| 7 REGIONAL Wight Aluminium Ltd T TAimee Wilson Part of the community for 50+ years The Greenhouse, heritage inspired luxury apartments, Ponsonby Auckland. 8 Willis Street in Wellington. A multi-award winning project combining adaptive reuse and new construction. Wight Aluminium is one of New Zealand’s largest aluminium fabricators, and plays a strong consistent role in the regional development of Whanganui, where the company first began. Having been part of the community for 50+ years, Wight Aluminium has since branched out with project management and design offices in Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington along with operating two manufacturing plants in Whanganui and Hamilton. Employing 120 staff across 15 different nationalities demonstrates huge cultural diversity, and some of the staff have been loyal to the business for more than 30 years. Wight Aluminium has numerous sets of family member ‘pairs’ working for the company in Whanganui and at other sites, and all are valued members of the team. The company has grown from manufacturing residential house lots of windows, to supplying end to end building façade solutions to major commercial projects across the North Island. “Throughout our growth and evolution, the constant in our story is Whanganui. Our strong, loyal local team has underpinned our ability to expand and move into new market segments, growing the business and our ability to deliver larger commercial projects. “Our people have grown with the company, expanding leadership and management capability, technical skills, mastering new manufacturing machinery and kit. We like to be working the best, most efficient and productive way we can, which means our people always have the opportunity to learn new skills and tools, have input to better and more efficient ways to do things. They make a difference, everyday,” Director Damon Wagstaff said. The company supports its people with training and development – this includes mentoring for on the job skill development, as well as external training like apprenticeships, leadership development programmes etc. “We talk to our team about their goals and aspirations, what their career pathway might look like. We try and promote people internally and create opportunities for them within SPECTRUM COATING 433 Heads Road, Wanganui 021 891 880 Ph 06 349 0152 sales@spectrumcoating.co.nz Industrial & Domestic Powder Coating & Abrasive Blasting Supporting Wight Aluminium Ltd for 30 Years the business,” Mr Wagstaff said. “We’re invested in the idea that a happy team is the best way to do work, so we make an effort to be a good employer and do things that show our appreciation, often it’s a team morning tea or a breakfast, a celebration of someone’s 10, 15, 20 year anniversary, or celebrating achievements like manufacturing the last panel on a big job, or finishing a project.” Examples of projects that Wight Aluminium are proud to be working on: Serjeants art gallery – Whanganui A multi-award winning project, combination of new build and refurbished / adapted re-use of an existing tower. The Living Pa art gallery – Victoria University, Wellington. Once completed, the gallery will be one of only a handful of buildings in the world to achieve The Living Building Challenge status. Tauranga City Council Soon to become New Zealand’s largest mass timber construction office building. Manukau Health Park, Auckland. A major health facility redevelopment comprising five buildings and a combination of new build and refurbishments, the company’s scope is windows, curtain wall and cladding. Wapapa Tower 3, Christchurch Hospital. An integrated curtain wall and cladding scope, using an innovative brick in-slip system for the cladding on the curtain wall panels.
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