaslini, head of the organizing secretariat of BI-MU, said, “BI-MU and XYLEXPO have been working together for two years now to offer both event participants a comprehensive and rewarding visiting experience. Joined by Viscom Italia, it will certainly help attract greater visitor numbers, benefiting everybody participating at the fair. As trade

fair organizers, we are highly aware that the over-lapping events will help make the district more lively and vibrant, and a big plus thanks to the enhanced services provided by Rho-fieramilano to meet the needs of the larger number of operators.”

"”We are living in a period of great transformation where it is necessary to be a bit more daring and strive to make new choices," added Dario Corbetta, director of Xylexpo. "The upcoming exhibition highlights the will of the entire wood and derivative technology protagonists to experience a new way to come together, seizing all the opportunities of a new age where production processes are becoming increasingly transversal and the search for solutions can be extended into neighbouring worlds.”

"You only need to meet one person or have one light bulb moment at conference that can have a huge impact on your life and business to make all the effort to get there worthwhile". (Andrew R, 2022)

Congratulations

Hieveryone, it was fantastic for Laminex to be part of the Master Joiners conference in such a beautiful part of New Zealand.There was an amazing line up of keynote speakers, with some great topics that challenged our thinking. Congratulations to all the award entries and to those that won on the evening – there was a high calibre of designs!

Talking to a number of Master Joiner members, the next 12 months are expected to be buoyant with strong residential building consents and commercial and infrastructure projects continuing. NZ has half the OECD average of 8% for social housing so it’s also expected we’ll continue to have a long pipeline of work for this market segment.

I’m please to share benchtop range updates; we have launched four new decors to the Caesarstone range, two of which are for outdoor use! Palm Shade and Clearskies have the same highly durable reputation which Caesarstone is known for, allowing end users to feature this beautiful product in their outdoor kitchens. The two interior decors are Adamina, inspired by natural sandstone, and Calacatta Maximus, a complex layer of authentic oversized soft grey veining, both which suit a variety of indoor settings.

In the HIMACS acrylic range we have launched four new Aurora decors and one concrete décor. The Aurora décors range from rich, swirling veins to creamy colour inspired by the northern lights. Urban Concrete strikes the perfect balance of warm and cool tones reminiscent of a metropolitan cityscape.

Last issue we announced the launch of the Surround by Laminex range - an easy-to-install, pre-primed MDF, paintable panel used for interior dry areas. I’m happy to share the beautiful product can now be used in internal moisture areas - such as bathroom wall linings (but NOT where water proofing is required). It’s the same great product allowing the expansion of design ideas.

Here’s to your success as we race through the remainder of 2022 for all our customer, suppliers and business partners in industry.

Mike Arthur General Manager Laminex New Zealand

Bonjourno

Enko was pleased to be able to attend the EuroCucina design Fair in Milan early in June for its milestone 60th edition. It was inspiring to see the European kitchen, furniture, and design brands all come together to showcase their latest works and ideas, the components and hardware of which Enko can continue to bring to the New Zealand market. Three trends that stood out for us were:

The optimising of space

A common theme was “Small Living” and “Multi-use Zones” where the design and functionality of larger kitchens and separate offices or working areas were presented and combined in compact form for apartment/smaller living.The use of folding doors to close away the area creates a minimalistic clean look whilst not in use. We also saw this trend in benches and working surfaces where some interesting sliding/folding mechanisms revealed hidden storage for kitchen supplies/appliances or converted the standard island bench into an extended breakfast bar or office desk.

Working Area Accessorisation

Another trend we saw was for maximising the use of areas we would traditionally leave blank – i.e. around sinks or hobs (wider splashback areas) and behind or over prep or cooking areas. Designed to utilise space, to have tools, spices, kitchen plants, micro greens, or favourite ornament or candle close at hand whilst keeping the workspace clear. Various methods were used to create this function, from freestanding shelves to individual magnetic splashback options and hanging rail systems.

Colours

As always, colour trends never stop. While we saw a lot of familiar darker hues and natural materials, we noticed significant popularity of the pastel palette. This was especially noticeable in bathroom areas where the pinks and, yes, even lime greens (proving beauty really is in the eye of the beholder) were matched with bold curves and metallic touches completing the look.

the Team at Enko

Enko visits Eurocina

Supreme Award Winner

Cutting Innovations Ltd, Auckland

Inspired by nature made with technology and craftmanship

Precast was 3D Scanned and the team then designed and created a plywood CNC cut Skelton Frame. Then using traditional timber techniques such as double diagonal planking to form the 3-Dimensional timber spiral. This was made up of two layers of pine planking and with a feature top layer of American White Oak. The solid Oak handrails were machined on a 5 Axis CNC machine, these were then scribed and fitted to the timber spiral and detailed with brass accents. - Competition Board notes

NZ Master Joiners Annual Excellence Awards

JOINING IT ALL TOGETHER

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Best Door or Window & Best Use of Imported Timber - Reilly Joinery, Feilding

Best Compliant Timber Joinery - CT Joinery, Auckland

Best Use of Imported Timber - Reilly Joinery, Feilding

Re gional Regional winners

Auckland - CT Joinery, Auckland

Waikato / Bay of Plenty - Gartshore Limited, Tauranga

Otago / Southland - Formatt Bespoke Joinery, Queenstown

Central - D-Mac Joinery Ltd, Feilding

Waitaki - Lunds Joinery Ltd, Timaru

Hawkes Bay / Poverty Bay - Your Joinery Solutions, Napier

Nelson / Marlborough - Cooper Webley, Nelson

Canterbury - Bates Joinery, Christchurch

Wellington - Well Hung Joinery, Wellington

Taranaki - Rhys Powell Joinery, New Plymouth

A ppr entice winner s Apprentice winners

Best Fitment Under 2 Years - Daniel McWilliams, Cube Dentro, Auckland

Best Fitment Over 2 Years - James Harrison, Fine Woodworking Limited, Te Kuiti

Best Timber Project Over 2 Years & Highest Judged for Workmanship - Jones Isefo, McNaughton Windows & Doors, Auckland.

Surround by Laminex® a different way to do walls

Surround by Laminex® was launched to the market in May; an easy-to-install, pre-primed MDF, paintable panel, available in five stunning profiles. Since its launch, there have been a lot of interest, with all profiles proving popular. It’s even made appearances on multiple popular TV renovation programmes.

We are excited to share that it can now be used in a horizontal orientation on walls, as well as internal moisture areas - such as wall linings in bathrooms, laundries and kitchens (NOT in splash zones). It’s the same great product allowing the expansion of design ideas!

We asked one of the first installers to use the product for their feedback on Surround by Laminex.

PROJECT

Installation in kitchen areas

Which profiles did you work with?

Scallop 45 and batten 25

Did you have any challenges?

Not really, installation was pretty simple. However, I found some joins were a bit difficult to close – but worked better when you squared up the panels.

Overall, how did you find working with Surround by Laminex?

Good. I had to do a 45-degree cut for one of the profiles to go around the island and it cut well and it matched easily.

Santachris Vaa, Installation specialist for Kitchen Mania

We are excited to share that it can now be used in a horizontal orientation on walls, as well as internal moisture areas

Above Scallop 45 and below Demi Round 20

From surfing to shaping

A keen skateboarder, surfer and snowboarder, Chris Eames spent 10 years, –and 20 winters –bouncing between the South Island and North America, chasing perfect bluebird days and waist-deep powder runs. But at 28 it became time to think seriously about his future. Positive memories of woodworking at college led him to enrol in a furniture and cabinet making course at UNITEC, which was his springboard into the industry.

A few years and various joinery and cabinet shops later he turned his focus to furniture design, soon landing a design and production role with one of New Zealand’s premier furniture designers. “I really enjoy designing furniture and balancing the creativity of design with the practicality of production,” says Chris.

With six years of experience in furniture design and production and the guarantee of work from his previous employer it was time for Chris to go out on his own. He established Open Furniture in 2018. Specialising in highend solid timber furniture, Open Furniture will also take on kitchens and cabinetry work. Chris has a small, stable team consisting of a qualified joiner, and a polisher. His team’s skill set complement each other. “Although the furniture industry in New Zealand is pretty small, there’s a demand for well designed, good quality NZ made furniture,” Chris says.

Chris started Open Furniture on a modest budget of just $25K. His first significant purchase was a Felder K500S panel saw. “I knew I’d need a good quality saw that would fit my limited budget. After researching the options, including a lot of time spent online, I decided on the Felder K500S.” It turned out to be a good decision.

“The saw literally hasn’t missed a beat in four years and we push it pretty hard. We’ll cut down cabinetry components for a few days and then rip down a packet of solid oak. It’s stood up to everything we’ve thrown at it and it’s only the single-phase version of the K500S.”

A couple of years later and Chris added the Format-4 dual 51 combination planer & thicknesser – also made by Felder and supplied by Jacks. “I wanted a machine I could have confidence new, inexperienced staff could easily use, get a good finish from and is safe.” The dual 51 comes with Felder’s renowned ‘SilentPower’ cutterblock, which uses insert knives in a spiral formation with a unique geometry that creates a ‘shear’ cutting action.

“I was using an old buzzer and thicknesser with traditional straight knives. I was constantly battling with the idiosyncrasies of those machines and chip-outs. Felder’s Silent-Power cutterblock eliminated the chip-outs,” explains Chris. It’s also taken a step out of the production line. “After buzzing and thicknessing, we’d have to run our chair legs and rails through the drum sander. Now we can completely skip that process. Even better, we’ve also not turned the knives on the dual 51 yet and we’re putting one to one and a half cube of timber through the machine a month.”

Chris recently added a Felder F700Z spindle moulder and FB510 bandsaw. He has plans to take on an apprentice, and eventually start his own brand of high-end solid timber furniture. With a growing business and new baby on the way, it might be a while before Chris is racing down the side of a mountain on a regular basis. But you get the feeling he wouldn’t have it any other way.

I really enjoy designing furniture and balancing the creativity of design with the practicality of production.

making the difference new paint tinting system from PPG

For Auckland based Wallace Furniture Finishers, changing and moving forward as better ways of doing things arise has become integral to their ongoing growth as a leading furniture finisher. JOINERS Magazine’s Bob Nordgren spoke with owner Keith Wallace about their latest development.

The business relocated to its current site back in 2016. It is a purpose built, 760m2 building containing their existing positive pressure temperature controlled spraybooth and drying room duly revamped from their previous factory along with a second new spraybooth with one large 11.5m by 5.7m temperature controlled drying facility accessible to both booths. There is also a new open faced two man preparation booth for sanding and upgraded open face booths for undercoating, sealing and staining, meeting ASNZ 4114 standard.

“We generally supply sprayouts for our cabinetmakers and the accuracy of these is critical to avoid expensive resprays and unhappy clients” Keith comments, “moving to the weight based tinting system was the answer.” In January this year Keith made the move to the new weight based mixing bank tint system called Paint Manager supplied by paint manufacturer PPG Industries through their distributor Wairau Paint Centre.

“The system offers several key advantages over what we had been using previously.” explains colour matcher Ben Wallace, Keith’s nephew. “The system from PPG is above all simple to use. You can mix any quantity down to 200mls without losing accuracy. We are mostly using 2 pot polyurethane finishes in the high end residential market, so it is important to us that the samples we supply match the eventual colour of the job without

having to waste paint with bigger quantities. Another key advantage is being able to mix the exact amount of paint required for the job, meaning we don’t have to store large amounts of leftover paint and the cost of eventually disposing of it. The Paint Manager Software (which is an update on the previous system called Merlin) can be updated online which is more convenient and saves time and money for us.” All this leads to a quicker turnaround to their clientele as well as great accuracy for colour formulations – be they original or matched.

For Keith the new system has fitted in well with the business “We have confidence in our ability to perform quickly and accurately to meet our clients needs with the new system with all colours being mixed inhouse. That is a significant factor in our ongoing success.” Keith notes.

You can mix any quantity down to 200mls without losing accuracy. We are mostly using 2 pot polyurethane finishes in the high end residential market, so it is important to us that the samples we supply match the eventual colour of the job

Business has been good for Wallace Furniture Finishers. Since 2016 they have grown from 6 staff to 10. “Demand has been very good and we are working to our maximum, even over the weekends to keep up.” comments Keith. “Along with our well organised factory layout the new tinting system has made a real difference.”

For more information contact Keith Wallace at Wallace Furniture Finishers Ltd, 553 Rosebank Rd, Avondale, Auckland, (09) 829 2111; keith@ wff.net.nz

Colour Matcher Ben Wallace suited up for the job

The perfect eggshell finish

576 AMERTHANE

Two Pack Acrylic Polyurethane

• Application friendly

• Available in gloss levels 10 - 75%

• Very fast drying - comparable to lacquers

• Excellent wet and dry heat resistance

• Very good mar resistance

• Excellent chemical / solvent resistance

• Available in a wide range of the latest fashionable colours

USES:

Amerthane 576 is designed as a high quality finish for kitchens, shop fittings, cabinets, desks, panelling, partitions and most interior wood and metal work.

For more Information please contact PPG

DISTRIBUTORS

Whangarei Paint Centre

Whangarei (09) 430 2414

Wairau Paint Centre

Auckland (09) 443 3430

PPG Industries NZ Ltd

Auckland

(09) 573 1620

Grayson Auto Colour Centre

Auckland (09) 278 0685

Autolink Distributors Ltd

Hamilton (07) 846 1443

Linkup Paints (BOP) Ltd

Tauranga (07) 571 8921

Complete Paints Ltd

Napier (06) 843 1122

Total Paint Supplies Ltd

New Plymouth (06) 769 9415

Total Body Shop Ltd

Wellington (04) 586 6681

Paintco

Nelson (03) 546 6660

PPG Industries NZ Ltd

Christchurch (03) 384 0255

Rainbow Paints Ltd

Dunedin (03) 474 0659

Southern Paints

Invercargill (03) 218 4664

PPG Industries NZ Ltd, 5 Monahan Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland Freephone 0800 990 093 • Freefax 0800 659 377 • www.ppgic.co.nz

1x35L Concelo® bin

Asworkforces return to the office, companies are demanding more sophisticated solutions to manage waste generated in staff kitchens and cafeterias. These corporate customers are often striving towards zero waste and are looking for ways to increase the amount of waste that is successfully diverted for recycling or composting.

The new Concelo 1 x 35L waste bin provides a smart solution for sorting waste and recycling in office kitchens. The single CR350135D can be used for each type of waste stream such as using three bins for recycling, greenwaste and landfill. If recycling is not comingled, then additional bins can be used for paper or glass recycling for example.

Commercial environments are high use and very demanding. Bin systems in office kitchens are used

as much as 50,000 times per year, so durability and ease of servicing are an important consideration.To this end, Concelo uses premium German-made soft close runners that are rated to 45kg and use an innovative mounting system to make runner servicing easier.

All Concelo plastic components are made using virgin polypropylene for maximum durability. While virgin material is more expensive, it means the strength of the components are not compromised by using fillers. At the end of life, all polypropylene parts are all fully recyclable to ensure minimal environmental impact.

Being built on the award winning Concelo platform means the CR350-135D has the all the unique features that have made Concelo so popular. The Active Lid system controls odours

and is hands free. And because bins get dirty, components like the Clip’n’Clean trays and the removable Active Lid make it so easy and simple to clean and keep in hygienic condition.

The new Concelo CR350135D comes in White and Cinder colour options and full technical information and CAD details can be downloaded from hideawaybins.co.nz

Distributed nationwide by Hafele, and regionally by Carters, ITM, Impeys, Rose City Wood Panels and Scooters. Or contact Hideaway directly hideawaybins.co.nz.

Commercial office kitchen featuring two sets of three 1x35L bins (CR350-135D) for waste, recycling and compostables.

At the end of life, all polypropylene parts are all fully recyclable to ensure minimal environmental impact.

CONCELO® LAUNDRY HAMPERS

The Concelo® range now has five laundry hamper models, with an option to suit almost any project.

The new slim 1 x 35L model fits a 350mm cabinet and is perfect for smaller spaces like townhouses and apartments. For larger homes, there are two options to suit 450mm cabinets – 1 x 60L for larger families, or 2 x 35L to allow the homeowner to sort their laundry.

Based on the same platform as the Red Dot award-winning Concelo® Waste Bin, the Concelo® Laundry is packed with features to suit the needs of the designer, the cabinetmaker and the homeowner.

The synchronised soft close runners are the equal of premium drawer systems, and the 6-way cam adjustment with locking bolt system makes installation simple yet precise.

Model dimensions, CAD drilling files and more information available at hideawaybins.co.nz

S ui t s 450mm Ca b i net s

1 x 35 L IT RE HAM PER CRL350-135D-W

1 x 60 L IT RE HAM PER CRL450-160D-W

1 x 60 L IT RE HAM PER CRL450-160D-C

2 x 35 L IT RE HAM PERS CRL450-235D-W-2W

2 x 35 L IT RE HAM PERS CRL450-235-W-1W1C

CRL450-235D-W-1W1C

Doors filling in the blanks

We talk to manufacturers and suppliers about machinery set-ups to reduce the labour involved in sizing and fitting blanks, and look at completed door systems to fit virtually any purpose or space across your residential and commercial projects.

Today our best machine. Tomorrow your most beautiful room door.

Your choice in CNC machining when it comes to demanding requirements. Ideal for doors, windows, stairs, furniture or classic interior finishing. With machines of our CENTATEQ P-500|600 + E-500 series you are well prepared for all your tasks. Each of these CNC machines creates a complete system that provides you with maximum performance and efficiency to meet your customers individual requirements. Convince yourself about the flexibility and performance.

SCM Morbidelli 5-axis set up for doors

Machines R Us owner John Fleet comments on the adaptability of the SCM range of 5-axis machines as shown when set up for door manufacturing.

Machining Up

Until recently Wellington door manufacturer BDS Doors had little experience with CNC machinery, finishing their range of exterior and interior doors largely by hand. The purchase of an SCM Morbidelli M100 5-axis from Machine R Us earlier this year changed all that, and the changeover was surprisingly easy.

“In terms of technology we were pretty basic,” says Wellington Branch Manager Matthew Ashton. “We were using jigs to individually router each hinge and pre drilling holes for hinges and hardware by hand. It was very labour intensive with a lot of room for error.”

“We wanted to grow and improve our lead times without having to employ extra staff, which are very hard to find at the moment anyway, and we wanted the accuracy that a machine provides. We knew CNC was the way to do this.

“We narrowed our choice down to several machines largely through talking and visiting others in the area with similar machinery. In the end we chose the Morbidelli M100 5-axis because we liked the programming set up and were reassured by the global reputation of SCM and the local support of people on the ground which Machines R Us provided.

“The machine was installed in April over the Easter period, prior to which we went up to Auckland for a couple of days with the Machines R Us team for

basic training. Following which they installed the machine and provided valuable on machine training. Fortunately we had one employee with previous CNC experience, he picked it up very quickly making it easier for the rest of us to follow.

“As we had little programming experience, and so as we didn’t have to start from scratch, Machines R Us set up a basic programme for us covering most of our likely requirements, and as we have progressed we have modified these files to fit our own needs. Assistance has been very good and any issues have been resolved quickly, often through remote access to our computer.

“In the few months since purchase the machines performance has been fantastic. We made a few errors initially because we really tried to run before we could walk. So we took a step back and took a more methodical approach which has worked well and in the last couple of months we are really where we want to be. We are still training the guys up and realise we will be able to add to the scope

of what we do as we gain more experience. We have bought a Ferrari for a milk run if you like and appreciate and enjoy that it can do a lot more.

“Apart from the accuracy and speed of processing, a big advantage for us has been the ease of stock management and the reduction in overheads. Shorter lead times and improved processing capabilities mean we no longer are required to carry as much stock or as extensive a range of blanks. An example being cavity sliders which previously we bought in with the wheels already in the bottom. Now we can do that ourselves using a standard blank.

“No one in the factory has touched a jig for the last 3½ months, we are doing everything on the machine, nothing by hand. We have gone from perhaps the most basic among pre hung door manufacturers to among the most updated, and it feels good.

Following on from our experience in bringing affordable 5-axis processing into the New Zealand market, especially for those involved in solid wood furniture and shop fitting, Machines R Us have put together a package tailored to pre-hung door producers in New Zealand.

The basis of our system is the SCM Morbidelli M100 5-axis in pod and rail configuration. Fitted with a powerful 5-axis electro spindle and dedicated high speed drilling head all machining can be carried out including mitre cuts with saw blade, pilot holes for hinges and hardware, lock boxes and hinge rebates.

A specialised clamping system is fitted to allow the datum of the jambs to be constant thus eliminating variation in jamb length when cutting mitres or where jamb thickness is variable, this system negates the need for thickness probing of the door jambs top surface.

Using SCM's own Maestro software Machines R Us has developed a library of predefined parametric macros and programs to deal with hinge machining, locks, mitres etc so a long learning process for an operator is greatly reduced and the customer is ready to go from the outset.

We wanted to bring to the local market all the technologies required by pre-hung door businesses using standard machines from the SCM catalogue. Thereby providing proven affordable technology with practical and readily available local support.

www.machinesrus.co.nz

The Morbidelli 5-axis pod & rail - reduced overheads, improved lead times and greater accuracy of finish.

The HOMAG sales representative was exceptionally knowledgeable; he was great at proposing the good solutions to meet our particular requirements without ever trying to oversell.

Tim Doran, Managing Director

Leading door manufacturer extends HOMAG partnership

Ahmarra Door Solutions, one of the UK’s leading fire door manufacturers, recently selected HOMAG as its preferred partner for woodworking equipment. The company invested in three new CNC machining centres and a new edge bander to replace and update some of its existing HOMAG equipment.

Based in Hampshire, Ahmarra has been manufacturing doorsets for over 25 years. The company produces doors for a diverse range of buildings which include airports, railway stations, schools, hospitals, luxury homes, student accommodation, social housing, offices and commercial properties. The company’s core services include the design, manufacture, installation and project management of internal doorsets and glazed screens. It works closely with architects, interior designers, contractors and property developers.

Ahmarra sold on HOMAG’s build quality and performance

When selecting a supplier to replace the company’s existing wood-processing equipment managing director, Tim Doran reviewed the machines of three equipment manufacturers at the LIGNA woodworking show.

Tim opted to replace the equipment with HOMAG machines as he preferred some of the distinctive

characteristics of the HOMAG models to those of the other brands. This included the ease of use of the machines’ software. The build quality of the HOMAG machines, the brand’s longstanding reputation for producing technically advanced products, and the Ahmarra workforce's operational experience of HOMAG equipment also helped to sway his final choice.

Following his initial model selection, Tim wanted to see and review the preferred equipment in operation. To this end, he visited HOMAG’s showroom in Derby, two of its manufacturing facilities in Germany and the production facility of a large woodworking manufacturer. Commenting on the advice and support provided by HOMAG throughout the selection process Tim said: “The specialist HOMAG sales representative was exceptionally knowledgeable; he was great at proposing the good solutions to meet our particular requirements without ever trying to oversell.

Contrary to popular opinion, I also found HOMAG’s pricing to be very competitive given the high specification and performance of the machines. They definitely offered great value for money.”

Four new HOMAG models increase efficiency Tim invested in the HOMAG equipment for Ahmarra’s new purpose-built manufacturing facility with the objective of producing engineered fire doorsets more efficiently. He purchased two HOMAG CENTATEQ P-500 5-axis CNC machines, a CENTATEQ P-310 5-axis CNC processing centre and an EDGETEQ S-500 edge bander.

Reliability and ease of use along with good resale values were also important benefits Tim required from the machinery. Commenting on the operational advantages the latest models have brought to the business, Tim said: “The new equipment is faster and more accurate than our previous machines, and they are much

easier to programme and operate. With our new edge bander, we can lip-up 80mm thick doors, whereas the previous machine had a limitation of only 60mm.

“Our new CNC machining centres are 5-axis, while our former models were only 4-axis. Having 5-axis CNC machines means we can carry out more operations without the need to change tools.

“We now also benefit from being able to employ and train people with no experience to operate these new, easier to use models. We can train operators in-house within a week, something that would have been almost impossible to do with the older machines.

The application possibilities are virtually unlimited

Regardless of whether you use the EVOLUTION 7402 or the power version the 7405 4mat, there is a CNC machine for every user to satisfy custom requirements. Along with the Quattro HSK package with its four position tool changer and 10.3 kW HSK chuck, the integrated six fold tool changer makes the

7405 4mat capable of much more. The application possibilities are virtually unlimited. The 7405 is suitable for businesses needing a flexible machine for complex carcass and internal construction. A real extra is an X/Y tool changer for using a special angle gear integrated into the Connect equipment.

The EVOLUTION has it all ... 4mat: formatting on all four workpiece edges and surface machining.

Connection Technology: everything with one clamping operation. State of the art connection technology with the EVOLUTION tool packages

Doors Ready: The door package: cuts lock box and hinges XCut: optimum utililization of cut panel strips for carcass production

XL Passage: enlarged passage for workpieces with up to 1200mm on the 7405 4mat.

The right combination for laser edging from Holzher

The Lumina Series including the Lumina 1598 Edgebander pictured offer a unique combination for processing panels. Two systems which are unbeatable in terms of speed and cost efficiency producing perfect waterproof invisible joints: the Glujet glue application system

for standard use of PUR glue and LTRONIC, the new laser edging unit. The Lumina 1598 offers a simple heat up time of only three minutes along with automatic cleaning features at a touch of a button. It is operated with a large touchscreen colour monitor combined with an adaptive

package for intelligent automation and intuitive operation. Easily used software with a large programme memory and a graphic user interface displaying in plain text or graphic form makes for easy operation. It even has an ECO MODE automatic power saving mode!

For more information on this and any other products from Holzher contact their New Zealand agent Technical Machinery Services (TECHMS) Mike French 021 353 632 or Rajan Pillay 021 504 929

EVOLUTION 7405

The EVOLUTION 7405 is a full value CNC machining center for complete vertical machining requiring the smallest of floor space

The EVOLUTION 7405 4mat is an extremely flexible CNC machining center for a very wide range of materials and machining processes. Unique in its class, it offers absolutely precise edge routing on all four workpiece edges and thus complete formatting for panel material. Possible material thicknesses from 8 to 70 mm mean the vertical machining centers are allrounders. The thickness adaptation is completely automatic.

Panels weighing up to 75 kg can be machined easily. The versatile 7405 4mat includes a tool changer for 6 tools with diameter up to 110 mm and a 10.3 kW spindle with HSK chuck. The EVOLUTION is a full-value CNC machine perfectly suited for production of carcass furniture as well as machining counter tops and many other applications.

Service and Support Second to None

Technical Machinery Services

Biesse Rover A versatility in complex machining

Independent Doors in Christchurch has been supplying much of the South Island with its door requirements for nearly 30 years, last year we spoke to them about the purchase of a Biesse Rover A which they use for the more complex work in preparing doors for their builder and residential market. We took the opportunity of our Door Feature in this issue to visit again for an update.

Since we spoke to Independent Doors they have moved to new premises in Hornby and have used the opportunity to look at the work flows and processes through their factory in particular the use of their 5-axis pod and rail Biesse Rover A which they had purchased a year previously.

“The machine preformed well from the start,” says Business Development Manager, Chris Maguire. “It has made a huge difference to our machining capabilities. Much of our more complex work such as the preparation for mortise locks, special pivot gear and closers which previously had to be done by hand are now very simple and quick machining processes.

“The flexibility and versatility of machining with the 5-axis Biesse Rover A is unbelievable and as we have become more familiar with the machine we have looked at the way we use it and streamlined the process to become more efficient.

“We have re-set the machine for pendulum work, where we load one end while the other is machining, meaning we do what we do more efficiently. This has allowed us to take on more work that previously we may have turned down.

“Complex concealed hinges and handle lock sections that may have been an unattractive proposition when taking an hour to do by hand are now good business when run

through this machine. We can do the same job with ease in around 3 minutes when set up for it, which is a pretty straight forward software exercise.

“We use the Biesse onboard software B-solid, which is easy to use, relatively uncomplicated in allowing us to sort most things out for ourselves and it can do everything we want.

“Throughout our relocation Biesse have been very helpful. They came in a couple of days prior to our shift, moved the machine, set it up and it was ready to go when we arrived at our new premises where one of their technicians was ready to assist us in the changeover to the pendulum system.

“Buying this machine really was a good way to go for what we do here. It does the more complex jobs easily which is what we purchased it for, as well as allowing us to offer clients extra services such as concealed hinge manufacturing and grooving designs on panels.

“We still use our 30 year old prehung door machine for the day to day volume work such as the doors we do for standard group housing work, while the Biesse Rover A allows us to machine what was time consuming to do by hand and take on more complex work that wasn’t previously viable.

The Rover A adds flexibility to what we do and does it quickly. It has certainly improved our capabilities of doing more complex machining and with it doing more business

Chris Maguire

QUALITY DOOR SYSTEMS DESIGNED & MADE IN ITALY

Exedra Pocket Door – innovative mechanism that slides door into side of cabinet. Many applications –kitchens, laundries, wardrobes, work stations and more. Highly adjustable and removes easily if needed.

EvoLift – a perfect opening and soft closing movement for both single and folding flap door applications, both wood-based and aluminium-framed. Multiple weight classes. One code ordering makes it easy.

Wind Lift – compact yet strong, elegant and unobtrusive, Wind maximises space in overhead cabinets and features smooth, controlled soft closing, even for wide spans. Soft Close. Push to Open. 5 weight classes.

Pacta Falling Flap Door Stay – ideal for creating a fully aligned flat surface on desks, appliance work stations, table extensions and more. Pacta, for downward flap doors, is simple and stylish with a gradual controlled action and no bulky stays. Soft close. Push to open. Light options.

Bifold Gear – easy assembly, very quiet and just 80mm space lost when open.

Wind Bifold Pacta

Photo kindly supplied by Tim Lee at The Offcut of Auckland*

EvoLift

Exedra

Hinges in onyx black

Onyx is the new black. Experience timeless quality and elegant design with CLIP top BLUMOTION hinges in a chic onyx black finish.

It's not just design, it's style. Dark furniture is and has been a rising trend for many years, radiating elegance and boasting visual impact. Spray painting your fittings is a thing of the past thanks to the Blum onyx black hinge range, also available in EXPANDO T for thin or dense front materials and zero protrusion for those tricky applications. Blum's CLIP top BLUMTION hinge range in onyx black has something for every cabinet.

Have an upcoming job with dark materials? Order your onyx black Blum hinges on Order Management at e-services.blum. com

Something for everyone

Hinged cupboard doors will always have their place in every home, whether it's a pantry door hiding the stockpile of chocolate biscuits or the mirror cabinet above the bathroom sink. But with so many different angles and applications, finding the right hinge for the job isn't always easy. Here's why so many cabinetmakers and specifiers choose Blum hinges.

A knowledgeable team. Having someone to call on for a hinge selection emergency is a must! The Blum team have years of training and experience to be able to help you with your angled cabinet or mitred double overlay application.

A top-quality product. Nothing is worse than installing the same job more than once. Having a product you know is built to last is imperial. Did you know Blum tests their hinges to 200,000 opening and closing cycles?

A vast range. Glass mirror cabinet without substrate? CRISTALLO hinge. 8 mm Corian fronts? EXPANDO T fixing. Dark wood-stained door and cabinet? Onyx black finish.

The team at Blum knows hinges inside and out, so for your next difficult job, contact your Account Manager or email info.nz@blum.com

The Blum onyx black hinge range offers new opportunities for dark cabinetry.

Sage Doors

hide anything, including the laundry sink

Roller Doors have many uses. From use as an appliance garage, scullery, study nook, laundry space or hallway storage to being used in commercial environments and in machinery, roller doors are a versatile door option, and capable of great things.

Laundry spaces are often hidden with sliding doors or bifold doors. Sliding doors often result in half of the space being covered at any time – making it inaccessible. On the other hand, bi-fold doors take up 100mm on each side, as well as space within the room when they swing open.

Enter: The Versatile Roller Door!

Roller door tracks are a minimal 28mm on each side, giving you complete use of the full width of the opening. As the Roller Doors slide straight up and down, they don’t obtrude into the room when opening/closing. Made to order, they can be made from any material, at any size, and can also be easily motorised for ease of use.

If you’re in Auckland, pop by our newly renovated showroom to see the roller doors in situ, or ask for a factory tour to learn how our doors are made!

SAGE DOORS PAINTABLE PROFILE DOORS:

We’ve recently completed a number of changes to our online ordering portal that enable full customisation of all Optidoor™ profiles online. It’s super simple!

The widths of the profiles can be easily adjusted, and the preview image reflects any changes made: no more guesswork or trying to remember codes and acronyms – it’s all visual and easy to follow.

www.sagedoors.co.nz

Roller Door Cross Section

Roller

From their range of award winning German made FREE family flap fittings that cover a complete range of applications and offer the easiest of use and installation, to sliding door fittings engineered by Swiss experts HawaHäfele have the expertise and broad range to offer a reliable solution to suit almost any application.

ENGINEERED BY

Less space is required inside the cabinet with Duo and it can be used for both upward opening or downward opening applications. The lift-up fitting can be mounted on the left or right.

ENGINEERED BY

The swinging motion moves around cornice profiles and top-mounted lights. Perfectly suited for large flaps. Cabinet contents are easy to access. For flaps up to 800mm in height and weighing up to 17.1kg.

ENGINEERED BY

For flaps with or without handles. By changing installation position and components, both handle or push-to-open applications can be achieved. For one or 2-sided application depending on flap size.

ENGINEERED BY

ENGINEERED BY

The hinge and lid stay in one. Classic flap function for medium to low height with opening angles of 90° and 107°. Available in 2 models depending on weight of flap.

For maximum access to the cabinet. Hardly any space is required in the cabinet towards the front. For flaps up to 600mm in height or weighing up to 19.6kg.

ENGINEERED BY

ENGINEERED BY

Characterised by an extremely compact size that goes hand in hand with a minimal, yet distinctive design. For opening angles of 90° or 107° and flaps up to 650mm in height.

Electro-mechanical movement assistance for the entire FREE flap fitting family. It impresses with its elegant design, gentle movement and ease of installation and programming.

ENGINEERED BY

ENGINEERED BY

Ideal for flaps with higher fronts. Less space is required in the room when opening, and little space required above. Handle is reachable at all times. For flaps up to 1040 mm in height or weighing up to 23.3kg.

For wood or aluminum doors, the Maxi Lift-Up Fitting is clip mounted without tools on a pre-mounted bracket. Adjustable with a 3/8” hex key, the lift-up fitting can be left or right mounted.

When it comes to smooth opening, soft-closing and a user-friendly experience, Häfele have solutions to suit any design application.

E-Drive for FREE Flap

Maxi

FREE Fold

FREE Flap H1.5

FREE Space FREE Swing

FREE Up

FREE Flap Duo/Duo Forte

(With Optional Soft Close) Ideal for furniture and blind corner pantry applications.

(Now available with Soft Close) The economical choice for wardrobe applications.

with

HAWA Concepta Range

Make flush-fitting cabinet fronts disappear or reappear with a single movement or park away in barely visible niches. Concepta moves almost of its own accord due to the excellent sliding characteristics, and run into the cushioned end position independently.

HAWA Regal Range

Regal can be used to mount wooden or glass doors with a mixture of aluminium and glass or mirror anywhere on cabinets and shelving systems. The sliding hardware remains in the background and leaves the front of the furniture to make an impression.

The practical clip-on system makes installation child’s play, and thanks to the clever height adjustment, the position of the doors is easy to adjust. suitable for doors weighing from 16 kg to 36 kg for living, office and project areas.

This system is in a league of its own with regard to usage diversity: It moves doors between 19 mm and 40 mm thick and with dimensions of up to 2800 x 1600 mm with consummate ease and quietness in front of the cabinet or inside the cabinet, running individually or symmetrically, perfectly coordinated to door weights of up to 20, 35, 40, 50, 65 and 80 kg and an in-house range of stylish handle solutions.

The flush-fitting furniture design and the freedom of choice with regard to materials and colors as far as the front panels and handles are concerned mean that you have almost unlimited design freedom. The clever all-rounder is suitable for private rooms such as entrances, kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms and for offices, reception rooms and public areas.

Quality running gear consisting of top quality components makes it glide along the running tracks with unparalleled silence. The floor guide with zero clearance keeps doors weighing up to 250 kg on course, the track buffer which is adapted to the door weight stops them reliably, and the soft and self closing system (up to 120 kg) pulls them gently to the end position.

(Now available

Soft Close) Ideal for full height kitchen and Wardrobe applications.

HAWA Junior Range

HAWA Frontino Range

HAWA Combino Range

HAWA Clipo Range

SLIDO F-Line42 50A

SLIDO F-Line15 55A

SLIDO F-Line21 20C & 40C

AVENTOS lift systems from Blum

AVENTOS HF

Wall cabinets with doors can be a real headache - literally. We've all banged our heads on an open cupboard door when putting away glasses or mugs. So, for cabinet doors that fold up and out of the way, choose AVENTOS HF.

The bi-folding cabinet doors make AVENTOS HF the largest lift system available from Blum, with the ability to create overhead cabinets over a meter in height and 1800 mm in width! HF is our second most popular AVENTOS lift, ideal for keeping clean-cut lines in your kitchen design.

AVENTOS HL

Kiwis are known for having "too many" kitchen appliances. A toaster, kettle, microwave, rice cooker, air fryer, coffee machine ... the list never ends! Imagine; New Zealand's abundance of small appliances, easily accessible when required and quickly hidden away when not. Without the need to move anything or to install large, full-height door fronts. Meet AVENTOS HL.

With HL, the front swings upwards parallel to the cabinet so it can be left open during cooking, heating, toasting or anything else you can think of! Once you're done brewing your coffee and frothing your milk, pull the front back down for a minimalist kitchen. AVENTOS HL is especially practical when paired with pull-out shelf lock.

AVENTOS HS

Floating shelves are on trend, and while they may make your objects look great over time they collect dust. Why not offer a pleasing aesthetic without the dust?

AVENTOS HS paired with glass framed fronts provides a genuinely premium cabinet door. AVENTOS HS is our tallest single-door lift

system, boasting a maximum front height of up to 800 mm and swings up and over the cabinet top for designs with cornice or crown mouldings, high ceilings or a floating structure. A handleless design can be achieved with an overhang or the addition of our SERVO-DRIVE electrical opening and closing motion technology.

AVENTOS

HK top

The first of the "top" family to hit the market, superseding AVENTOS HK. With built-in angle stops, a new sleek cover cap design and three different motion technologies for opening and closing, HK top is Blum's most universal lift system.

AVENTOS HK top has a compact and linear design, allowing it to blend discreetly into wall cabinet interiors. Opt for EXPANDO T fixing for thin fronts of just 8 mm or add SERVO-DRIVE for a premium, handle-less opening and

AVENTOS HF

AVENTOS HL

AVENTOS HS

AVENTOS HK top

closing experience. AVENTOS

HK top is beautifully functional and offers a wide range of design possibilities.

AVENTOS HK-XS

The baby of the lift system family, but certainly not the weakest! HK-XS is perfect for large-scale jobs like apartments or ideal for a single vanity cabinet. Thanks to its slim construction, AVENTOS HK-XS provides a vast scope of use. Even cabinets with restricted depth are now possible, only needing 100 mm depth to install. The mechanism can be combined with BLUMOTION or TIP-ON applications using Blum CLIP top hinges.

AVENTOS lift systems

The AVENTOS family has many practical, inspirational and ergonomic benefits without sacrificing design or individuality. Take your cabinetry to the next level with AVENTOS lift systems from Blum. Our complimentary

online E-SERVICE platform makes installing AVENTOS a breeze without the need for constant updates. Planning is made easier in Cabinet Configurator, or selecting a product becomes simple in Product Configurator.

Cabinet Configurator

Cabinet Configurator helps you to plan entire cabinets with drawers, shelves, cupboards and more and is accessible for free, online and 24/7. Because E-SERVICES is a website instead of an application or software package, Cabinet Configurator doesn't need to download any software to your device or require regular updates. The "My projects" function allows you to save, access and manage personalised configurations and produce parts and cutting lists, production drawings and CAD/CAM data with just a few clicks.

Sign up to E-SERVICES and learn why thousands of other Kiwis log in daily at e-services.blum.com, or talk to your Blum Account Manager to arrange training for Cabinet Configurator.

Ask your Blum Account Manager for more information on AVENTOS lift systems, or visit www.blum.com/aventos

Fitting solutions, assembly instructions and planning information, all in one place, free and up-to-date.

Product Configurator

Product Configurator is New Zealand's most used Blum E-SERVICE.To access this application, log into e-services.blum.com and select the Product Configurator tile. Now, you'll be able to quickly and easily find fitting solutions, assembly instructions or planning information on most of the Blum product range. Product Configurator helps you to select the correct hardware components for your job without needing a long list of ordering codes. Don't worry if something changes. You can save your progress and return later; previously created configurations can be saved as templates in "My Library" for even greater efficiency.

For a more efficient Blum planning process, sign up to E-SERVICES and gain access to Product Configurator. Contact your local Blum Account Manager for training or email info.nz@blum.com

AVENTOS HK-XS

The best way to plan, order and manufacture cabinets with Blum fittings.

The ENKO SLIMBOX® at home

in kitchens, bathrooms and commercial spaces

Withits beautiful space-saving slim side profile and smooth, full-extension 40kg soft-closing capacity, the Enko SLIMBOX ® combines the best of design, function and value.

Available in a full range to suit all your project specifications –350/400/450/500/550mm deep drawers, 90/130/180mm high sides – with rectangular gallery rails and inner-drawer front system. Available in two colours – White and Anthracite Grey.

Ideally suited to any beautiful kitchen, wardrobe or bathroom space or equally at work in the commercial office or bathroom environment, the Enko SLIMBOX® drawer now allows you to specify value along with a Smart System for Design Interiors.

“We have just renovated our kitchen, and we selected Enko’s SLIMBOX® drawers. Our designer commented on the quality of the drawers - that the side heights were ideal for preventing fallout, and the 40kg capacity was important in today’s kitchens. The manufacturer said they were easy to install and that not having to mill the drawer base was a significant cost saving.

end-user feedback

The main features on the SLIMBOX® are:

• 40kg capacity

• Slim 14mm twin-walled, epoxy coated side profile

• Three side profile heights of 90, 130 and 180mm

• Full-extension, concealed and synchronised soft close runners with a broad base platform

• 16mm board drawer base – no milling required

• Quick assembly

• Quick-release brackets

• 3-D adjustment

Enko Slimbox available in 350/400/450/500/550mm deep drawers, 90/130/180mm high sides.

NEW SIGE PROLINE RANGE

Joining the original Infinity range from Sige that Enko stock, we are excited to now be offering the Proline model in our most popular Sige Pullouts.

Proline is about making the kitchen space more ergonomic, with a balance between minimalism and design.

They have folded metal sheet baskets and are available in two colours - Orion Grey & White.

Got a difficult or tight space to fill?

The Proline range from Sige includes models to suit 150mm and 200mm cabinets for under and over the bench and also full height storage.

Like things nice?

All Proline models feature perfectly trimmed, sound deadening non-slip matting for each basket and the bottle storage units all come with dividers - no more extra codes to order!

Specify and fit the Proline range from Sige today.

Orion Grey 150, 200 Pantry

White Bottle Rack

3-Tier Unit (Image shows two units to create a full height solution)

Orion Grey 3-Tier Over Bench Unit

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49th CIFF - Guangzhou 2022 49th CIFF - Guangzhou 2022

An online - offline success!

The 49th CIFF Guangzhou was held in two phases between 17 to 20 July and 26 to 29 July at the Canton Fair Complex in Guangzhou Pazhou, occupying a total of 510,000m2 of exhibition space, welcoming over 2,500 exhibitors from 23 countries and 139,574 high-quality trade visitors, and staging 8 thematic exhibitions along with over 130 conferences and forums.

For the first time, CIFF Guangzhou was also held online on various social and multimedia channels, registering an impressive 50 million visits and proving once again that this is the most strategically important business platform in Asia, bringing the entire furniture industry together under one roof and generating strong synergy between the Chinese domestic and international markets—a truly innovative large scale event, forward-looking and futuristic, full of stimulating themes and resources for the whole furniture industry.

It was a no-brainer !

From small beginnings in 2014, Provence Brothers in Western Australia have experienced exponential growth over the last few years. They started as cabinet makers with a 180m² factory. Today, they are one of the leading suppliers of flat packs in Western Australia and have quadrupled in size, upgrading to 900m² across two factories.

In 2019, Provence Brothers reached a tipping point. They realised that it was time to invest in software to streamline their business operations. At that point they were spending up to five hours on drafting, quoting, and creating order lists using CAD based software for each job. Then, they would also need to make the inevitable adjustments to the order, and invoice the client.

Through a recommendation of a hardware sales representative, Provence Brothers started investigating the Cabinetry.Online quoting and ordering system. One of the main features of this

platform is the user-interface. It is, as Retief puts it, “user friendly, and customizable and easy to use.” Customers log into the dedicated, branded online ordering system directly from the Provence Brothers website.

Provence Brothers were able to easily customise the portal to suit their look and feel. Here, customers can request and receive real time quotes, and place orders. The system produces a PDF list of the order for the client to peruse and approve before submitting.

The major way in which this system increases productivity is that Provence Brothers don’t need to engage in the tedious and time-consuming process of creating quotes. The quotes are created automatically, in real time. Customers can make as many adjustments to the quote as they require and get the information they need instantly. Importantly though, Provence Brothers are in control of all the pricing. This is done via their manufacturer’s portal.

The platform also functions as a centralised hub for all the orders, allowing Provence Brothers to have a real-time overview of how many orders are in the pipeline, which have been dispatched and how many have been delivered. This can help to better manage production planning.

The platform not only increases productivity, but also minimises financial losses through errors in plans and orders. When creating their plan on the Cabinetry.Online user platform, the customers first set their room defaults and then create their plans using a drag and drop tool. A huge range of cabinetry options and sundries are available. These too are set by Provence Brothers. Using the customer-created plan, the

platform creates an order list. This reduces user error as there is a seamless integration of the quoting and ordering functions. And, while the customer creates the plan, the software calculates all the required items to produce the cabinetry, further reducing the risk of user error.

The Cabinetry.Online system has proven itself to be an invaluable tool in propelling Provence Brothers to the next level. Provence Brothers and numerous other cut-to-size manufacturers have identified Cabinetry.Online as the key factor in the growth and development of their businesses.

by Judy White Cabinetry.Online

Wondering what your personalized online ordering portal could look like? Email us at hello@cabinetryonline.co and we’ll show you. Or, give us a call on 1300 783 997 to chat to a consultant.

The Provence Brothers team are one of the leading suppliers of flat packs in WA.

the major way in which this system increases productivity is that Provence Brothers don’t need to engage in the tedious and time-consuming process of creating quotes.

Benchtops sink inserts & more

The focal point of the kitchen - we look at some of the surface materials, and design developments that go into giving bench tops and sink inserts the ability to withstand their functional day to day abuse and still retain their aesthetic appeal over the years.

Self-Clipping Bolero Bowl by Franke

MHM sets the benchmark

When clients require a custom, architecturally inspired stainless benchtop, MHM Stainless Benching stands above the rest, fabricating bespoke, hardwearing, and stylish products that last a lifetime.

Previously known in the market as Mercer Stainless, MHM has been fabricating steel benchtops, splash backs, rangehood covers, island bars, cabinetry, and other architectural features out of their Christchurch workshop for over 50 years. MHM products feature throughout New Zealand and range from automated plant equipment used in the food processing sector to custom benching utilized in commercial and residential buildings.

Custom Bench Sales and Production Co-ordinator Diane Burton said their experienced fabricators were true craftsmen, who were committed to producing the highest quality product, every time. “They treat every job as if it was going into their own home. This level of dedication means every product comes

out with an unmatched level of care and attention. They work hard to achieve the desired look, performance, and longevity – a stainless benchtop is designed to last a lifetime, or more,” she said.

MHM has plenty of experience fitting benchtops to all sorts of spaces and requirements. Along with its construction and configuration, their small and dedicated team can further customise client benchtops with different finishes and polishing specifications. Their staff have extensive experience working on a wide range of projects for domestic and commercial settings, including high-end architectural builds, and large, multi-station kitchens for cooking schools.

Diane said their team were exceptionally capable and were happy to take on the most challenging jobs that others wouldn’t touch. “We have a reputation for delivering on the most weird and wonderful design briefs, that’s what sets us apart,” she said.

Each product undertakes the same process to ensure a smooth engagement for the client.The

process starts with a drawing or brief supplied to MHM from a joiner. MHM’s engineering design team then prepares a CAD design and sends it back to the joiner for approval. It’s this communication with both the joiner and the client that is a vital part of MHM’s success, as it ensures any potential issues that arise are ironed out smoothly. If the specific installation requires a site measure before fabrication, we can do this as well. The benchtop is then fabricated in MHM’s Christchurch workshop and delivered to site.

In some cases, MHM’s engineers can visit a site to assist with the installation if required. In some cases where benchtops or an island is very large, it may be supplied in sections and welded together on site.

As MHM works with each client to achieve their desired result, the overall experience reflects exceptional service and a quality finish that is cohesive with the other components of installation and will last a lifetime.

MHM can meet all your finishing and polishing requirements.

STAINLESS

DESIGNED FOR YOU

For the past 76 years, Steelfort Engineering Company has been designing, fabricating and manufacturing all manner of Stainless Steel products for the Domestic, Commercial and

Steelfort has over the years, developed a basic “Ten Step Flow Chart” to measure the manufacturing progress and at each of

population have a greater awareness of the need for protecting our families from surfaces that have a greater potential to

Stainless Steel Benches and Work Surfaces are enjoying a genuine ‘wipe clean’ food preparation surfaces, but more so

Gone are the days of Stainless Steel Benches being an item in a ‘state house’ although the very reason they were in there

Today there are many material work surface options, but Stainless Steel still holds the moral high ground when

• Hospitals and Hospitality, have a wide variety of mobile trolleys, food carts, sluice sinks, food preparation benches, extract canopies, beverage dispensing systems, ice makers: all manufactured from hard wearing, hygienic

• Pharmaceutical and Laboratories, rely on the strength and cleanliness of Stainless Steel for their industry and of course one can not forget the incredible amount of this

• Architecturally, more and more Stainless Steel is being used for cladding, decorative panels, elevators, and hand rails because of its non corroding, clean surface and

• Marine Industry universally because of its appearance and resistance to

• Domestically, outdoors with BBQ’s, access steps and balustrading around swimming and spa pools, slimline designer benches with a huge variety of single and twin scullery, rangehoods, ovens and hobs, and of course pots,

of the most innovative and environmentally friendly decorative surface materials available - ideal for a wide range of vertical and horizontal applications.

New ownership a refresh for Wilsonart in New Zealand

In late 2021 New Zealand Panels Group acquired the New Zealand distribution for Wilsonart HPL with its purchase of Acero.

With a history dating back to 1956 when it was founded in the US by Ralph Wilson, Wilsonart has built a reputation for high quality, high pressure laminate that brings long-lasting style, on-trend designs and trusted performance for both residential and commercial interiors.

With the change in ownership, distribution for Wilsonart has moved from Acero to the joinery merchant network owned by NZ Panels Group; Impey’s and Anthony Shearer. At the same time the range has been refined, a new website has been launched at wilsonart.co.nz and new sample boards and folders are now appearing in the market.

Four ranges offering plenty of options

The range of 66 decors is split into four ranges. The High Definition range has 11 decors, all featuring AEON™ Enhanced Performance Technology and anti-microbial protection. The Gloss range has seven popular decors with the darker colours also featuring AEON ™ . The Standard range is anything but with an array of 46 stunning decors and a variety of finishes, many also featuring AEON™

Specifically designed for highly corrosive environments, the Chemsurf decors in the Specialty range provide exceptional chemical resistance. Ideal for health and hospitality applications where harsh cleaning agents may damage surfaces. This Specialty range also includes some metallic options.

Declare label boosts interest from architects Group Marketing Manager for NZ Panels Group, Desiree Keown, said the news that US decors from Wilsonart have the Declare label had been met with great enthusiasm from local architects, especially those working on Living Building Challenge projects.

Her specification team had all reported a surge in interest in Wilsonart from architects and designers and the reputation of the brand and its quality was a key factor in that, as much as the appeal of having Declare.

In April this year, Wilsonart was the first laminate manufacturer to receive the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) Declare label. Declare labels operate similar to food ingredient labels, detailing the material health

composition of building products to help inform consumers about the safety of the products they use every day.

With 2X more post-consumer recycled content than any other laminate brand, it’s one of the most innovative and environmentally friendly decorative surface materials available and is ideal for a wide range of vertical and horizontal applications.

Wilsonart HPL is also GREEN GUARD Gold Certified to meet low chemical emission limits for better indoor air quality.

www.wilsonart.co.nz

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Wilsonart has built a reputation for high quality, high pressure laminate that brings long-lasting style, on-trend designs and trusted performance for both residential and commercial interiors.

High quality, high-pressure laminate.

Now distributed by Impey’s and Anthony Shearer, you can access this range of 66 high quality laminates more easily than ever.

Browse our refreshed website to view the updated HPL range, order samples and access technical resources.

wilsonart.co.nz

Leaders in high-pressure decorative laminates

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Image: Calcutta Marble

Three new sink designs

At Archant, we’ve heard the requests of designers and joiners calling for more versatile sink options. With these new cutting-edge models, we have responded in a big way. You can now choose from a nearly endless array of bowls with every type of configuration imaginable. Whether you’re looking for a reversible design or a self-clipping style that’s quick to install, we have you covered. Let’s look at the styles making the biggest splash.

Self-Clipping Bolero Bowl by Franke

Franke has patented a very clever design with their new self-clipping Bolero bowl. This unique sink can be mounted rather simply. The fabricator only needs to push the bowl into the benchtop cutout to mount it. The special clips then grab the stone or substrate to fasten themselves to the sink itself. A bit of sealant is then placed around the flange to further secure it.

It’s worth noting, that this works for top-mounted bowls as well. This makes installation less costly when compared with undermounting. Put simply, this all gives you, the joiners, more flexibility to present to your clients. It’s these convenient options that can go a long way in bringing your project to life.

. New Robiq Reversible Line Convenient Strong & Versatile

For many of our clients at Archant, a more versatile sink solution is often needed as opposed to the traditional single bowl design. The truth is, that family life gets hectic, and a double reversible sink brings unique flexibility to this busy space. With our new range of reversible sinks, you can enjoy the trusted build quality Robiq is renowned for, as well as a truly customisable product to best match your needs.

The first obvious benefit of a reversible style is the ability to change the position of each bowl. Depending on the layout of your kitchen this is ultra-convenient. For busy families who spend a lot of time cooking and entertaining, this makes for a more comfortable and efficient work area.

Our reversible Robiq sinks are hand-made from the finest .304 grade stainless steel ensuring a durable and strong unit. The stainless steel is composed of 18%

chromium preventing rust and corrosion and 10% nickel adding a lustre to the surface. There’s no need to worry about cracks or chipping from cast iron cookware or heavy pots.

Each sink has a generous flange size of 20mm which allows your fabricator to easily undermount your sink for a modern and minimal look. Alternatively, the sink can be easily installed and fitted in the top mount position. Each model also features specially developed high-capacity overflow to prevent flooding.

Innovative Highland Sinks with Archant Porcelain

As a sink is the most heavily used item in a kitchen, it’s important to choose wisely.Determining the model that offers the right balance between form and function doesn’t have to be a daunting task. The Highland unique design allows for 6mm porcelain to be seamlessly built into the sides. This gives a sleek and continuous look to the benchtop. With Archant porcelain, you have a gorgeous work area that’s modern and innovative. A smart blend of all the important necessities.

The exquisite style of Florim Stone with a undermounted stainlesssteel sink delivers an exceptional look. You won’t see any joints between the benchtop material and the base of the sink, making this an elegant and watertight kitchen solution. This clever design also permits the use of hot/boiling water taps for added convenience. It comes with an unbeatable 75year warranty.

Bolero Bowl

Robiq Reversible Highland sink

Cutting edge benchtop features from Archant

Wireless phone charger

Since smartphones and tablets are an integral part of our day, we thought it was important to find a stylish and useful way to keep them powered up. In doing so, we're bringing a unique method of wireless charging capability. This smart functionality is built directly into the benchtop. Gone are the days of unsightly wires and searching for the right cord. Simply place your device on the bench, and it will be recharged.

Cooking on the benchtop surface

Can you cook directly on a benchtop? With newly created technology, this sleek functionality is now possible! We know, it sounds very high-tech, but this stylish and functional feature is one we believe your clients will love. It works by using an induction hob that is placed right beneath the benchtop surface Simply position your pots and pans in this area and enjoy a sleek and modern cooking experience.

Robiq Reversible

Learn more at archant.co.nz/robiq

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to see our cutting-edge products in person at our New Zealand showrooms. Our team of friendly experts look forward to welcoming you, go to www. archant.co.nz to book a personalised appointment

the moving benchtop

When you think "benchtop", you think of style, design, material and longevity. You wouldn't often consider words like ergonomic or ease of use. That's where Pull-out shelf lock from Blum opens up a new world of possibilities!

A pull-out shelf turned into a moving benchtop? Blum has installed this application into their Christchurch Showroom to prove that kitchen design has no boundaries, with a full-size pull-out shelf on MOVENTO runners. In the island kitchen, the hob and sink both sit on the island, leaving the perfect opportunity to use the shelf space against the wall for small appliances.

MOVENTO runners can take up to 70 kgs of weight, and with a Pull-out shelf lock, your benchtop will lock securely during use - flick the lever with one hand thanks to the synchronisation shaft to release the shelf back into the cabinet.

Inspired?

Find more ideas for your projects at www.blum-inspirations.com

Antibacterial surfaces

new accreditation for Catas

Catas – the leading European testing laboratory and products certification body for the woodfurniture sector is proud of an accreditation that is particularly topical in recent years. We are talking about the method ISO 22196:2011 “Measurement of antibacterial activity on plastics and other non-porous surfaces”, that is the procedures in order to evaluate the antibacterial properties of surfaces, in more technical terms the properties of polymeric products to which antibacterial substances have been added.

Those working in the research and development of technologies and materials aimed at controlling and limiting the proliferation of bacteria on surfaces can therefore turn to Catas to evaluate their effectiveness and rely on a standardized and accredited method.

It all started in 2020, in the wake of the “Covid-19” pandemic and huge concern about the possibility of contracting diseases transmitted through contact with infected surfaces. Since then, demand has literally exploded for tests to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments that provide antibacterial properties to surfaces. Evidence of this is the fact that over the last two years, the laboratory has carried out more than 140 tests on coatings, packaging films, furniture and floorings.

This activity has obviously mainly involved materials used in medical practices, communities or highly frequented environments, where the risk of transmission of a bacterial infection through the

demand has exploded for tests to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments that provide antibacterial properties to surfaces.

promiscuous use of objects or contact with infected surfaces is greater, although there has been no lack of tests carried out on products intended for domestic use.

The seriousness, consistency, and desire to always guarantee the utmost reliability and transparency that have always characterized Catas’ work have therefore prompted it to obtain accreditation from the Italian accreditation body ACCREDIA for this method as well, thus enabling the laboratory to join the very short list of accredited laboratories for ISO 22196 standard (four throughout Italy).

In order to meet the need for coating manufacturers to endorse their products with an authoritative brand name, Catas has developed a new certification scheme, in addition to the well-known Catas Quality Award (CQA). This is the CQA Antibacterial Coating Certification, which, through a specific programme of tests, certifies coating systems for interiors that meet certain performance requirements, including – precisely, antibacterial activity.

The Ultimate Preparation Centre

Catalogue out now!

The latest brochure from Reward Hospitality showcases the full range of Burns & Ferrall sinks, inserts and taps, and the full range of Italian Nobili tapware. Designed and printed with a new and improved layout for easy reading and quick reference to over 65 stainless steel sinks and taps. This latest edition features all our loyal favourites including the R15, R10 and OMB inserts; and showcases new hero product now available ex stock:

• Prep Centre – fabricated bowls with integrated roller mat and fibre rock chopping board, available in 3 sizes, including a PVD black option in 500mm wide.

• Diamon Series – our most scratch resistant sink ever! With 6 diamond models to choose from.

• Stainless Steel Taps – in 2 stunning designs to complement any kitchen design

Contact your territory manager, or call 0800 697 465 to request a copy. Visit our website for our full range of catalogues.

0800 697 465 www.rewardhospitality.co.nz

Blending functionality with an ultra-sleek design, the new Preparation Centre by Burns & Ferrall is sure to impress.

The Preparation Centre has been designed for those that enjoy entertaining guests and hosting at home, with accessories available to suit all occasions.

While function is paramount, the style of the Preparation Centre has been preserved with a recessed ledge with the top of the sink. The chopping board is manufactured from a robust, matches the overall aesthetic perfectly – these 2 accessories are included !

The sink sizes have been fabricated so they will also accept any additional accessory from our popular R15 range. Fabricated using 10mm radius and from 1.2mm stainless steel, the new ITB range are competitively priced and of premium quality

ITB400 RRP $899

ITB500 RRP $999

ITB450 RRP $1099

ITZ500 Black Prep Center

Easy accuracy nails it

With years of experience in the Central Otago region, Gavin Player and his team have built a thriving business in Cromwell. Having built a reputation for versatility and quality, and with the region’s building boom showing no signs of slowing down, in 2021 Gavin found himself facing a wall of work.

“Business had been steady for a few years,” says Gavin, “and then COVID came along and turned everything upside down. Like everyone else we had to play catch up after lockdown, and then everything went nuts.” With a regular supply of work coming via established relationships with local builders, Gavin was looking at nearly a year’s solid work ahead of him. “It’s not often you get to make decisions with so much certainty about what work’s coming,” he says. “I knew we had to do something, and that was look closely at investing in a CNC.”

Having worked with CNC in a couple of previous workshops, Gavin had a pretty good idea of what moving to CNC would mean for production, and the difference

it would make. “A CNC was a big investment for us, but the time felt right. We felt ready to move away from making up templates, drilling holes manually, and all the work that goes with cutting up panel with a saw and step up to a new level of technology, and efficiency.”

Gavin looked around at what was on offer and settled on a Format-4 H08 Pro from the Felder Group, supplied and installed by Jacks. “I’ve worked with European machinery all my career. I’ve already got Felder machinery and I like the quality the brand represents.”

Made in Austria, the Format-4 HO8 features a 10kW spindle, 8-station changer, 8 vertical drilling spindles (6 in x, 2 in y) and HSK F63 toolholders. A centralised dust extraction system, monitored pneumatic pop-up stops and light barrier safety zone system contribute to a clean and safe working environment –which fits well with the tidy and professional nature of Gavin’s existing workshop.

It's still early days for Gavin and the team having only had the H08 installed this year, but they’re

already getting the benefits of CNC production. “The accuracy is a big improvement for us,” he says. “To be accurate on the saw takes care, whereas with the H08 you load it and the machine does the rest. Every time. It’s also nice not having to run every panel across the buzzer before edgebanding.”

The learning curve associated with moving to CNC production hasn’t been too steep either. “I’d been using Sketch Up for years to draw up our kitchens, so I already knew the concepts required. And I’ve taken the time to learn to use the software.” Gavin uses Mozaic for design, preferring the simplicity of a monthly software rental cost rather than buying a complete package outright.

Gavin is already looking at where else his H08 will add value to the business. “Sign-writing is an obvious area,” he explains. “We’ve already had a few local enquiries about converting a few designs into reality. We’re working through what software and tooling might be required for that, and as we get more confident with the machine I can see all sorts of possibilities.”

To be accurate on the saw takes care, whereas with the H08 you load it and the machine does the rest.

But right now, Gavin has his hands full with a different type of work. A customer recently had a tree on their property milled, and Gavin is busy making use of the resulting timber. “We just put some wet 350x350m sections through our Format-4 thicknesser and it just ate them. It took four of us just to lift them! Those will become bench seats, but from the same tree we’ve got internal and external doors to make, as well as a sectional garage door, and maybe gates.”

Between the kitchens and wardrobes that are required as the region continues to grow, and the wide variety of solidtimber work that an area such as Central Otago generates, there’s plenty to keep Gavin and his team busy. Fortunately, Gavin Player Furniture and Joinery have got the skills and the machinery to keep up with the workload. And with customers coming back and introducing their friends, they’re clearly doing an excellent job.

www.jacks.co.nz

Gavin Player in front of the new Format-4 H08 - a new level of technology and efficiency

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Hafele synonymous with quality

Recently I had the chance to catch up with Simon Lount who these days is General Manager Sales & Marketing at Hafele NZ. Last time we met was back before he left for Hafele Head Office in Germany in 2018 and I was curious to see how things had been for him since that secondment. Up till then he has had an interesting career leading him to sales and marketing. What a lot of people may not know is that he has also had an exciting sporting career in the soccer world culminating in becoming an accredited FIFA Assistant Referee and officiating at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He is most grateful for having such an understanding and helpful employer in Hafele to enable him to fufill this particular dream. Now aged just forty, that world is a fond memory so I put some questions to him about his seventeen years with Hafele to date both here and in Germany.

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You joined Hafele here in New Zealand back in 2005 and have made your career in sales and marketing. What factors shaped your early career with them?

Joining the company at a young age and within an internal department enabled me to learn all the finer details of how the business operates. I started as a Customer Service team member, then worked within our projects team, before focusing on Product and Purchasing. I feel this journey and exposure to so many facets of our organisation, combined with the experience in Germany, are all factors leading to what I do today. Longevity within Hafele is well known and the experience and service levels this offers is unrivalled in the New Zealand hardware industry.

In 2018 you were seconded to Hafele’s Head Office in Germany for some three years. What was your role there and how has that experience shaped your thinking?

I moved to Nagold to head up a department looking after our Trade Partners across the world. Hafele has 38 subsidiaries worldwide but in those countries that we do not, we need some representation through a local partner. My department looked after the retail displays, showroom support, training, and marketing requirements of these customers. At the time of my departure back to New Zealand, we had over 120

partners in places such as Uruguay, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Israel, and right across the Gulf. The experience was incredible, and I thoroughly enjoyed all the learning I took from the team in Germany, and of course from the network of partners I visited and engaged with. I think the biggest learning was that there are so many different approaches to market and how we do things in New Zealand, is so different to other places. This will serve me well as Hafele NZ grows and evolves within the NZ market.

You have now been in your current role as General Manager Sales and Marketing for Hafele NZ for a year or so. What is your vision for the customer’s perception of the company going forward?

Hafele has always been a partner who can offer our clients anything they need. Our breadth of product range enables us to service every aspect of the home and office, as well as solutions for the commercial sector. The name Hafele is synonymous with quality and that will always be front of mind. Moving forward, customers in New Zealand will see more Hafele product – products we make and manufacture and are proud to put our name on. This enables us to offer more to our customers while still retaining the ability to adapt and provide bespoke solutions which many others cannot. The market will also see more services and value added solutions to Hafele products. We see a real opportunity to offer more assistance to our customers through installation, pre-assembly, and bespoke solutions. Watch this space!

The company now has three locations in New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch) with a fourth location about to open at the Auckland Home Ideas Centre. What is the rationale behind this new location?

The Home Ideas Centre has undergone a transformation over recent years with a new management team in place. You can sense the

improvements they are making, and the Architecture and Design community can see the same. We want to be in there to offer our clients and partners a central location to see what Hafele has to offer. The display will serve as a space where our independent designers can bring their clients and show them all the latest storage solutions from Hafele.

Next year (2023) marks the 100 year anniversary of Hafele’s establishment in Germany. Any hints on how that will be celebrated here in NZ?

We are very proud to be part of a worldwide group that is celebrating our centenary. There will be events across the world, beginning at our home in the Black Forest in Germany. There will of course be something planned for the New Zealand market and our customers, but you will have to wait and see!

As the world now opens up once more what trends do you see emerging in terms of design and fittings in the modern kitchen and bathroom?

During the recent Eurocucina fair held biannually in Milan, we saw a lot more lighting used in kitchen and bathroom design. Multi-layered use of LED lighting was common throughout the fair using Hafele LOOX5, along with the Connect Mesh system, a system that allows the control of lighting from a mobile phone. Integrated smart technology was also used with lighting and appliances alongside darker colours and lots of natural materials. Within New Zealand, Hafele has our own dedicated Design & Specification Team headed up by Belle Bourne, who is also a member of the NKBA board. As a qualified kitchen designer, Belle keeps herself and her team up to date with the latest trends coming out of Europe and around the world. Belle works closely with designers across the country keeping them informed and educated on the innovations from Hafele.

Service as & when required

The owners of Kitchen Draw in Inglewood, Taranaki, Jody and Wayne Hall have been designing, manufacturing and installing kitchens for more than 20 years. Two years ago they purchased Cabinet Vision software, from NZ re-seller Joinery IT, to give them screen to machine control of the design and production flow of each kitchen through their factory. We spoke to Wayne Hall about the software and the support from Joinery IT.

The selection of Cabinet Vision was pretty much a foregone conclusion for us, says Wayne. I had used it previously, it is pretty complex but very good once you know how to use it. There are other choices out there but I don’t think they are as rounded or complete as Cabinet Vision and I had no desire to learn another software.

We use it from design through to production and it covers most of the things we want and need to do, and also links easily with our Proform CNC machine. Some areas are more tricky than others such as curves and angles but we are usually able to work our way around most things and help is available if and when we need it.

Joinery IT have a good service and support system set up that works well for us. By e-mail they will come back within a day or two and for anything more urgent we can ring them up for a quicker response.

They have five staff available and I have talked to most of them over the last two years, although I normally deal with Jason or Darryn who I have had one on one training sessions with and both are generally easily accessible.

We usually only need to contact them when we require more technical, behind the scenes stuff such as setting up for different hardware or if current hardware needs to be changed or modified.

For instance we have a range of smart cabinets in our library which they helped set up which allow for parametric change when altering dimensions. Very useful for the likes of range-hood cabinets or installing wall ovens where the smart cabinet recognises what you need and allows for ducting space or power point positioning, automatically modifying the cabinet to accommodate that space.

Another valuable feature of the package is its widespread use through out the industry. Many of our suppliers either use Cabinet Vision themselves or are compatible with its use. We are able to export files directly from Cabinet Vision to suppliers such

as Sage Doors or Dezignatek, avoiding any need for multiple files or conversion errors. Cabinet Vision are also very quick to upload new designs or products from hardware and other suppliers which can be easily added to our library and fitted into our designs

It is not the cheapest system on the market but it is very good software, well worth the initial cost. With Joinery IT’s help we have set it up specifically for our own design and manufacturing needs, and its benefits in quality and speed through design and production has made it a very economic purchase, of benefit to both us and our customers.

Cabinet Vision can do most things that Kitchen Draw need or want to do in designing and manufacturing kitchens.

The Homag 1130AT comes standard with pre-milling, corner rounding, interchangeable radius scrapers, glue-pots, and airTec

A passion to deliver quality

Named after its founder Bjoern May, bmc limited specialise in high-end cabinetry and joinery. Originally from Germany, Bjoern and his wife immigrated to NZ in 2010. Their plan was to take a year off, travel the world and return to Germany. They both enjoyed their experience in New Zealand so much they decided to make Auckland their new home.

Bjoern’s introduction to woodworking was in his Grandad’s small workshop, where his Grandad would make things out of wood for friends and family. Proud of his work, his Grandad had a habit of putting his initials on everything he made. The stair stringer (pictured) was made in 1932 for his brother’s house, and now has a new home in Auckland - sitting proudly beside the family dining table. Bjoern says, “it’s a good reminder that not everything is about pushing buttons on modern machinery.”

As a qualified joiner with many years of experience, Bjoern had no problem finding work in his chosen field. After working in a couple of Auckland cabinetry shops, he then started his own business in late 2011. Today, much of bmc’s work is in highend renovations. Although they’ll take on most jobs, thanks to the influence of his Grandad it’s especially those requiring solid wood processing where Bjoern’s real passion lies. He and his team can do everything required of a big renovation project. His typical clients have high expectations and an eye for detail. You get the feeling it’s the variety of work and client satisfaction that drives Bjoern.

As with many businesses in recent times, one of the main challenges Bjoern has faced is finding good staff. Although it’s been challenging, Bjoern has managed to recruit two new workshop staff. Interestingly, one of the new team members has been recruited from Germany through a family connection - a qualified female joiner.

As well as growing his team, Bjoern has a philosophy of staying up to date with machinery to improve quality and productivity. His most recent investment was a new Homag 1130AT edgebander supplied by Jacks. The Homag 1130AT comes standard with pre-milling, corner rounding, interchangeable radius scrapers and glue-pots, and an airTec system for processing laser tape.

Bjoern was swayed towards the Homag1130AT because of the economical price, small footprint and airTec system. He’d worked on edgebanders from other manufacturers in the past which helped give him clarity when

deciding on the Homag. Local support was also high on the priority list. How Jacks handled an issue with his spindle moulder gave him confidence he’d be properly looked after with his new edgebander.

Bjoern definitely wanted his new edgebander to be able to process laser tape. “We only use glue for veneer work and if the tape isn’t available in laser. We use laser tape as much as possible. We even edge our carcasses with laser tape using the Homag airTec system. Although laser tape is a bit more expensive, the finish is so much cleaner, which saves us time. We don’t have to change glue colours and there are no ugly glue lines. We also don’t have to change the settings on the Homag that often as we mostly run 1mm tape.”

Bjoern has never had to advertise for work. Hardly surprising given his work ethic, eye for detail and passion to deliver quality. With his new Homag edgebander it’s hard to see that situation changing anytime soon.

Bjoern May had used a variety of edgebanders in the past which helped with his decision to purchase from Homag.

DOMUS LINE™ LED STRIPS

3 factors driving surge in popularity of Domus Line™ strips

In recent months, the team at Fit have attended the 2022 NKBA Excellence in Design conference and awards and hosted groups of designers at educational sessions. At all of these, the team have been struck not just by the enthusiastic response to DOMUS LINE™ 12Vdc SE H4 LED strip and 24Vdc AT6 LED strip, but by the wide variety of applications suggested for its use.

More and more of the project photos the Fit team receive from trade customer feature DOMUS LINE™ LED strip. It seems three key factors are driving a surge in popularity:

• highly flexible construction of the strip which makes SEH4 and AT6 useful for even tight corners (just 15mm radius for SEH4 and 25mm radius for AT6);

• customisable lengths with both options being trimmable in small increments (25mm for SEH4 and 21.7mm for AT6) and;

• incredible ease of installation.

Whether it’s in or under toekicks, rangehoods, kitchen cabinets, breakfast bars or shelves, home bars, bathroom vanities, cupboards and pantries or recessed into stunning timber furniture, DOMUS LINE™ highlights beautiful work and provides an energy efficient, practical, attractive cabinet lighting option.

Contact your Fit rep, phone 0800 852 258 or email sales@fit-nz.co.nz to discuss your LED strip requirements.

Top left: Jay and the team at Pohutakawa Industries, Feilding. Middle: the team at Aone Kitchen & Interiors, Tauranga. Right: Liam at Aftermarket Photography. Supplied by Nick and Hannah at Above Board Design & Cabinetry, Tauranga. Bottom left: the team at Kitchen Studio, Palmerston North. Middle: Beaver Kitchens showroom, Whakatane. Designer: Michelle McAnulty, Beaver Kitchens. right: The team at Ultimate Kitchens, Kerikeri.

Walk through

virtual floor plans with Houzz Pro

Houzz Inc., a leading platform for home renovation and design, recently introduced a new Augmented Reality (AR) feature for 3D Floor Plans in Houzz Pro, the all-in-one business management and marketing solution for residential construction and design professionals. Now, pros can walk homeowners through a virtual tour of their finished project against the backdrop of their current home, using the Houzz Pro app.

“At Houzz, we’re focused on building technologies that make the home renovation and design experience more productive and enjoyable for industry professionals and their clients,” said Alon Cohen, Houzz co-founder and president. “Visual tools empower pros to easily communicate their vision for a project to clients. Now, we’ve created a true AR-enabled experience for residential construction and design pros to immerse their clients in a proposed renovation or redesign and better visualise how their space will be transformed.”

With the AR view for Houzz Pro 3D Floor Plans, pros can provide a life-sized walkthrough to better communicate the value of making major changes to a home, such as adding or removing walls, windows, cabinets or islands. Pros can also easily show clients how proposed products and materials, such as benchtops and furniture, will fit within their homes, speeding up the decision making and purchasing process.

The 3D Floor Plan tool is included with any subscription to Houzz Pro, which helps pros run an efficient, profitable business and makes it easy for them to reach new customers, all while delivering a standout client experience. Houzz Pro is available in more than 10 countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Subscription packages, priced to fit any budget or team, also include email marketing services, lead management CRM, online invoicing and payments and other business management tools. Try the 3D Floor Plan tool by creating a free Houzz Pro account at houzz.co.nz/pro.

The Houzz community includes more than 65 million homeowners and home design enthusiasts and over 2.7 million home renovation and design professionals around the world in more than 100 categories, including architects, interior designers, contractors and landscape professionals.

Leitz WeCare sustainability in practice

For generations, long-term thinking and sustainability have been at the forefront of the values of Leitz Tooling Systems. With the recent launch of the global WeCare initiative, Leitz brings social responsibility to life by combining community based, charitable and sustainability focused activities in all our subsidiaries worldwide.

Over 110 projects were completed throughout the two week launch program in April 2022. In 31 countries, approximately 1500 employees contributed over 2600 volunteer hours collectively across a wide range of projects; more the 6000 trees were planted, over 3500kg of waste was collected and 1400kg of clothing was donated. Some teams opted to set up nesting boxes and bee colonies to support the biodiversity in their areas. In addition, a total of 40000 euros was raised to be donated to charities in Leitz communities.

In Australia and New Zealand, Leitz Tooling Systems has been making strides in community engagement and environmental sustainability, taking the WeCare ethos and integrating it into every part of our operations. In April,

our Auckland team undertook a clean-up on the Onehunga Taumanu Reserve foreshore, collecting over 37kg rubbish.

Leitz ANZ has recently launched a carbide tool recycling program, ensuring guardianship of our tools throughout their entire life cycle. Customers can submit their used tools to Leitz representatives or directly to our service centres, at no additional cost. 95% of the collected carbide can be recycled into new tools, conserving natural raw materials and protecting our environment.

All proceeds received from the carbide recycling are donated directly to partner charity

Backpacks 4 VIC Kids, providing material aid to children entering emergency care. This program allows Leitz and our customers to work sustainably while supporting the welfare of displaced children in our community.

Our partnership with Backpacks 4 VIC Kids has shown great progress, with over $6000 raised by Leitz so far for 2022 through carbide recycling and generous donations from our colleagues and customers. This has aided over 90 children year to date. Our team also spent a day volunteering at Backpacks 4 VIC Kids HQ, packing essentials packs and sorting donated items.

Since his commencement with Leitz in 2019 Sam Czyczelis, Managing Director of Leitz ANZ, has ensured investment within the company to increase Leitz sustainability. A voltage optimizer and solar panel installation was recently completed in the Melbourne head office and workshop, providing quality power and almost removing reliance on the grid. Installation of green cooling systems in our Sydney and Brisbane workshops reduces electricity consumption by 80% compared to conventional air conditioning. 2022 will also bring solar panels for the Sydney offices and workshop.

In today’s environment, customers are more aware than ever of the sustainability of their businesses, including those that they associate with. With implementation of these initiatives through Leitz globally, and continual focus locally, customers in Australia and New Zealand can be assured that the tools they use support sustainability from manufacture, all the way through to the end of the tool life cycle.

To learn more visit www.leitz. org/en-au/company/wecare/

The Leitz Auckland team cleaned up the Onehunga foreshore.

The partnership with Backpacks 4 VIC Kids has raised over $6000 in 2022.

Diamaster PRO3

Diamaster PLUS3

No compromises during cutting!

Higher productivity and quality when cutting with Real-Z3

Sizing and grooving sheet-goods with conventionally designed Z3+3 PCD tooling generally restricts the increase of productivity and quality due to the staggered knife arrangement.

The Diamaster PRO3 and Diamaster PLUS3 routers cut at up to 50% higher feed rates with a purposefully engineered knife arrangement, designed to maximise tool life and performance while maintaining perfect cut quality.

This is made possible with Leitz Real-Z3 technology: closing gaps between the individual knives to increase the number of effective teeth.

PRODUCTIVITY

Top performance with Real-Z3

Higher throughput by reducing cutting time

Up to 50% longer lifetime due to constant work of complete number of teeth

Diamaster PLUS3 is resharpenable up to 12 times

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QUALITY

More effective cutting edges, better machining quality

Knife arrangement yields excellent cut quality

Optimised chip flow reduces dust residue

Continuous engagement of knives reduces vibration

EFFICIENCY

Cost reduction

Less rework and fewer rejects with chip/tear free laminates and smooth edges

Efficient chip removal results in less edge prep before edge banding

The Real-Z3 knife arrangement eliminates the need for tool position adjustment

CNC upgrade a winner for Whangarei

For Jason Hammond, owner of Regal Kitchens in Whangarei, keeping up with improvements that lead to higher production is vital in the competitive field of kitchen manufacturing. The firm operates from an 800 square metre factory site in Commerce St where they make kitchen cabinetry for both the cost effective and the high end kitchen scenes.

“We have been very busy in recent years and I have been looking into how I could improve production to keep on top of it all.” comments Jason. Core to their nested based operation has been a 2400 x 1200 flatbed router from New Zealand manufacturers Proform CNC Ltd. “Very good for optimization, the machine we had (an ATC 25/13)

Easy to

Design & Manufacturing

The Regal team from left to right; Quinn Buckton, Daniel Yorke, Lindsay Davies, Lynton Hammond, Jack Scott, Brendan Marais, Jacob Romer and Jason Hammond

kitchen manufacturer

has served us well but with the bigger board sizes we have been using from suppliers such as Sage and Laminex meant a bit of board wastage.” explains Jason.

“In talking with Rob from Proform he introduced us to their latest upgraded machine, the ATC 28/13 AL (Auto Loader) which I understand has been a real seller for Proform. Upon seeing the machine the reasons became obvious: all the benefits of the previous machine plus, an HSD 9kW router an HSD 9 position drilling head and a 12 position rotary tool changer along with a 2800mm length flatbed instead of 2400mm which reduced board wastage. This was a real plus for us but there was a lot more with the sticker/ loader unit that applied part stickers using a laser printer. Great for flatpack storage as well as easy immediate assembly.”

all the benefits of the previous machine plus, an HSD 9kW router, an HSD 9 position drilling head and a 12 position rotary tool changer along with a 2800mm length flatbed

Vacuum cups mounted to the bridge load the board onto the machine and the hydraulic table lifts the board to the right height. A pusher arm then pushes the processed parts onto a belt table at the same time as vacuuming the table. An adjacent belt off

feed table means you can continue cutting the next board as you unload the previous sheet.

“This whole process has made a substantial improvement to our production rate and is helping us meet demand.” notes Jason “For an operation of our size this is the perfect fit: a user friendly, simple to operate machine which also handles board processing and parts labelling, which conceptually you see many larger operations are already into, but for a very affordable price. It’s a solid, practical machine with a reasonably small footprint and is a real move to the next level.”

Regal Kitchens deal with a wide range of clients in the Northland region and includes work for Signature Homes and Stonewood Homes. With some seven on the factory floor and three in the office

the business is well positioned to grow. The new machine was installed back in January 2022 by Rob and his team from Proform. Jason adds “As with our previous CNC machine from Proform the install was pretty smooth and the ongoing service has been excellent. Always there when needed.”

For more information contact Jason Hammond at Regal Kitchens, 35 Commerce St, Whangarei, Phone 09 438 2989 or info@ regalkitchens.co.nz

Achieving a high gloss finish

Gloss Boats Marine Spraying Specialists Ltd have opened a new facility at Tamaki Marine Park, Auckland’s latest marine precinct development, taking shape beside the Tamaki River.

The new facility is 30 metres long and 20 metres wide with a door height of 10.5 metres. This enables Gloss Boats to pull some extra-large vessels inside without the additional cost and effort of removing radar antennae, satellite domes, aerials etc.

The new shed is fitted out with a brand-new Egmont Air semidown draught, heated spray booth and a high-volume extraction system across the back wall. The booth is attached to a tint-mix room with its own extraction system. The floor of the specialist factory has a five-degree gradient, sloping down to a grated drain connected to the wastewater tank. Regularly washing the shop floor helps maintain a clean, safe working environment

Mr Dave Lourie, Managing Director of Gloss Boats comments “I choose Egmont Air over two other suppliers based on their

experience and the time they spent with me designing and explaining how and what would work best for our requirements. Richard was great to deal with and all the installation crew led by Clint were also great at explaining how the system would work throughout the fit out”

“It has given us the opportunity to build a new facility that is purposedesigned around repainting boats, rather than leasing a shed and then trying to make it compliant. At Tamaki Marine Park GBMS can custom-build a shed that’s fit for purpose.With a project like this there are always unforeseen small problems but the team at Egmont

Air always had a solution, and nothing was a problem working alongside other contractors was seamless. The end result has exceeded my expectations and all the team members that have used the new system love it. They come to work now and can’t wait to paint! The job was completed to a very high standard and to the cost quoted. I would highly recommend Egmont Air and will have no hesitation on using them again for our next project!”

Egmont Air, trusted suppliers to the boatbuilding and manufacturing industry, offer a comprehensive design-toinstallation service of spray-

booth and dust & fume extraction systems nationwide. Egmont Air’s team of CAD designers, sales technicians, project manager and installers work together to ensure customers’ expectations and outcomes are exceeded.

10.5 metre doors mean the new facility can accomodate large vessels without having to remove aerials, radar antennae or satellite domes.

The facility is fitted out with a brand-new Egmont Air semi-down draught, heated spray booth and a high-volume extraction system across the back wall.

Breakthrough in linear technology

New igus sliding material from Treotham provides more design freedom

Whetherin an industrial environment or in a coffee machine, in order to maximize the service life of a linear guide and to keep the required drive energy low, it is important to reduce friction and wear as much as possible. igus, a motion plastics specialist, has now achieved a breakthrough in tribological plastics: With iglidur E3, igus has developed a new sliding material that has a friction coefficient that is up to 40 percent better and thus opens up design flexibility in linear technology for users for the first time from the classic 2:1 Rule expanded to 3:1. The new iglidur E3 sliding material is available from Treotham.

The drylin T miniature linear slide offers extremely smooth running and new design freedom thanks to the newly developed iglidur E3 sliding material. Depending on the operating point, this has a friction coefficient of around 0.16 and thus achieves up to 40 percent less friction compared to the igus standard materials, measured on hard-anodised aluminium, and even less compared to commercially available sliding materials. This also means that

manual adjustment require 40 percent lower displacement forces. “This is an important step towards greater design freedom, as it enables us to expand design leeway for the first time,” says Stefan Niermann, head of igus’ Linear and Drive Technology business unit. The traditional 2:1 rule, which generally applies to linear plain bearings, states that the distance between the driving force and the fixed bearing should not be more than twice the bearing

clearance. Otherwise, an uneven movement sequence could jam the system. The greater the distance between the drive and the guide bearing, the higher the wear and required drive force. igus has now extended this design rule to 3:1, so that the drive can be 50 percent further away without impairing linear guide movement. At the same time, the required drive forces are reduced by 40 percent, which means 40 percent energy savings in electrically

driven applications. The drylin T miniature guide is available from Treotham in three sizes (09, 12, and 15) and can be used in such applications as laboratory and medical technology and tool building.

Proven to slide better –without harmful lubricants

The miniature linear carriage with the new iglidur E3 sliders offers the well-known advantages of igus motion plastics. The solid lubricants incorporated into the material of the highperformance plastics ensure lownoise operation, high resistance to dirt and no need for maintenance. Eliminating lubrication is good for saving costs but also the environment. With new material mixing and processing as well as countless tests in the igus test laboratory, igus has further pushed the application limits of motion plastics and created new design freedom in linear technology. Treotham

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Schmalz Vacuum Lifting & Clamping

Treotham Automation supply the range of Schmalz Vacuum Lifting devices, customizable and suitable for standard weights up to 750kg.

Schmalz clamping solutions are used for a wide range of machining and assembly tasks. With vacuum power, components made from wood, metal, glass or plastic are fixed securely and without distortion.

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The newly developed iglidur E3 ensures 40 percent less friction and new design freedom in linear technology – without lubricant pollution.

Celebrating 40 years of NKBA

The 2022 NKBA Rejuvenation Conference was held in beautiful Queenstown from Thursday 30 June to Saturday 2 July. Hundreds of members from across New Zealand attended the annual event, including its prominent NKBA Excellence in Design Awards.

The conference kicked off with a fun, educational day for students and designers of NKBA. Held at the Rydges Hotel, day one included sessions on colour theory, drawing standards, electrical plans and an inspiring talk from Royston Wilson on career progression.

Friday was another thrilling day, with attendees heading to the Skyline Gondola - a beautiful venue with breath-taking views. Speakers included the incredible Fred Van Brandenburg who shared his experience designing Marisfrolg in China – an incredibly distinctive feat of architecture, and presenter Hilary Barry who generated much laughter as she told the story of her career highs and lows.

Saturday was a day of discovery and creativity, as members headed to Te Atamira to flex their imagination through artistic expression. Day three attendees explored weaving, breathing meditation, drawing and sculpture, getting hands dirty creating their own masterpieces.

A highlight of the conference for many was the celebration of 40 years of NKBA. A panel including Judy Bark, Mal Corboy, Milvia Hannah,Jared Dineen and Katherine Lightfoot hosted by Hilary Barry, shared how the NKBA came to be, the challenges in gaining professional validation and the future for the organisation. It concluded with a birthday cake and champagne to celebrate the milestone.

Of course, no NKBA conference would be complete without the NKBA Excellence in Design Awards. Held on the Saturday

evening, it was hosted by Mike Puru and Anika

and was located at the stunning NZ High Country venue. The awards celebrated the best of the best in kitchen and bathroom design with Natalie Du Bois of Du Bois Designer Kitchens &

taking out the Supreme Bathroom, Supreme Kitchen and Designer of the Year Awards.

The NKBA are excited to announce the 2023 NKBA Conference will be held in Auckland. The NKBA look forward to showcasing the

talent of the kitchen and bathroom design industry for another year. Watch this space.

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Interiors

In a show stopping demonstration of talent, the 2022 NKBA Excellence in Design best Kitchen and best Bathroom awards went to one Auckland designer, who also took out Designer of the Year. Natalie Du Bois of Du Bois Designer Kitchens & Interiors in Auckland won the SUPREME Kitchen Design Award for her modern and industrial kitchen and also took out the SUPREME Bathroom Design Award for a moody and textural guest bathroom.

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vocational training

demographics deliver a perfect storm

To comprehensively address our skills shortage, New Zealand’s employers must fundamentally broaden their thinking about who is targeted for vocational education and training ... and how we go about training them. Warwick Quinn, Te Pūkenga Deputy Chief Executive – Employer Journey and Experience, explains why.

Demographics tell a powerful story and right now, a perfect storm is brewing. In the past, school leavers were funnelled through New Zealand’s vocational training system, a traditional ‘next step’ into adulthood. Our offering was far from perfect but as a sector, we dutifully churned out some of the skilled workers our employers and economy needed. Each year, thousands of young people would emerge newly qualified and eager to take a job.

Those days have gone. Demographically, New Zealand has far fewer school leavers as a percentage of our population and the situation gets worse from 2023 onwards so will not change any time soon. Coinciding with that, we have a rapidly ageing population and a greater desire from more people to retire early.

On top of that, enter Covid-19. Closing our borders meant our access to immigrants stopped overnight. There is now some easing of that, but the change will take time to filter through and it is unlikely we will see the same numbers of international students as before, or indeed the same numbers of immigrants in New Zealand workplaces.

Meanwhile, with borders now opening our own young people who may previously have entered vocational education and training are at risk of bolting, heading off on their rite of passage, the ‘Great OE’. Those who remain are having no trouble finding full employment, conscious no doubt of forecast economic hardship ahead.

Combined, these measures paint a challenging picture for NZ Inc and our sectors, given almost every employer in New Zealand is already struggling to find staff, and given we are only on the edge of our demographic cliff. The reality is, we can’t ‘solve’ the skills shortage by going back to those traditional pools of people we have targeted before – those pools are now too small.

Our challenge – and our opportunity – is to work together to fundamentally broaden our thinking about who we offer vocational training to, and how best we should do that. We need to unbundle and repackage what we have to offer so it better meets learner and employer needs.

Finding a workforce

Recently, New Zealand has seen a new unified funding system launched for vocational education that is heavily weighted in terms of work-based and workintegrated learning at the expense

of classroom learning. Put simply, it means more emphasis on people upskilling while at work or embedding real industry problems in an academic curriculum that learners and employers work collectively on.

Te Pūkenga supports this approach, given 60 percent of vocational learning is undertaken in the workplace. Our challenge is to continue to work alongside employers to provide as much support as we can. We recognise the effort and investment of employers is a key step in growing and supporting a highly skilled workforce.

But before we can train a new workforce, we need to find people keen and able to be involved.

With a diminishing supply of school leavers, our traditional approaches to recruitment may no longer deliver what New Zealand needs. We must consider how to attract those people into vocational

education and training who might not have previously been involved. We need to think differently and in many instances, offer something different to make it easier for firms to train people more productively and more quickly. We need a much more nimble and agile system in order to respond to the workforce challenges we will face over coming decades.

The good news is ... we do have options.

To begin with, we have a cohort of learners who have traditionally been under-served by vocational education and training. Prior to Te Pūkenga forming, the lack of scale in our sector meant smaller providers were forced to appeal to their biggest user groups, effectively leaving some learners behind. That equity imbalance must change and doing so is an absolute bottom line for Te Pūkenga.

It is in all of our interests to work harder to attract and retain these learners into the system by doing a much better job of meeting their needs. Under-served learners include Māori, people with disabilities, Pacific and others. This is a rich group of talented, potential learners, willing and able to become involved if we can make it attractive for them to do so.

That means thinking beyond New Zealand, and offering opportunities further afield. Our workforce in the future is likely to be drawn, in part, not just from New Zealand and traditional immigration, but from the Pacific

Warwick Quinn

Basin. It should be very obvious that firms which embrace and encourage diversity among their workforce will be in a far stronger position to weather the challenges ahead.

And let’s also look inwards and ask ourselves how best we can upskill our existing staff so firms improve productivity and competitiveness from existing resources. Having individuals sign into a four-year programme will be daunting for many. We may need to staircase people in, offering them access to smaller bites of knowledge, delivered in a way and timeframe that suits them, and which aligns with the skill sets employers most want. In time, if they want to move forward into a multi-year programme, they can.

Our role

Meanwhile, the sector itself needs to adjust to this new reality and that is already well underway. Te Pūkenga will be offering workbased, classroom-based and digital learning and in whatever blend suits the learner and employer. We will be agnostic to the mode of delivery – one form of provision will not be competing with another as we have in the past.

Importantly, separate vocational training institutions will no longer be pitted against each other for a slice of a smaller group of potential learners. Instead we will have the kind of scale we need to deliver comprehensive change.

Already we are rolling out some trials alongside sector and employer partners which involve new ways of training and

learning. Meanwhile, employers can also expect to see the number of programmes offered by our sector both rationalised and nationalised. They will be more targeted and aligned closely with firm requirements. Resources will be shared across the network and genuine support will be given to employers to help them teach and train better.

The challenge is clear and we have a way forward, although we have a lot of work to do. But even working alongside employers and industry, Te Pūkenga cannot solve the skills shortage in isolation. We are already pulling every lever we have to help build a more nimble and agile vocational training system.

We are only one part of the picture and the sector is already working alongside government to address major policy issues like immigration. We look forward to partnering with employers as part of those efforts.

Steering a course

Ian

Featherstone

Ian Featherstone is a cabinetmaker, machinist, business advisor, mentor and leadership coach, and the owner of Glass Half Full. He specialises in the construction industry, particularly the joinery & cabinetry sector.

For more information or to find out how you can move your team forward, please visit www. glasshalffull.co.nz

Good Timber

Icame across this poem by Douglas Malloch in a YouTube video, which immediately made an impression on me. At the time, I was going through a challenging period in my life.

There are many sayings about when life gets difficult, we get stronger, and I believe that it is true. Sometimes we must brace ourselves for what lies ahead, face it, lean into it, and in that process, the time under tension gives us strength, a strength that lasts beyond the event that is taking place at that moment. It's more than having a growth mindset. It's also about knowing what you can and cannot control.

Recently a coach at a fitness class I attend used the term "time under tension", she was encouraging us to slow down and let our muscles feel the strain and weight of the exercises and not to use speed and momentum but to make our body hold itself in position for more extended periods. That's where the real growth is.

I believe that is the same for our minds. If, in the face of adversity, we slow down, be calm, be present, be proactive and lean into the issue, we will make the best decisions and grow. Life will always throw obstacles and pressure onto our path. Instead of avoiding it, if we move towards it with the knowledge that there is growth, we will discover how remarkable humans are.

It seems that the 2020s will continue to dish out plenty of obstacles. A rapidly changing economy, high inflation, wars, uncertainty of an upcoming election year, global tensions in many areas, and so on. We have endured a lot in the last two years. Most of us will acknowledge that we did get through "because we had to" it demonstrates that when the unavoidable is upon us, we can accept that it is coming, do what we believe is correct at that moment, move past it, and reflect on the personal, team/family growth that occurred as a result.

Trees get stronger in the harshest environments, the pressure of wind, rain, snow and the fight for light all contribute to their strength as they grow. They respond to the climate, season after season, shedding leaves and growing seeds and reaching into the depths of the earth for sources of energy to keep reaching out and up. Everything they need is already at their feet.

GOOD TIMBER

The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and light, But stood out in the open plain And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king But lived and died a scrubby thing. The man who never had to toil To gain and farm his patch of soil, Who never had to win his share Of sun and sky and light and air, Never became a manly man But lived and died as he began. Good timber does not grow with ease: The stronger wind, the stronger trees; The further sky, the greater length; The more the storm, the more the strength. By sun and cold, by rain and snow, In trees and men good timbers grow. Where thickest lies the forest growth, We find the patriarchs of both. And they hold counsel with the stars Whose broken branches show the scars Of many winds and much of strife. This is the common law of life.

by Douglas Malloch

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overcomes staffing issue

There’s no doubt that the strength of any business is its people. But these days, finding the right people can be challenging for some manufacturers. UK based Tek Contracts a specialist bespoke manufacturer that does fitouts, custom joinery and office interiors experienced difficulties in replacing an experienced manager.

Managing Director, Chris Perrior, commented on their dilemma, “After our Joinery Manager retired, we found it difficult to find his replacement, someone with the level of knowledge required to keep our projects running smoothly. So, we started looking at our options to see if we could substitute the need for a joinery manager with one or two production managers, a CAD technician and new software instead. We spent a significant amount of time examining our systems and researching multiple types of software we felt had potential. Ultimately, we selected Microvellum,” continued Chris.

Microvellum helps companies align their processes behind one flexible platform–developed to put users in total control of the way they estimate projects, design, engineer and manufacture products. The open architecture of the program provides users with the tools to customise their experience, resulting in a competitive advantage that streamlines the entire design to manufacturing process.

“One of the most time-saving benefits of our Microvellum software is after the initial design is completed, most of the work is done. The drawings are detailed automatically, the cutting

list with full edge detailing notes is done, the project reports are ready to be accessed–the only thing left to do is process the project for cutting on our SCM Pratix router.”

Microvellum’s platform is well-suited for small to large manufacturers equipped with point-to-point machining centres, nested-based routers, saws and other types of automated CNC machinery. The comprehensive software includes a fully integrated solution for part optimisation, machine code generation, and on-demand part labelling.

“After our projects are processed, code is sent straight to the CNC and the labels and instructions print off right next to our machine.

“We challenged ourselves to think differently, to find a software solution that helped us fill the gap in our process left by someone who retired. Microvellum has not only given us a platform to improve how we work and operate our joinery shop, but a foundation for further growth. The difference in efficiency compared to our old workflow is a long mile.”

If he had to give advice, Chris says he would encourage other companies dealing with shortages in skilled workers to invest the time to research software that is right for their business. When you commit allow your team more time than you think you need to integrate. The downtime versus the extra training and testing will pay off in the long run!”

“We would easily recommend Microvellum as a good place to start looking if you are serious about investing in your next software upgrade,” concludes Chris.

Due Process

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column by Geoff

Hardy

Geoff Hardy has 46 years’ experience as a commercial lawyer and is a partner in the Auckland firm “Martelli McKegg”. He guarantees personal attention to new clients at competitive rates. His phone number is (09) 379 0700 and email geoff@ martellimckegg.co.nz.

A cheap way to challenge Council rulings

Getting a ruling on a legal dispute is normally quite expensive. If you elect to sue in court - or you get sued so you have no choice in the matter - the cost of it can make the whole exercise pointless unless there is a substantial amount of money at stake. Fortunately, if you are a party to a building contract you can normally use the much cheaper and faster process known as adjudication under the Constructions Contracts Act, but even that normally costs upwards of $20,000, so it’s only worth it if you are trying to collect more than that. If you are prepared to take your chances with a non-expert process and the amount at stake is no more than $30,000, then you can always use the extremely cheap, informal and relatively fast Disputes Tribunals (our small claims courts) where you argue your case yourself (without a lawyer) before a Referee (who is not an expert in construction law), and you hope that the Referee sees it your way.

However if you want an expert ruling for an affordable cost, there are some very cheap ways of getting a ruling that you ought to consider.

If you happen to be a licensed building practitioner, then one way to get a ruling on whether your work was up to scratch is, ironically, to have a complaint made against you to the Building Practitioners Board. It is not something you would voluntarily subject yourself to (unless you really back yourself), but my point is that it’s not necessarily the end of the world if it does happen. That is because you will be judged by a panel of experts (lawyers, engineers, architects, quantity surveyors, building surveyors, builders, etc.) who understand

the industry just like you do. If you have done nothing wrong, they will say so, and that decision goes on the public record so that you can use it in evidence if you are ever challenged later.

But there is an even better way to get an expert ruling on the standard of your workmanship (among other things) and that is to apply to the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (“MBIE”) for what is known as a “determination”. This is a process that has been available ever since the 1991 Building Act (we are now operating under the 2004 version) so it goes back a long way, but it is not very well known or utilised. It can only be used by people or organisations that have an interest in the building work in question, including Councils, property owners, LBPs, and in some cases neighbours.

Determinations have been used for a whole variety of purposes. Manufacturers, importers and suppliers of building materials have used them to demonstrate their products are code-compliant. Property owners who wanted to avoid applying for a building consent have used them to find out whether their project is exempt or not. There have even been a couple of determinations that have chastised Councils for refusing to issue a code compliance certificate simply because the LBP has failed to submit a record of work – a practice that MBIE has confirmed is unjustified.

Determinations have been used in hundreds of leaky home cases as a prelude to holding the responsible parties to account. In the old days if you were a party to a leaky home dispute, and it was being dealt with in the Weathertight

Homes Resolution Service (which is no longer accepting new cases, unfortunately) then instead of paying $10,000-$15,000 for a building surveyor’s report on where the leaks were coming from and what it would take to fix them, you paid only a few hundred dollars and the Government paid the rest. Admittedly the building surveyor’s report was an expert opinion rather than a ruling, but it carried a lot of weight. Now that that service is no longer available, you can still get something similar using the determination system, for much the same cost.

Although the Government says that determinations are not for disputes about workmanship, you can in fact use them for that purpose, especially when someone is questioning whether your work complies with the building code or the building consent. The MBIE can only refuse to accept your application if you don’t qualify to apply for it, or it has already been applied for, or your application is “not genuine or is vexatious or frivolous”. And the best news of all? It only costs $287.50 including GST if it involves a single house, an attached house, flats and apartment blocks of up to four units, or a garage or shed, or $575.00 including GST if it is any other type of building.

There are two things you can apply for a determination for:

1. Whether or not particular work is or will be codecompliant.

2. Whether or not the stance that the Council has taken was right – in relation to such things as building consents, extensions of time, code compliance certificates, notices to fix, waivers or modifications of the building

code, compliance schedules, certificates of acceptance, and exemptions from building consent requirements.

So don’t believe it when they say “You can’t fight City Hall”. You sure can, using a determination. And the process is relatively quick – the MBIE is required to make the determination within three months, although exactly what happens if it misses that deadline isn’t clear. The great thing about determinations is that they are very thoroughly researched and professionally written – and they need to be, because they are like a judgment from a Court. They are legally binding, although you can appeal them to the District Court.

In most cases, determinations are not appealed, but they are not necessarily the end of the matter. Except in the case of Councils – whose decisions can be confirmed reversed, or modified by the MBIE – a determination cannot directly force anyone to do anything or refrain from doing something. Instead, what it does is provide a ruling on whether the relevant work or materials are code-compliant. If they are not code-compliant, then the Council could use the determination to insist on a design change, or a property owner could use it as evidence that the builder or designer has slipped up. In the latter case the owner would typically then follow up with a claim in the Disputes Tribunal, an application for an adjudication under the Construction Contracts Act, or Court proceedings.

In fact, the Building Act expressly says that if the issue in dispute is capable of being resolved by determination, then you are prohibited from commencing proceedings in the District or

High Court unless and until you have obtained that determination. Presumably that is because it may well avoid the costly and timeconsuming process of litigation. However like most rules, it is possible to get around this one. In fact in one case (Minister of Education v. Higgs Construction Ltd) the construction company tried to get the Court case thrown out because no determination had been obtained, but the Associate Judge was having none of it, pointing out that the determination would have only resolved one of the issues, not all of them.

If, once a determination has been obtained, one of the parties then follows up with a Disputes Tribunal claim, an adjudication, or Court proceedings, then an interesting question arises as to whether the Tribunal, Adjudicator or Court is bound by what the MBIE determined. This is known as “issue estoppel” and is designed to prevent the same issues being re-litigated with all the attendant cost and delays, when it has already been conclusively and authoritatively resolved. The argument was run in the 2015 case of Weaver & Anderson v. HML Nominees Ltd. Although the High Court rejected the argument in that particular case, Justice Katz ruled that it was open to run the same argument in a more appropriate case.

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY

Reports from Branch Presidents August 2022

AUCKLAND / NORTHLAND

Auckland /Northland region are currently reporting a good amount of work and forward work, however there are still concerns where 2022 may end up, with inflation, increasing interest rates. As a result of the current economic climate the Group home sector are reporting a slowing down of enquiries.

In May we were finally able to hold our first face to face meeting for 12 months, which the AGM was incorporated into. We had a good turnout with the attraction of our guest speaker Robert Campion from the Window & Glass association talking and educating us about the new H1 Thermal Regulations, and the impact to our industry. Robert illustrating how timber joinery thermally outperforms Aluminium Joinery, which will give timber joinery an opportunity to grow its market share.

The outbreak of Covid 19 and the Flu in the community is having huge impact on all our businesses, with high staff absentees due to catching the virus or having too self-isolate. Some companies are reporting 200 -300 production hours lost per month. This is only adding to staffing issues we are all facing, not been able to employ good trades people and general staff. There is a real need for more companies to take on apprentices to train.

Hardware suppliers are now seeing some of the effects of the supply chain issues from parts of China having been in lock down affecting production. Along with long transportation times causing delays in products getting to New Zealand.

We are not seeing any easing of the continuing price increases of materials, thus increasing the sales price of our products, putting the price outside the affordability of some customers.

For the Kitchen industry scheduling has become one of their major problems, as the homes haven’t been ready in time for the install of the kitchens. The

problems are arising from the supply of Gib, to plastering and painting and a whole raft of other trades that builders are trying to co-ordinate in a time of high demand and short supply. -

Rob Pickup

CANTERBURY

Welcome to my first ‘State of the Industry’ report as the new president of the Canterbury Master Joiners. The region is extremely busy, both with workloads and everyone struggling with absent staff due to the flu and The South Island has been hit hard with COVID.

Supply issues seem to have crept up on us again, so forward planning is a must!

We are still managing to have our monthly meetings, with a good turn out of members and associates. One of the major discussion points has been about how to deal with quoting a job and dealing with constant price increases from suppliers. There has also been talk around how long this busy period will carry on for?

With Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre having recently opened and Canterbury having finally got the ‘go ahead’ with the new Te Kaha Stadium, the local economy has a positive feel. Our social committee organised a quiz night in July and we had 55 people attend, which was a fabulous turn out. It was a great night for all who attended and I am sure the winning team loved their prize.

Looking ahead, in August Blum are kindly hosting the CMJA Joinery and Design awards at their new showroom and the national Master Joiner conference in September is hosted in Blenheim. Good numbers are going up to conference from Canterbury this year, with a few first timers which is awesome. The ‘break-out’ sessions were popular at the last conference in Hamilton and conference is always good time to catch up with others in the industry from around the country.

With the days getting longer and more staff having been employed at work, I am looking forward to getting my weekends back and I know my wife is hoping we can go on a horse trek or local pub ride together soon. Our bees have wintered well so far and we are looking forward to a sweet harvest when the flow starts. -

CENTRAL

Paul Baker

The Central Region held its yearly AGM on the 18th of May. We had a decent turn out with Members and also Associate Members attending. We celebrated the success of our Apprenticeship Initiative. In total over the past two years, we have seen 24 new apprentices join our industry across 13 of our members. Each of these apprentices was given a $500 Carters voucher to put towards a set of drills to start them on their path to success. I have been getting mixed information from builders. Some are still seeing a small decline in inquiries, while others are starting to see it pick up again. The common theme is that the first home buyer clients have gone quiet. The clients that are looking to build are cashed up and know what they want. The renovation market is a little bit slower than it has been with people watching what they are spending money on. The second wave of covid along with winter bugs, has been taking its toll on the region. Our company looked at the numbers this week and we have lost 59 days of production in July alone due to staff being away sick. I know this is tough on the business, however we also need to make sure that we are checking in with our staff and making sure that they are coping. If someone doesn’t seem themselves – then take the time to ask the simple question ‘Are you ok?’ I know I have some staff members really struggling to get over illness and it is taking a toll on them mentally. Supporting your team is crucial.

NELSON / MARLBOROUGH Summary

The industry is still very busy in the nelson Marlborough region. Workloads forward are in months, many of months. The problem is with materials supply, certainty of workflow readiness and staffing to achieve it. There is a real concern of a perfect storm late year in workloads, when materials supply may become easier and projects continue.

Workloads

Seems we have entered a new phase of confusion, there is buckets of work around but customers are unable to give accurate delivery times, we may as well guess on our own with many builders months out on planning times. We fear this December is going to be hell! Planning will be crucial. We notice some of the dates on the tenders date back to late 2021, so they have taken a while to get through the system to this stage which tells me there are delays throughout the pipeline. Materials supply

Hardware not too big a problem now with many alternatives on the market, if one suppler has run out its now easy to switch. Imported timbers are getting harder to get and have increased in price significantly, longer lengths are getting harder to get, one member said it might be easier to plant a tree …

With Gib all over the news it’s clear that’s not sorted but steel reinforcing, steel for the roof, h3 timbers are all in short supply but nowhere near as bad as GIB. Builders now ordering materials before the dirt is even turned. There is alot of distrust with the suppliers.

Any shifts in the market

There seems to be an increase in commercial work in the pipeline (next 2 years) at the moment however domestic is certainly still strong especially alterations and additions

Staffing and training ... covid

-

Kristine Holmes

Seems the flu has well and truly overtaken covid as the reason staff are away, its ironic that many are

sicker with the flu than covid. Staff movement seems to have settled down perhaps they feel a little less secure heading into what will be a changing market, possibly even a recession. To get it all done once the pipeline issues are sorted, we won’t have enough people to do it all.

Anything else in the headlights ... 25th December ...

We are just starting to see some delays in payment where banks had changed the rules after the build had started. All be very aware at his stage of the cycle where the deposit of cash for the next house was paying for the final payment of last house; and the next house is not there, a scenario we’ve all seen before. -

Phil Agnew

OTAGO / SOUTHLAND

The Otago Southland region has continued to perform well during 2022. Across the region strong workloads and a steady supply of incoming work tend to be the common themes.

There remains positive news on several fronts – apprentice numbers are strong, and the supply chain appears to be settling. Challenges remain with Gib affecting building progress and headwinds with Interest Rates and Inflation lay firmly on the horizon. Winter will soon be giving way to spring, and we will be looking forward to the run home to Christmas already! Wow.

Our AGM and mid-year dinner was a great success. Record numbers again and a wonderful night was had by all. Special mention to Christine Leith for organising. Following the AGM, we have a new VP in Kate Munro from B&M Joinery in Cromwell, and it is great to see so many new faces and younger members of staff come along and join in our MJ community. Long may that continue. I look forward to catching up with you all again soon. -

Reuben Bogue

months so far. Winter weather has set in, it seems to be more wet and windy days than sunny days, cooler temperatures.

Most Taranaki joinery factory are busy, with some reporting high level of work. While others report that inquiries have slowed up, but generally things a still trucking along. With more jib available now it seems people are starting to get their projects back on track. This means that there will be more press on jib fixers and plaster to get house ready to paint. Materials seems to more readily available, with most supply well stocked for the run into Christmas. General freight seems to better now and couriers seem to be getting back on track with their delivery.

Most us have been struggling with staff being sick or of with covid which has brought it’s own challenges with workflow and cashflow. Again the same old thing; staff still seem to be the issue, with people moving between joinery factories. TMJ has spent time canvassing the career advisers at the mouthly meeting where we present what opportunity where available in our industries; which went very well. I don’t think they knew how many opportunities were available in the industries and the pathway that student could take.

Let’s hope for more sunny days as we head to more warmer months and fine days. Be kind and stay safe.

- Bryan Frank

WAIKATO / BOP REGION

The fantastic summer weather mentioned in our last report has been followed by one of the wettest winters on record adding a further complexity to building project management in the Waikato/BOP Region. Members’ work schedules continue to be challenged with regular delays on building projects. On a positive note though, the gib ‘crisis’ appears to be easing.

workloads is a concern we must address to ensure we don’t lose more good people from our industry.

The Panel Discussion at our recent AGM was well received by the Members. Our thanks again to Master Builders, BCITO and MJ for providing panellists to speak to the current challenges facing the building industry and provide insight on how the wider industry can work together to provide support and thrive together.

Our Regional Committee is currently planning our Meeting/ Events schedule for the next 12 months, providing opportunities for our Members to unite again with ‘in-person’ events that will support our Member businesses in terms of sharing and learning. More details will be available at our next Member meeting and on the MJ website.

First off the rank will be the Ken Monk Memorial Fishing Trip which we hope to reschedule for later this year. A social day out of our busy work lives to connect with like-minded people, share a few laughs and hopefully catch a few fish! Could be just the re-set we need before the Christmas rush. Until then, take care. Nga Mihi. - Cherie van der Poel

WELLINGTON

Finding the time to write these reports is more difficult than ever. The staffing issues and hold ups are taking their toll on many businesses with a lot needing to purchase extra storage. It seems companies are training low skilled people to fill the gap which is inundating the training providers. Sickness has also decimated timelines and increased waiting time on freight.

WAITAKI

The Waitaki area has been busy over the last few months with most members dealing with 2nd round of Covid 19 and staff absenteeism at work, the Flu is also having a large negative impact on production, despite all having good forward work members are having to manage work loads very carefully. Despite supply chain issues that are being endured nationally it would appear that the construction industries need for joinery pricing is still growing both residentially and commercially in our region. There are many opportunities for pricing that with the back end of the year fast approaching will be a very busy time for many.

Finding good staff is proving to be an ongoing issue with many members working hard to source suitably motivated people to fill apprenticeship roles in their factories, however this will take some time to turn around.

Material supply seems to be freeing up a bit for those who are organized but the continued cost increases seem to be coming in with monotonous regularity and required a bit of management with clients and their expectations. Quote validity periods are constantly being reviewed as you would expect due to material increases, but most if not all the members indicate that clients are generally paying on time with few outstanding debts held.

TARANAKI

Well, that time again to write another report, how the year flys past, it been a interesting eight

Absenteeism due to covid and flu and filling vacant positions seem to be the biggest challenges many of our Members are dealing with at the moment. Unsustainable

But it’s not all doom and gloom, Companies have succeeded in applying to become accredited with immigration and borders are finally opening. This could very soon sort some of the issues out. There is some light at the end of the tunnel. The workload seems strong; moving forward, We’ll just keep chugging along. - Grant Smith

In conclusion the members in the Waitaki area seem to be coping well leading up to this years Conference in Marlborough and all are planning in advance for the end of year rush which seems to appear earlier each year. We look forward to catching up with all those who are able to attend the Conference and plan to enjoy a couple of cold beers with you there. - Mark Albert

master joiners

Operations Manager - Allison Delaney, PO Box 12269, Thorndon, Wellington 6011. p: 027 234 1727, e: operations@masterjoiners.co.nz

AUCKLAND

Advanced Timber Joinery

PO Box 132, Silverdale, 217 Spur Road, Stillwater/Silverdale, Ph 09 426 9785, contact Wade Saunderson. NZS4211 Affiliated.

All Timber Joinery (2017) Ltd

Unit A, 1058 Great South Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland. Ph 09 270 9605, contact Rory Johns. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Alpha Joinery Services (2010) Ltd

124D Felton Mathew Ave, St Johns, Auckland, Ph 09 578 0391, contact Juan Whippy. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Art Deco Interior Ltd

6 Grayson Avenue, Papatoetoe 2104, ph 09 218 8079, contact Sam Ju.

Auckland Joinery (2014) Ltd

2 Taylors Road, Morningside, Auckland, Ph 09 846 0346, contact Ross Webster. NZS4211 Affiliated.

bmc limited

Unit E, 191B Archers Road, Auckland 0629, Ph 027 511 3717, contact Sandra & Bjoern May.

BML Builders Ltd

18 Shamrock Drive, Kumeu, Ph 09 412 2350, contact Kaye Butler. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Canam Joinery Ltd

196 Swanson Rd, Henderson, Auckland. Ph 09 836 0732, contact Angus Welton.

Carlielle Kitchens

138 Manukau Road, Pukekohe, Auckland 2120, Ph 09 238 5222, contact Doug McMiken.

Cedarlite Industries Ltd

4 Mahunga Dr, Mangere Bridge, Auckland, Ph 09 633 0410, contact John Harrison. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Continental Stairs Ltd

32 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland, ph 09 836 1935, contact John or Anthony van Erp.

Counties Joinery

36 Sedgebrook Rd, Patumahoe, RD 1, Pukekohe 2678. Ph 09 236 3271, contact Roy McKerras NZS4211 Affiliated.

CT Joinery

42 View Rd, Wairau Valley, Auckland, Ph 09 444 9041, contact Geoff Knight. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Cube Dentro

8 Tironui Station Rd, West Takanini, Auckland. Ph 09 297 7830, contact Leonie Hamill.

Cutting Innovations Ltd

70 The Concourse, Henderson, Auckland 0610, Ph 09 836 9050, contact Alec Stringer

Dando Doors and Windows Ltd

62 Stoddard Rd, Mt Roskill. Ph 09 629 0222, contact Peter Facoory. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Danska Cabinetmaking

Unit 5, 56 Rewarewa Rd, Raumanga, Whangarei, ph 09 438 1100, contact Aaron & Carolyn Rawson.

Design Timber Doors & Windows Ltd

118 Mangere Road, Otahuhu, Auckland, Ph 021 0868 6770, contact Sailesh Prakash. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Divine Design Ltd (T/A JDC Cabinets)

14 Alfred St, Onehunga, Auckland 2012. ph 09 622 1912, contact Julie Todd.

Doorways (2009) Ltd

428 Church St East, Penrose, Auckland, Ph 09 571 0605, contact Neville Shirley. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Euro Timber Joinery Co Ltd

34 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland, ph 09 837 1833, contact Shane Paterson. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Fineline Joinery Limited

4 Corban Avenue, Henderson, Auckland, Ph 09 836 2212, contact Richard Schaefer. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Geoff Locke Cabinetmaker Ltd

67 Hodge Road, R D 6, Ruatangata, Whangarei 0176, Ph 09 433 5745, contact Geoff Locke.

Goldfinch Timber Joinery Ltd

20 D & E Onslow Avenue, Papatoetoe, Auckland, Ph 09 277 8803, contact Harvey Whitehead. NZS4211 Affiliated

Grandvue Joinery

42 Gregory Road, Waitakere. Ph 09 810 9398, contact Robert Piacun. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Guyco Kitchens & Joinery Ltd

8 Rewa Rewa Road, Raumanga, Whangarei, Ph 09 470 0653, contact Peter Dainty.

G & J Joinery (1997) Ltd

372 West Coast Rd, Glen Eden, Auckland. Ph 09 818 5585, contact Alan Parry. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Heritage Joinery Ltd

1007 Paerata Road, Paerata, Pukekohe. Ph 09 239 2794, contact Michael Oglesby.

Hewe Kitchens & Interiors

10 Triton Drive, Albany, Auckland 0632, Ph 09 479 6504, contacts Tony Hewetson or Craig Hewetson.

Haydn & Rollett Ltd

1 Warehouse Way, Northcote, Auckland 0627. Ph 09 443 8315, contact Christopher Hartley.

JT Cabinetry Ltd

32 Neil Park Drive, East Tamaki, Auckland, Ph 09 279 8984, contact Paul Zwart.

Kay Joinery

1226 Oruru Road, R D 2, Peria, Kaitaia, Ph 09 408 5547, contact Daniel Kay. NZS4211 Affiliated.

KBL Joinery Ltd

7/220 Bush Rd, Rosedale, Auckland 0632. Ph 09 479 6380, contact Samantha Paul.

Kitchen Dynamics Limited

17 Martyn St, Waiuku, Auckland, Ph 09 235 0252, contact Colin Drummond.

Legacy Joinery

34a Leonard Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland. Ph 09 953 1465, contact Graham O”Neill. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Leslie A J & Co Ltd

6/95 Ellice Rd, Wairau Valley, Auckland. Ph 09 479 4662, contact Steve Leslie. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Mahurangi Joinery Ltd

23a Glenmore Drive, Warkworth, Auckland 0910, Ph 09 425 9849, contacts Joel and Suzannah Hemus. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Matakana Kitchens & Joinery Ltd

50 Matakana Valley Road, Matakana, Ph 09 422 7804, contact Jeffrey Smith. NZS4211 Affiliated.

McNaughton Windows and Doors 42 Frost Rd, Mt Roskill, Auckland. Ph 09 620 9059, contact Andrew Riley or Dave Cunningham. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Meridian Joinery Ltd

18 Parity Place, Glenfield, Auckland, Ph 09 444 9247, contact Kieren Mallon.

Neo Design Ltd

96 Hillside Road, Glenfield, Auckland. Ph 09 443 4461, contact Wayne Church or Paul Burgess.

Next Level Joinery Ltd

7 Goldfield, Wairau Valley, Auckland. Ph 09 600 2726, contact Brendon Sowerby. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Nicks Timber Joinery Ltd

56 Forge Road, Silverdale, Auckland. Ph 09 426 6862, contact Ken Caldwell. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Owairoa Joinery Ltd

9 Carpenter Rd, East Tamaki, Auckland. Ph 09 273 3699, contact Nigel Walker. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Pakuranga Joinery Ltd

3/119 Harris Rd, East Tamaki, Auckland. Ph 09 265 0589, contact Gary Farquhar. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Papakura Joinery Ltd

45-51 Tironui Road, Papakura North, Auckland, Ph 09 298 7145, contact Glenn Haszard. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Popular Cabinets Ltd

(T/A Popular Kitchens), 12 Rylock Plc, Papakura Heights, Auckland, 2140, ph 09 576 6358, contact Sherry Shi.

Regal Plus Joinery Ltd

35 Commerce Street, Whangarei, Ph 09 438 2989, contact Jason Hammond.

Rockfield Woodworkers (2003) Ltd

9 Parkwood Place, East Tamaki, Manukau, Ph 09 274 4698, contacts Bryan Hancock and Nick Jones. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Scandic Ltd

2/26 Manga Rd, Silverdale, Auckland. Ph 09 426 8602, contact Michael Ramlov.

Seaboard Joinery 2016 Ltd

59A Leonard Rd, Penrose, Auckland. Ph 09 579 9571, contact Stephen Paterson. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Smith & Parker Joiners

35 Waipanga Road, Kamo, Whangarei, Ph 09 435 5415, contact Albert Smith or Simon Parker. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Southey and Knight Group Ltd

258a Roscommon Rd, Wiri, Auckland. Ph 022 455 9975, contact Ryan Southey. NZS4211 Affiliated.

The Kitchen Tailor

484B Whangaripo Valley Rd, Wellsford 0972. Ph 027 448 1879, contacts Adam & Kirstyn McNeil

Timber Joinery Solutions Ltd

1007 Tauhoa Road, R D 4, Warkworth, Auckland, Ph 09 422 5873, Contact Dave Sattler. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Total Timba Joinery

27 Archers Rd, Glenfield, North Shore. Ph 09 444 7772 contact Rob Pickup. NZS4211 Affiliated.

VSP Interiors Limited

36 Parkway Drive, Mairangi Bay Auckland, Ph 021 183 9151, contact Vishal.

Westpine Joinery Ltd

7 Binstead Rd, New Lynn, Auckland. Ph 09 827 6488, contact Bill or Donny Rawlinson. www. westpine.co.nz. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Wendekreisen Travel Ltd

Unit 1, 197 Montgomerie Road, Mangere, Auckland, Ph 03 489 6507, contact Sascha Warnken; Dieter Schuetze

Whenuapai Joinery (1988) Ltd

49 Pupuke Rd, Takapuna, Auckland. Ph 09 416 4995, contact Ian Midgley. NZS4211 Affiliated. Wood Works NZ Ltd

188B Stoddard Rd, Mt Roskill, Auckland.Ph 021 150 5710, contact Serge Landry.

WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY BAY PLENTY

Advance Joinery 2015 Ltd

71 Higgins Road, Hamilton, Ph 07 846 0026, contact Kris Allen.

Artisan Carpentry Ltd

747 No2 Road, R D 2, Te Puke 3182, Ph 027 344 1918, contact Charles de Lapomarede

Autocrat Joinery

31 Maru Street, Mount Maunganui, Ph 07 574 8162, contact Steve O’Donohoe. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Beaver Kitchens Ltd

28 McAlister St, Whakatane, Ph 07 308 7642, contact Michelle McAnulty.

Classical Doors Ltd

Cnr Chadwick Rd & Sherson St, Tauranga, Ph 07 578 4908, contact Scott Wilkins. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Clearline Ltd

65 Hull Road, Mt Maunganui, Ph 07 572 4307, contact Barry Ririnui. NZS4211 Affiliated.

CM Joinery Ltd

108c Colombo St, Hamilton. Ph 07 846 7192., contact Craig Mackie.

Colourform Joinery

1/28 Kaimiro St, Pukete Industrial Estate, Hamilton, Ph 07 849 6655, contact Jo Clegg. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Concept Kitchens & Bathrooms Ltd 73 Riverlea Rd, Hamilton, Ph 07 856 4705, contact Ross Bones.

Countrylane Kitchens Ltd 343 Wright Road, RD 4, Katikati 3178, Ph 0274 761 315, contact Darrell Garrett.

Cromptons Joinery & Laminates Ltd PO Box 751, Taupo. Ph 07 378 7968, contact Allan Crompton. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Customtone Kitchens 33 Progress Drive, Otorohanga, Ph 07 873 8083, contact George van Boven.

Designline Limited

21 Gateway Drive, R D 4, Whakatane, Ph 07 307 0058, contacts Hayden and Rachel Boyd.

Fernlea Cabinetry & Joinery Ltd Unit 3, 593 Te Rapa Road, Hamilton, Ph 07 849 4844, contact Frank Lawrence. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Fine Woodworking

1536 Main North Road, R D 5, Te Kuiti, Ph 07 878 6194, David Higgins. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Gartshore Group

211 Taurikura Dr, Tauriko, Tauranga. Ph 07 578 4529, contact Bill Gartshore. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Got It Made Kitchens and Cabinetry

360 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu 3800. Ph 07 871

3998, contact Cherie van der Poel or Eric Prole.

Graft Joinery Ltd

32 Raywood Cres, Taupo 3033. Ph 07 378 8340, contact Craig van Velden.

Hamilton Laminates

58 Bryant Road, Te Rapa, Hamilton, Ph 07 849 7745, contact Steve Harker.

HK Kitchens Ltd

144 Taurikura Drive, Tauriko, Tauranga, Ph 07 578 6361, contact Jason Smith.

Hopkins Joinery

126 Taupo St, Putaruru. Ph 07 883 7951, contact Ron or Hilary. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Hostess Joinery Ltd

17 Sunshine Ave, Te Rapa, Hamilton, Ph 07 847 3099, contact Peter Clarke.

Huntly Door Systems

22-26 Glasgow St, Huntly, Ph 07 902 5250, contact Shaun Hoskin. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Interior Fittings Ltd

23 White St, Rotorua 3010, Ph 07 348 1041, contact Josh Anderson.

Keith Paton Joinery

15 Carters Crescent, Cambridge, ph 07 827 3249, contact Keith Paton.

King Country Kitchens

49 King St, Te Kuiti, Ph 07 878 8820, contact Richard Pethybridge. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Kitchen Fx Ltd

801 Arthur Porter Dr, Burbush, Hamilton. Ph 07 849 2801, contact Mark Davies.

Lee Brothers Cabinets & Joinery

120 View Rd, Rotorua, Ph 07 348 0620, contact Paul Ingram. NZS4211 Affiliated.

LPS Cabinetry Ltd

55 Miriama St, Taumarunui 3920. Ph 027 539

4702, contact Lewis or Deborah Stewart

MAKZ Joinery

26 Alexander Ave, Whakatane, Ph 027 284 9412, contact Jamie McConnell. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Montage Kitchens & Joinery

PO Box 5266, Frankton, Hamilton. Ph 07 8479

174, contact Jared Monk. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Morrinsville Industries Ltd

11-13 bank St, Morrinsville. Ph 07 889 5199, contact Murray Foster. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Native Timber Joinery Ltd

92 Bruce Berquist Drive, Te Awamutu, Ph 07 871 6188, contact Stuart Walker. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Pacific Coast Kitchens NZ Ltd

471 Omokoroa Road, R D 2, Tauranga, Ph 07 548 0606, contact Eric Thompson.

Plain & Fancy Furniture & Kitchens

2 Lake Rd, Frankton, Hamilton, Ph 07 847 4563, contact Michael Kenyon.

SMJ Ltd

49A Matai Street, Taupo. Ph 07 378 8049, contact Stu Martin.

St Andrews Joinery Ltd

46 Mahana Road, Te Rapa, Hamilton, Ph 07 849 3050, contacts Stewart and Robert Cunningham. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Treetown Kitchens Ltd

57 Albert Street, Cambridge, Ph 07 827 7309, contact Kevin Middlemiss.

Thames Joinery (1995) Ltd

913 Queen Street, Thames, Ph 07 868 6951, contact Bruce Fulton.

Torrington Stairways

24 Matos Segedin Drive, Cambridge, Ph 07 827 6323, contact Brian Courtney.

Wackrow’s Joinery Ltd

Gillies St, Box 150, Cambridge. Ph 07 827 5981, contact Carl Riley or Liam Wackrow. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Waikato Benchtops Ltd

Glasgow Street, Huntly, Ph 07 902 5353, contact Simon Curran.

CENTRAL

Al-Wood Joinery (2019) Ltd

7 Arthur Street, Pahiatua, Ph 06 376 8692, contact Gus Shilvock.

Benchtop Surfaces Ltd

590 Tremaine Ave, P. North. Ph 06 356 9384, contact James Hurren.

Bespoke Furniture & Joinery Ltd

1 Sutton Plc, Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North. Ph 06 357 6429, contact Stuart Robertson.

Careys Joinery (1989) Ltd

7 Bowen St, Marton. Ph 06 327 7949, contact Shaun McDowell.

Counter Concepts

16 Bisley St, Palmerston North, ph 06 355 5971, contact Graeme Andrews.

D-Mac Joinery Ltd

517 Lees Rd, RD5, Feilding, 4775, ph 027 457 0490, contact Drew McBride.

Heritage Doors Ltd

3 Muhunua West Road, Ohau, Levin, Ph 0274 418 934, contact Tod Aitken. NZS4211 Affiliated.

H.R. Jones & Co. Ltd

60 Aorangi St, Feilding. Ph 06 323 4388, contact Mark Pickford. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Hughes Joinery Ltd

30 Connelly Plc, Palmerston North, Ph 06 952 3581, contact Cliff Hughes.

Jeff Clayton Joinery

42c Bennett Rd, Palmerston North. Ph 06 357 1736, contact Jeff Clayton.

Lanwood Joinery

26 North St, Palmerston North. Ph 06 357 4757, contact Andrew Weld.

Mastercraft Kitchens By Healey

127 Keith St, Roslyn, Palmerston North, Ph 06 355 4646, contact Kristine Holmes.

Murray Judd Joinery Limited

25 Station Street, Woodville, Ph 06 376 5043, contact Murray & Tessa Judd. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Rob O’Keeffe Joinery Ltd

368 Heads Rd, Wanganui. Ph 06 344 5040, NZS4211 Affiliated.

Reilly Joinery

18A Parkview Ave, Feilding, Ph 06 323 3743, contact Andrew Reilly. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Sayer Industries Limited

12 Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North Pho 06 355 8242

SB Joinery Ltd

2 Edward Street, Pahiatua 4910, Ph 027 979 0368, contact Scott Beales.

TBB Joinery Limited

51 Grey Street, Feilding 4702, Ph 022 633 2928, contact Bruce Birrell.

The Door Shoppe

157 London Street, Wanganui, Ph 06 345 7707, contact Mark & Diane Thompson. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Townshends (1994) Limited

59 Makomako Road, Palmerston North. Ph 06 354 6699, contact Denise McLean. NZS4211 Affiliated.

The Joiner – Leighton Judd Ltd

50 Johnston Street, Foxton, Manawatu, Ph 06 363 5119, contact Leighton Judd

Tweakit Joinery Solutions

200 Tutaki Road, Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North. Ph 06 357 2897, contact Vaughn Tongs.

UCOL

Princess St, Palmerston North. Ph 06 952 7001, contact Andy Halewood. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Unique Timber Joinery

143B Gillespies Line, R D 5, Palmerston North, Ph 06 355 2654, contact James Griffin. NZS4211 Affiliated.

WDA Installations

Prestige Kitchens 2001 Ltd

58 Hurlstone Dr, Waiwhakaiho, New Plymouth, Ph 06 759 9177, contact Mark Schmidt.

Rhys Powell Joinery

7A Euclid Street, New Plymouth. Ph 06 753 3822, contact Rhys Powell. NZS4211 Affiliated.

HAWKES BAY POVERTY BAY

Awapuni Joinery Ltd

22 Parkinson Street, Gisborne, Ph 06 867 3301 contact Peter Webster.

Alexander Joinery Ltd

55 Dunlop Rd, Onekawa, Napier 4112. Ph 06 843 2036, contact Jason Collins.

Brittin Builders Ltd

T/A Parkhill Joinery 475 St Georges Road South, Havelock North, Ph 06 877 7623, contact Tom Robertson. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Burley Kitchens & Cabinetry Ltd

14 Lipton Pl, Onekawa, Napier. Ph 06 843 5588, contact Craig Burley.

Cherrywood Joinery Ltd

11 PotaeAve, Lytton West, Gisborne. Ph 06 868 0971, Richard Childs.

Christie Builders & Joiners

TARANAKI

Broadway Joinery

381 Broadway, Stratford, Ph 06 765 6829, contact Graham Podjursky.

Elite Kitchens 2004 Ltd

23 Oropuriri Road, New Plymouth 4312, Ph 06 759 8221, contact Sean Rice.

Hawera Kitchens and Furniture Ltd

24 Glover Road, Hawera 4610, Ph 06 278 7044, contacts Klinton Hunt / Lance Hunt.

In 2 Kitchens Limited

78 Portia Street, Stratford, Ph 06 765 4058, contacts Brent and Jo Russ. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Jones & Sandford Joinery Ltd

285 St Aubyn Street, New Plymouth, Ph 06 759 9251, contact Roger Jones.

Kitchen Designz NZ Ltd

225-229 Courtenay St, New Plymouth. Ph 06 759 8324, contact Dan Holmes.

KP Joinery Ltd

2 Dowding Place, Waitara. Ph 06 754 4726, contact Ken Parsons.

MacLeod Joinery 42 Beach St, New Plymouth. Ph 06 757 8172, Kieran MacLeod. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Mode Kitchens

77B Hurlstone Drive, Waiwhakaiho, New Plymouth 4312, ph 027 521 8527, contact Fraser Hall.

New Plymouth Joinery Ltd

10 Cody Place, New Plymouth. Ph 06 758 8580, contact Roger Paul or John Ancell. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Newton Gordge Joinery 2016 Ltd 67 Breakwater Rd, New Plymouth. Ph 06 751 5065, contact Scott Dudley. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Pace Office Furniture Ltd

113 De Havilland Drive, Bell Block, New Plymouth. Ph 06 755 4012, contact Lew Dickie or Bryan Frank.

11 Husheer Place, Onekawa, Napier, Ph 06 843 6676, contact Peter Christie. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Classic Kitchens (1977) Ltd

8 Lipton Place, Onekawa, Napier. Ph 06 843 6500, contact Larry McKenna.

D Stevens Ltd

336 Childers Road, Gisborne, Ph 06 867 5700, contact Peter Claydon. NZS4211 Affiliated.

European Designer Kitchens

80 Taradale Rd, Napier. Ph 06 843 7319, contact Murray Nattrass.

Gemco Trades Ltd

13 Martin Pl, Havelock North. Ph 06 873 8756, contact Craig Russell. NZS4211 Affiliated. Green Joinery Ltd

30 Morris St, Napier, 4110. Ph 027 750 8603, contact Jae Green.

Kakapo Joinery

2/19 Mersey Street, Pandora, Napier, Ph 021 0258 9617, contact Robin Holthusen

Kitchen Zone

219 Stanley Road, Gisborne. Ph 06 863 2044, contact Tony & Lynda Sharp. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Molloy Joinery Ltd

14-16 Husheer Pl, Onekawa, Napier. Ph 06 843 5037, contact Simon Molloy. NZS4211 Affiliated.

MCL Joinery Ltd 1104 Kaipo Rd, Hastings, Ph 06 876 0252, contact John Bower. NZS4211 Affiliated.

McIndoe Kitchens

8 Carnegie Rd, Onekawa, Napier 4110. Ph 06 843 3880, contact Duane Todd.

Peter Norris Joinery Ltd

Unit 9, 28 Edmundson Street, Onekawa, Napier, Ph 06 843 8086, contact Peter Norris. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Rabbitte Joinery Limited 807 Warren St, Hastings. Ph 06 870 8911, contacts Greg & Trudi Rabbitte. NZS4211 Affiliated.

12 Serenity Cres, Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North, 4414. Ph 027 443 1541, contact Craig Buckley. (continued over page)

Summerfield Joinery

4 Innes Street, Gisborne, Ph 06 868 4236, contact

Dale Summerfield. NZS4211 Affiliated

Sunshine Joinery Ltd

44 Pandora Road, Ahuriri, Napier, Ph 06 844 6105, contact Rick Martin

Waipukurau Joinery Limited

2322 Takapau Road, Waipukurau. Ph 06 858 9961, contact Greg O’Kane.

Your Solutions Joinery Ltd

15 Edmundson St, Onekawa, Napier. Ph 06 843 5954, contact Adam Satherley.

WELLINGTON

Ace Kitchens & Laminates Ltd

50 Montgomery Crescent, Clouston Park, Upper Hutt 5018, Ph 04 526 9795, contact Ivan Johnson

Amalgamated Joiners 1977 Ltd

4 Mountbatten Grove, Upper Hutt 5018, Ph 04 526 8091, contact Paul Pepper. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Bastian Wellington

6 Victoria Street, Alicetown, Wellington, Ph 04 576 0644, contact Sean Fitzgibbon.

Carter-class Limited

72 Sydney Street, Petone, Lower Hutt 5010. Ph 021 246 1648, contact: Noah Edmonds.

Carroll’s Joinery Limited

148 Lincoln Road, Masterton. Ph 06 377 3160, contact Richard Carroll.

Commercial Joinery Wellington Ltd

232 Rongotai Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington. Ph 04 387 2050, contact Grant Smith

David Barker Custom Cabinets

52 Cooper St, Karori, Wellington, Ph 027 248 8140, contact David Barker. NZS 4211 Affiliated.

David Ladd Joinery Ltd

1a Rewa Tce, Tawa. Ph 04 237 9175.

Ferndale Furniture

67 Seaview Rd, Lower Hutt, Ph 04 568 7879, contact Grant MacDonald.

Goldmark Group Ltd

9-11 Jean Batten St, Kilbirnie, Wellington. Ph 04 387 8964, contact David Goldsack.

Graedon Joinery

69 Pharazyn St, Melling, Lower Hutt, Ph 04 939 0405, contact Graeme Hopkirk. NZS 4211 Affiliated.

Interbuild Commercial Interiors Ltd

115 George St, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt 5019, Ph 04 939 8760, contact Neil Shackleton.

Joinery Productions Ltd

457 Jackson Street, Petone, Ph 04 569 8808, contact Wayne Wilmshurst. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Kitchen Distinction

4 Wall Pl, Kenepuru, Porirua, Whitby 5024. Ph 04 232 3600, contact: Mark Spencer.

L & P Crown Joinery (2002) Ltd

37 Burden Avenue Wainuiomata. Ph 04 564 8895, contact Jeremy Patmore. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Living Timber European Joinery & Furniture Ltd

64 Fisk Street, Naenae, Lower Hutt, Ph 04 567 2577, contact Horst Mundt. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Maycroft Construction Ltd

16 Gregory Street, Lower Hutt, Ph 04 567 0014, contact Chris Fayen

Maymorn Joiners Ltd

247 Parkes Line Rd, Upper Hutt, Ph 04 526 6657, contact Anthony Neustroski. NZS4211 Affiliated.

NZ Cabinetmaker Ltd

39 Park St, Kingsley Heights, Upper Hutt, 5019, Ph 021 923 231, contact Benn Hamilton.

Orchard Joinery Ltd

14-18 Te Roto Drive, Paraparaumu, Ph 04 298 3380, contact Geoff Orchard. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Paraparaumu Doors & Joinery

14 Manchester St, Paraparaumu, Ph 04 297 2233, contact Tony Thomson. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Pete’s Joinery & Building Ltd

205 Main St, Greytown. Ph 06 304 9137, contact Peter Algie, Rhys Severn or Paul Coventry. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Prestige Joinery Limited

140 Perry Street, Masterton, Ph 06 377 1331, contact Gregory Morgan. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Renalls Joinery Limited

147 -155 High St Sth, Carterton. Ph 06 379 8008, contact Trevor Kenavan. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Stylish Interiors Ltd

29D Dragon St, Granada North, Wellington. Ph 04 473 1944, contact Mathew Gubb. NZS4211 Affiliated.

The French Door Factory

14A Kingsford Smith Street, Rongotai, Wellington. Ph 04 387 7822, contact Alan Chambers

The Joinery King Limited

73 Hutt Road, Thorndon, Wellington, Ph 04 473 6367, contact Tony King. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Wainui Joinery (1977) Ltd

34 Burden Ave, Wainuiomata Lower Hutt. Ph 04 564 7011, contact Nikki Wynne. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Well Hung Joinery

21 Lower Tyers Road, Ngauranga, Wellington, Ph 04 494 7230, contact Stephen Fairbrass. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Wellington Joinery and Kitchens Ltd

8a Burgess Road, Johnsonville, Wellington. Ph 04 478 7652, contact Phil Schwartfeger. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Woodhaus Joinery Ltd

54B Kent Street, Carterton 5713, Ph 022 322 0383, contact Andrew Woodhouse.

NELSON MARLBOROUGH

A K Joinery Ltd

Units 3-5, 28 Dublin Street, Picton, Ph 03 573 6860, contact Andrew Kenny.

Bays Joinery Ltd

6 Tokomaru Place, Wakatu Industrial Estate, Stoke, Nelson, Ph 03 544 0087, contact George Molnar. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Brightwater Cabinetmaker & Joinery Ltd

8c Merton Place, Annesbrook, Nelson 7011, Ph 03 548 6400, contact James Palmer.

Building Connexion Ltd

ITM Joinery, 16-18 King Edward St, Motueka, Ph 03 528 7256, contact Paul Rusbatch. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Cantwell Joinery and Window Centre

15 Bristol Street, R D 4, Riverlands, Blenheim, Ph 03 578 3375, contact Ian Cantwell.

Complete Kitchens Ltd 415 Main Road, Spring Grove, Wakefield, Tasman 7095, Ph 03 539 0055, contact Hamish Drummond.

Cooper Webley (2006) Ltd

64 Beatty Street, Tahunanui, Nelson, Ph 03 547 0010, contacts Noel Tait / Michelle Hill.

Decade Homes Ltd

31 The Platform Gallery Studio, Founders Heritage Park, Nelson, Ph 027 546 8885, contact Phil or Maree Agnew.

James Neal Joinery

35 Fell Street, Grovetown, Marlborough, Ph 03 577 7872, contact James Neal.

Matai Joinery Nelson Ltd

26 Quarantine Road, Stoke, Nelson 7011, Ph 03 547 7990, contact Greg Couper. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Motueka Joinery Co 2001 Ltd

20 Old Wharf Road, Motueka, Ph 03 528 9012, contacts Phil or Barb Sharkie.

Nazareth Joinery 2017 Ltd

1 Warwick Street, Mayfield, Blenheim, 7201. Ph 03 578 8752, contact Leigh Jones.

Orange Building Group Joinery Ltd

16 Nayland Road, Stoke, Nelson. Ph 03 547 9784, contact John Andrew.

Re Space Limited

2 Kidson Place, Nelson 7011, Ph 03 547 1636, contact Steven Harvey or Peter Harvey.

Prestige Furniture & Joinery Ltd

38 Beach Road, Richmond, Nelson, Ph 03 544 1789, contact Richard Dohmen.

Ruby Bay Joinery Ltd

8 Warren Plc, Mapua, Nelson. ph 03 540 2123 contact Wayne Roberts. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Simply Joinery 2018 Ltd

924 Queen Charlotte Drive, R D 1, Picton, Ph 021 126 2514, contact Glen Godsiff. NZS4211 Affiliated.

The Custom Space

150 Vanguard Street, Nelson 7010, Ph 03 548 4066, contact Jack Wells.

The Sellers Room

9 Echodale Place, Stoke, Nelson, Ph 03 547 7144, contact Margarette Sellers

Viking Furniture & Joinery Ltd

88 Vanguard Street, Nelson, ph 03 548 0493, contact Barry Thomas. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Waimea West Joinery Ltd

111 Beach Road, Richmond, Nelson, Ph 03 544 0177, contacts Kathy & Alan Gibbs. NZS4211 Affiliated.

CANTERBURY

Adrian Harris Woodcraft Unit J, 3 Timothy Place, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, Ph 03 348 6996, contact Adrian Harris. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Advanced Joinery Ltd

27 Watts Road, Sockburn, Christchurch, Ph 03 348 7700, contact Greg Ayers. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Alsop Joinery Ltd

18 Alloy Street, Sockburn, Christchurch, Ph 03 348 4666, contact Paul Baker. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Anderson Joinery Ltd

247 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton. Ph 03 308 2988, email: anderson.joinery@xtra.co.nz, contact Dougal Anderson.

Architectural Joinery Ltd

82 Buchan Street, Sydenham, Christchurch. Ph 03 377 6760, contact Andrew Clark

Ashburton Joinery Limited

8 John Street, Ashburton, Ph 03 308 5059, contact James Donaldson. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Bates Joinery (2008) Ltd

101 Shortland Street, Christchurch 8061, Ph 03 388 8111, contact Mark Allworthy. NZS4211

Affiliated.

Bower Joinery

12a Bower Ave, Christchurch. Ph 03 388 2924, contact John Mudgway.

Brent Johnson Joinery Ltd

306 Flaxton Road, Rangiora, North Canterbury. Ph 03 313 6256, contact Brent Johnson. NZS4211

Affiliated.

Busch Joinery Limited

1737 Boundary Road, R D 3, Ashburton, Ph 027 563 4537, contact Nathan Busch

Creative Joinery Ltd

Unit 1/ 7 Homersham Pl., Burnside. Ph 03 358 4900, contact Wayne Brown.

Don’s Joinery Ltd

43 Sandown Cres, Christchurch. Ph 03 382 0828, contact Don McClintock.

Douglas Furniture Ltd

80 Hay Rd, Wigram, Christchurch, 8240. Ph 03 377 3597, contact: Howard Nossiter.

Dynamic Joinery & Kitchens Ltd

6b Maces Road, Bromley, Christchurch, Ph 022 087 9918, contact Ben Vyas.

Elite Joinery Ltd

Unit 1, 97A Sawyers Arms Road, Papanui, Christchurch, Ph 03 354 8311, contact Hayden & Sarah Illingworth.

Evolution Interiors Limited

19 Stanmore Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch, Ph 03 381 1633, contact Karl Kitchingham.

Finesse Joinery

423 Main North Road, Christchurch. Ph 03 352 3457, contact David Street.

Hagley Kitchens

6 Nazareth Ave, Addington, Christchurch. Ph 03 961 0703, contact Nathan Moore.

Homeview Building Products Ltd

772 Halswell Junction Rd, Hornby, Christchurch. Ph 03 343 9949, contact Howard Stone. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Joinery by Design

15 King Edward Tce, Woolston, Christchurch. Ph 03 384 8461, contact Evan McLachlan & David Phillips. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Joinery Concepts 2006 Ltd

25 Osbourne Street, Phillipstown, Christchurch, Ph 03 381 1066, contact Peter Robertson. Kitchen Maker Christchurch Ltd 39 Ballarat Way, Wigram, Christchurch, 8025. Ph 021 988 868, contact David Li.

LX Joinery

39A Buchanans Road, Sockburn 8042, Christchurch, Ph 03 342 9605, contact Steve Mangan. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Mackay Kitchens Ltd 345 Brougham Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, Ph 03 365 3988, contact Chris Moore.

Misco Joinery

62 Williams St, Kaiapoi, Canterbury 7630, Ph 03 383 4384, contact Penny Abell.

Modern Age Kitchens & Joinery Ltd

127 Montreal St, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023. Ph 03 365 1675 contact Grant Woodham.

Modulink Screen Partitions 2012 Ltd

35 Lunns Rd, Middleton, Christchurch, Ph 03 338 6464, contact Sam Bain.

Murray Hewitt Joinery Ltd

25A Lunns Rd, Christchurch, Ph 03 343 0360, contact Murray Hewitt. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Murray Milne Ltd

231 Cameron St, Netherby, Ashburton. Ph 03 308 8018, contact Murray Milne.

MWF Manufacturing Ltd

Unit 3, 11 March Plc, Belfast, Christchurch. Ph 03 365 6218, contact Gary Altenburg. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Nordzco Joinery

652 Halswell Junction Rd, Hornby, Christchurch. Ph 03 348 4890, contact Wayne Melrose.

NZ Doors (2004) Ltd

41 Anchorage Road, Hornby, Christchurch, Ph 03 344 2516, contacts Ron and Lisa Zwarst. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Paul Renwick Joinery Ltd

9 Paragon Plc, Sockburn, Christchurch. Ph 03 349 7049, contact Paul Renwick.

R A Hale Ltd

126 Hazeldean Rd, Addington, Christchurch. Ph 03 3666 909, contact Donald Bisphan. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Ruben’s Joinery Limited

402 Bethels Road, 4 R D, Christchurch, Ph 03 329 5458, contact Ruben Patchett. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Ryan’s Kitchens and Joinery

9 Kilronan Plc, Wigram, Christchurch 8041, Ph 03 348 7921, contact Ryan Butler.

Sockburn Joinery

33 West Coast Rd, Yaldhurst, Christchurch. Ph 03 342 6044, contact Tony Lemmens.

Sydenham Joinery Ltd

6 Dalziel Pl, Woolston, Christchurch, Ph 03 379 6840, contact Grant Weston. NZS4211 Affiliated.

The Joiner Shop Kaikoura Ltd

19 Beach Road, Kaikoura 7300, Ph 03 319 5562, contact Fraser Syme.

Timber Doors & Windows 2007 Ltd

194 Wordsworth Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, Ph 03 379 1725, contact Martyn Neville. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Timber Tru Ltd

411 Tuan St, Linwood, Christchurch, Ph 03 389 2986, contact Tony van der Plas. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Trends Kitchens Ltd

34A Parkhouse Road, Sockburn, Christchurch, Ph 03 343 5242, contact James McKeown

Woodshack Kitchens

113 Izone Drive, Rolleston, Canterbury 7675, Ph: 03 347 9790, contact Mark Davis.

WAITAKI

Alpine Joinery

480 Fairview Road, No 2 RD, Timaru, ph 03 688 5748, contact Paul Butchers.

Barrett Joinery Ltd

204 Hilton Highway, PO Box 2115 Timaru. Ph 03 688 4738, contact Mark Mitchell. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Duncan Joinery Limited

20 King Street, Temuka, South Canterbury, Ph 03 615 7327, contact Craig Duncan.

Firman Joinery Ltd

10 Endeavour Cres, Nth Oamaru Business Park, Oamaru. Ph 03 434 1561, contact Gary Firman. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Geraldine Timber Products

27 High Street, Geraldine, Ph 03 693 9598, contact Paul Autridge. NZS4211 Affiliated.

J E Dennison Ltd

5 Redruth St, Timaru. Ph 03 688 0029, contact Gary Dennison. NZS4211 Affiliated.

JMAC Joinery Ltd

7 Laughton Street, Washdyke, Timaru, Ph 03 688 2725, contact Craig Mason. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Joinery Zone 2012 Ltd

27 Redruth St, Timaru. Ph 03 688 8223, contact Warren Atwill. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Lunds Joinery Ltd

33a Grants Rd, PO Box 128, Timaru. Ph 03 688 9149, contact Mark Albert. NZS4211 Affiliated.

McMaster Joinery

6 Leonard St, Waimate. Ph 03 689 7557, contact Des McMaster. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Millennium Joinery Ltd

2 Regina Lane, Oamaru. Ph 03 437 0227, contact Michael Sandri. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Paterson Joinery

307 Rosewill Valley Road, Timaru. Ph 03 688 7060, contact Alan Paterson.

Rycole Joinery

44 Homestead Road, 1 DRD, Oamaru, Ph 03 434 5012, contacts Darryl and Adrienne Whitburn

NZS4211 Affiliated.

Tony Boyce Builders & Joiners Ltd

32 Washdyke Flat Rd, Washdyke, Timaru, Ph 03 688 2181, contact Tony Boyce. NZS4211 Affiliated.

OTAGO SOUTHLAND

Abernethy Joinery

18 Melbourne Street, Dunedin, Ph 03 456 1654, contact Ian Abernethy. NZS4211 Affiliated.

B & M Joinery Ltd

4 Ree Crescent, Cromwell, Ph 03 265 2077, contact Brendon Munro. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Coronet Woodware (2017) Ltd

99 Glenda Drive, Queenstown, Ph 03 442 3700, contact Colin Strang. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Cut-it Joinery Limited

3 Enterprise Drive, Wanaka, Ph 03 443 5031, contact John Titterton.

Elite Joinery Solutions

54 Mersey St, Gore 9710, ph 03 208 5819, contact Regan Hughes.

Fiordland Joinery

10 Caswell Rd, Te Anau, Southland 9600, Ph 03 249 4339, contact Simon Irwin.

Formatt Bespoke Joinery Co Ltd

19 Glenda Drive, Queenstown. Ph 03 441 4944, contact Reuben Bogue. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Gavin Player Furniture & Joinery Ltd

14b Chardonnay Street, Cromwell, Ph 03 445 8136, contact Gavin Player.

G L Stevenson Builders Ltd

53 Stone St, Dunedin 9010, Ph 027 7146 523, contact Michael Stevenson

Howley Joinery Ltd

224 Mersey Street, Invercargill, Ph 03 214 1055, contact Glen Howley. NZS4211 Affiliated.

JP Quality Kitchens Limited

66 Vogel Street, Dunedin, Ph 021 474 300, contact John Peddie.

Joinery Specialists 1997 Ltd

608 Kaikorai Valley Rd, Bradford, Dunedin, Ph 03 488 2371, contact Graeme Emmerson.

Leading Edge Joinery Specialists Ltd

13 Surrey Street, Gore, Ph 027 6774 729, contact Donald McGuigan. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Leith Joinery

2 Roberts St, Dunedin. Ph 03 477 0115, contact Peter Leith. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Masterwood Joinery 2008

28 McNulty Road, Cromwell, Ph 03 445 0313, contact Dave Wilson. NZS4211 Affiliated.

Master Joiners National Associate Members

Acero Limited

www.acero.co.nz

Advanced Engineering Services

www.aesparts.co.nz

Allegion (New Zealand) Ltd

www.allegion.co.nz

Architectural Hardware Supplies

www.ahs.co.nz

Artia (Coventry Group NZ Ltd)

www.artia.co.nz

ASSA ABLOY New Zealand Ltd

www.assaabloy.com

Bellevue Architectural (NZ) Ltd

www.bellevuearch.co.nz

Biesse Group New Zealand

www.biessenewzealand.co.nz

Blum NZ Ltd

www.blum.com

Breezway

www.breezway.co.nz

Burns & Ferrall

www.burnsferrall.co.nz

Drake & Wrigley Ltd

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SCM turns seventy a story of courage, brilliance and passion

SCM's Origins

The Group's history dates back to 1935, when Nicola Gemmani and Lanfranco Aureli, experts in mechanics and foundry work, started working together. In 1952, the first woodworking machine was created, L'Invincibile, designed by the engineer, Giuseppe Gemmani, Nicola's son. This machine, which in the eyes of the founders had to be special, much simpler and more practical than those already on the market, managed to meet the needs of a market in the throes of a building boom and capable of every kind of furniture. SCM quickly created a complete range of woodworking machines that paved the way to conquering all the global markets.

In the 1960s, Adriano and Alfredo Aureli, Lanfranco's children, joined the founders. Together with Giuseppe Gemmani they led and expanded the company even further with the opening of directly controlled branches across the globe.

In 1976, SCM developed the first machining centres and systems for solid wood windows and doors. In the mid-80s, they started acquiring well-known brands in different wood-working environments, that would consolidate the company's global leadership: Mahros for automation systems (1984), Minimax for woodworking (1985) and at the end of the '80s, Gabbiani, DMC and Morbidelli, leaders respectively in sizing, sanding and cnc panel machining centres. In 1992, the Routech brand, that marked the entry of SCM into the timber construction industry, and Stefani, an international pillar in edgebanding, were absorbed into the Group. In the years that followed, thanks to the development of other leading technologies and other acquisitions (Superfici in 2004, CPC and Sergiani in 2006, Celaschi in 2007), the Group further expanded its range to cover all the production requirements in the industry.

Customer Oriented Strategies

SCM proudly celebrates this prestigious 70-year goal of accompanying the customer through each of the processes linked to the world of panels, solid wood, timber construction and woodworking.

Luigi De Vito, Scm Division Director and Group General Manager has no doubts about their main objectives: "We aim to be even closer to our customers with highly personalised solutions, tailored to suit their specific requirements".

SCM is taking a further step in that direction to guarantee even more direct contact, from consulting and sales to after sales. De Vito continues: "To us, this means offering continuous and more valid support to our customers; fully understanding and anticipating what they really need, as well as providing even more pro-active recommendations".

In order to achieve this, SCM is investing in the skills of its global team, on the technical, sales and

after sales side, and the Group's training Campus centre is playing a key role in this.

Simultaneously, the Group is upping its digital transformation process on two levels: internally, renewing organisational and international models with the customer throughout the customer's journey, and at a level of the product and services offered "to be even closer to their business needs and jointly study the best strategy for smart manufacturing".

For SCM, all this translates into digital and connected technologies designed for more efficient, sustainable factories; IoT systems that allow the customer to preserve and enhance their technologies throughout the entire life cycle; tools, such as the new My SCM portal, enabling a vast range of services to view, gather and analyse information on production performance in real time; a Service team that can deal more simply and effectively with cases, providing faster answers and "how to" solutions to guide customers in a knowledge sharing logic.

The research and development investments are another pillar: "Not only do we set aside 7% of the Group's annual turnover for R&D - continues De Vito - but we can also rely on an Innovation team with multi-disciplinary skills that allow us to have an open, forward-thinking approach that goes beyond the specific applications of our sectors, once again to the full advantage of the customer".

The investment plan places sustainability in first place both for internal processes as well as products and services, "to offer the customer solutions that reduce the space occupied in the factory, machining times and margins of error, and keep down costs linked to energy consumption and waste of resources and material".

In seventy years, SCM has managed to establish an increasingly more direct and capillary presence internationally. How do you keep a global team united? Once again, De Vito is in no doubt: "With a very strong team spirit; the same one that allows us

SCM production facility in Rimini, Italy.

to continue along our growth path with a convergence of objectives that is not automatic, even in the most difficult times as has been the case in recent years during the pandemic. The centrality of the customer and a human as well as smart approach, are the values that guide us in our daily work in the industrial plants in Italy and the branches abroad. As well as this, we would like to continue to be open to collaboration and partnerships in every field (research, information technology, training, sales support, technical support, etc.) keeping customer value as our key goal".

Despite current uncertainties linked to the rising costs of raw materials and energy, SCM continues to invest even in its plants in Italy. "We are increasing the production capacity of our industrial sites that currently record an average production of 20 thousand machines per year. As well as expanding surface areas, we are carrying out modernisation work - like the work currently ongoing in Rimini - to achieve more eco-sustainable spaces congenial with our human resources. Another important driver is the digitalisation of our production lines, that sees the spread of lean processes and FCS (Factory Control System) control systems in the various plants, in line with Industry 4.0 requirements. The aim is to improve industrial organisation by enhancing integration of the factory with the IT systems”

Last but not least, investments in foreign sales branches as was the case with the renovated SCM North America branch in British

SCM Group

This year represents the 70th anniversary of the SCM Group, a global leader in machining technologies for an extensive range of materials and industrial components.

The Group stems from Scm's strategic vision that in 1952, saw the first woodworking machine produced in Rimini, establishing from that moment onwards, a precise mission: to offer the widest range of woodworking solutions at international level.

Over time, the Group has developed technologies and taken over leading brands not only to complete all the processes involved in secondary woodworking but also in advanced materials, plastic, glass, metal and marble.

A long success story that has resulted in today's figures: €750 M turnover in 2021 (90% exported abroad), over 4,000 employees and a direct and capillary presence around the globe. It has been led from the outset by the Aureli and Gemmani families.

Columbia (West Coast), in Canada and the opening of new branches in India and Turkey, to guarantee a more direct and capillary presence on strategic markets.

Stability, internationalisation, innovation and people: the values that have always been a part of SCM Group, as much today as in the past.

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