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Progress on GIB’s new home
CONSTRUCTION OF WINSTONE
Wallboards’ new plant in Tauranga kicked off in January and work is now in full swing.
Located in the Tauriko business estate, on a site more than two and a half times the size of the current Penrose site, the new facility is set to open in 2023 and will produce a full range of plasterboard products.
Fletcher Construction has been appointed as the main constructor working alongside Brian Perry Civil and Higgins.
Designed with sustainability in mind, the new plasterboard manufacturing and distribution plant will reduce carbon emissions by up to 10%, providing a strong base for Fletcher Building to achieve its target of 30% reduction by 2030.
Site plans include extensive recycling capabilities for both water and plasterboard waste, as well as the
inclusion of some recycled content in a new GIB plasterboard.
Thanks to the latest manufacturing technology and automation, the new facility will bring quicker changeover times between products and greater degree of flexibility to respond rapidly to
varying market demands.
Along with the eventual closure of
its legacy factory in Penrose, Winstone Wallboards’ head office will of course also be shifting to as yet undisclosed new premises.
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