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Saving New Zealand's Kea with Dimond Roofing

Last month, Dimond Roofing partnered with the Kea Conservation Trust (KCT) — a charity dedicated to protecting and preserving kea in their natural habitats, with an aim to remove potentially harmful materials from roofs which many kea often interact with....

Innovation: Roll to Roof - The future of large-scale industrial roof installations

A new addition to Dimond’s existing mobile rollforming capability, the Roll to Roof service sees the mobile equipment craned to the building’s roof level to rollform direct to the building, rather than the roof being rollformed at ground level then craned onto the roof for installation. This has multiple advantages, including removing the requirement for onsite material storage and reducing the site space required for processing.The Roll to Roof system streamlines the two-step process o...

Easysteel become SCNZ Chartered Distributors

In September 2018, Fletcher Steel agreed to participate in the the Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ) Structural Steel Distributor Charter Scheme. The Structural Steel Distributor Charter is the latest quality assurance initiative led by the structural steel industry, complementing the Steel Fabrication Certification scheme launched in 2014. The Charter ensures that structural steels supplied to the local steel construction sector are sourced using best-practice procurement; it represents a m...

#INNOV8 Sculpture for HERA Future Forum Conference

Pacific Coilcoaters, otherwise known as ColorCote, were approached by the Heavy Engineering Research Association (HERA) to participate in making a sculptor for their Future Forum conference held in February, which was based on the emphasis on innovation, along with other HERA members. The sculpture spelt out #INNOV8 as above...

Fletcher Steel achieves Toitū carbonreduce™ certification

In December 2019, Fletcher Building became the first building materials and construction company in Australasia to gain an approved Science-Based Target (SBT) for its carbon reduction plan. Fletcher Building has committed to reduce direct and indirect emissions by 30 percent by 2030 from its 2018 baseline year, which is in line with limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius an accordance with the Paris Agreement . The target was independently verified by the Science Based Targets i...

Dimond® Roofing receives Global GreenTag™ eco-label certification

Dimond® Roofing is proud to have received the GreenRate™ Level A certification, which is the top tier rating for this globally recognised eco-label, for all ColorCote® roll formed roofing products....

Fletcher Steel mechanical testing laboratory receives IANZ accreditation

On 26 April the Fletcher Steel test laboratory received its ILAC-MRA IANZ certification of accreditation for conformance to standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for the testing of metals and metal products....

Pacific Coilcoaters launches Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) to market

On 12th April 2019, Pacific Coilcoaters released their Environmental Product Declaration to the market for its ColorCote® ZinaCore™, MagnaFlow™ and AlumiGard™ products....

Fletcher Steel welcomes CSP Pacific

CSP Pacific is the latest member of the Fletcher Steel Division, having moved from the Building Products Division at the beginning of this month.   The Fletcher Steel team have welcome CSP Pacific and are excited about the opportunities that lie ahead for the business.  “The move to bring CSP Pacific to the Steel family of businesses will open up the opportunity to review all steel sourcing and maximise the support CSP Pacific receive in many areas of the business,” ...

Official Steel Supplier to Emirates Team New Zealand

Fletcher Steel has been appointed as Official Steel Supplier for Emirates Team New Zealand, Defender of the 36th America’s Cup. Fletcher Steel’s Easysteel steel distribution business will provide the team’s steel through the initial build period and ongoing through the America’s Cup Match in March 2021. “Fletcher Steel is extremely proud to be supporting an iconic Kiwi team in their defence of the 36th America’s Cup” says Neil Watson, Head of Marketing for Fletcher Steel. “This w...

Self-cleaning roofing solutions

A research project on innovative “self-cleaning” roofing solution was officially kicked offFletcher Steel has always been dedicated to providing the best solutions by bringing the newest innovative technologies to our customers. Recently, we have spent a lot of time focusing on how we can improve the design life of our roofing/cladding products. New and better materials are, of course, a constant focus for us but we can all understand that proper maintenance will prolong the life of any roo...

Can't wait to see the new marine sports centre in Okahu Bay?

Don’t worry, Pecafil’s got your back! A new marine based multi-sports facility - the Hyundai Marine Sports Centre is currently being built by Fletcher Construction to replace Royal Akarana Yacht Club at Okahu Bay. The new centre will be an asset for the community to better enjoy the water. The construction commenced in May 2017. Using the Pecafil stay in place formwork by Fletcher Reinforcing for the pile caps & ground beams, Fletcher Construction has taken full advantages of the productivi...

Easysteel plays key role in Milmeq's major breakthrough technologies

Milmeq is a global leader in technologies for the protein processing industry – exporting to customers around the world and winning a string of business and innovation awards.In recent times, Easysteel has played a key role in further developing one of Milmeq’s major breakthrough technologies. Milmeq designs and manufactures specialist capital plant equipment for the production of meat and other primary produce. Most of Milmeq’s 150 strong team are based at their manufacturing site in Dune...