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Fletcher Building companies give an insight into how we build our world – and yours.
Hot rods on the road to recycling
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Pacific Steel is on the road with recycling, turning hot rods into wire rods. Sims Pacific Metals, a 50/50 joint venture between Fletcher Building and Simsmetal Industries, collects waste metals at centres throughout New Zealand. This includes an estimated 90,000 car bodies annually, as well as the metals from sources ranging from dumped refrigerators and washing machines to decommissioned railway stock and ships. Sims delivers approximately 300,000 tonnes of scrap steel to Pacific Steel each year. This is then processed into 100% recycled steel which is manufactured into high quality reinforcing bar, wire-rods and other wire products. It’s the largest recycling operation by weight in New Zealand. |
Formica brings brand to the surface
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Formica is bringing brand to the surface at Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants throughout China. KFC is mainland China’s fastest growing restaurant chain, with nearly 2,600 restaurants in more than 550 cities. In 2008, KFC opened 450 new restaurants, and remodeled 260 existing. The Formica China Sales and Marketing group worked closely with KFC’s design agencies and in-house teams to deliver exciting and durable interiors, with branded signage and decoration incorporated into high pressure laminate and solid surfaces. Formica-branded products now surpass local and international competitors in volume of surfacing materials specified for KFC’s restaurants across China. |
Back to topAn incentive to insulate
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The Australian and New Zealand governments have both announced substantial incentive packages to encourage homeowners and landlords to improve home insulation. It is estimated that up to 2.9 million houses in Australia, and up to 900,000 in New Zealand, require additional insulation. Fletcher Building's Pink Batts are premium insulation brands in both countries and are likely to be the product of choice for many homeowners and landlords who take advantage of the subsidies. Pink Batts are made from up to 70% recycled glass and save hundreds of times more energy than is used to produce them. |
Back to topAt Stonefields, the living is easy
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In 1909, James Fletcher and his partner Albert Morris built a timber weatherboard villa with a corrugated iron roof, at Broad Bay in Dunedin. Typical of New Zealand houses of the time, the villa was uninsulated and relied on open fires and a coal range for heating. One hundred years on, Fletcher is building houses, terraces and apartments at Stonefields in Auckland, a master-planned community. From foundation to roof, Fletcher products are integrated with proven green building technologies and design to deliver living environments that are energy efficient and comfortable year round. More about Fletcher Living Stonefields Back to top |
Back to topExacting standards for timber veneer
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Products used in the construction of the prestigious Melbourne Convention Centre had to meet the highest standards of sustainability to qualify for the Green Building Council of Australia’s premier six-star rating. The Laminex Group developed a timber veneer panel specifically for the project that met both the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) environmental standards and the high design standards set by the project architects. Laminex’s semi-gloss Spotted Gum Veneer panels were described by the project’s design leader as having “a sumptuous high-quality appearance.” Laminex FSC Timber Veneers are part of the Greenfirst range that has subsequently been created to meet increased demand for green building products. Back to top |