Thermakraft is delighted to join forces with Kingspan

hayley@websmithdesign.co.nz (Hayley McDonald) — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 05:13:43 GMT

Thermakraft is delighted to join forces with Kingspan.

Following a trade sale that concluded in July, Thermakraft Ltd joins Kingspan's Asia Pacific Insulation Division. Kingspan Insulation is a global market leader in high performance rigid foam insulation and building envelope solutions, supplying both the residential and commercial building segments with higher performing insulation.

This is great recognition of the quality of the Thermakraft team and products in the New Zealand and Australian markets – and of the market leading position we hold in this part of the world.

This is also great news for Thermakraft customers – as we now have access to the resources and expertise that has seen Kingspan grow to cover 70 countries and 170 manufacturing sites around the world.

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Thermakraft has a 34 year history of supplying building wraps and roofing underlay in New Zealand, across a broad range of building merchants and is New Zealand’s leading breathable membrane and underlay manufacturer. In recent years, Thermakraft has made significant in-roads into the Australian market with the acquisition of the Australian Mesh (Ausmesh) business in 2017.

Until now, Kingspan has supplied most of its range of high performance insulation products into New Zealand directly from its modern manufacturing facility in Melbourne.

Kingspan Insulation products will complement Thermakraft’s range by providing next generation insulation solutions into the evolving requirements of the New Zealand insulation market, satisfying the need for better insulated, condensation resistant buildings.

Dwayne Warby, Managing Director, Thermakraft stated, “The acquisition will merge our two brands and allow a wider range of products and expertise to be offered to the New Zealand and Australian markets. While we will have a new owner, our company will remain the same, continuing to manufacture its market leading products under our well-established Thermakraft and Ausmesh Brands”.

Warby continued, “This is an extremely exciting opportunity for us as a team to be part of something bigger, while remaining true to our values and our culture”.

This is a significant strategic acquisition for Kingspan in New Zealand, as it seeks to capitalise on Thermakraft’s leading market position and the product synergies that exist between high performance insulation and synthetic building membranes.

“We are delighted to welcome Dwayne Warby and the Thermakraft team into the Kingspan family, it is a fantastic business with enduring brands and terrific people in both Australia and New Zealand”, Scott Gibson, Managing Director Kingspan Insulation APAC.

Home lifesaver supports beach lifesavers

hayley@websmithdesign.co.nz (Hayley McDonald) — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:16:40 GMT

Home lifesaver supports beach lifesavers

There’s a synergy between the activities of Thermakraft and Piha Surf Life Saving Club. Our products save homes from water; the club saves people from water.

We’re proud to be a long-standing supporter of Piha Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC), one of the oldest life-saving clubs in New Zealand. Every year our sponsorship helps the club to stay afloat, so that Piha beach is a safer place to swim. Founded in 1934 by a group of players from the Waitemata Rugby Club, Piha SLSC pioneered the use of surf rescue boats and Malibu boards for rescuing swimmers. Thousands of children have gained surf life-saving skills through the club, with many more to come.

“Surf life-saving is an iconic New Zealand institution and the volunteers involved give up huge amounts of their time in summer to help people enjoy the surf safely. By sponsoring the Piha club, we’re helping to keep one of Auckland’s most popular surf beaches safer for swimmers,” says Jay McClennan of Thermakraft.

The financial support provided by Thermakraft assists with every aspect of the club’s activities, from training the most junior ‘tadpoles’ (ages five and six) to ensuring active patrols have all the gear they need to carry out rescues.

“It’s great to have Thermakraft as part of our team at Piha SLSC. Their support helps our senior surf squad athletes compete during the surf season and ultimately become better lifeguards to patrol our beaches,” says Nicky Lloyd, Chairperson of Piha SLSC.

During the 2019/2020 season, Piha SLSC volunteers put in 7,028 hours of time, rescued 27 people, gave first aid to 66 people, helped with 55 searches and carried out 17,000 preventative actions.

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