6 | Taranaki: Inglewood Timber Processors REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT T T Hugh de Lacy Family firmweathering the storms Inglewood Timber is a family company founded by Mark’s Jackson’s uncle, Trevor Jackson, 25 years ago, and later taken over by Trevor’s brothers Kelvin and Brian Jackson. It’s survived fire, flood, pandemic and the economic crisis over the last five years, and now Chinese competition is battering Inglewood Timber Processors, but part-owner Mark Jackson reckons the company will somehow pull through. “If we can get through all that then we must be due for some good luck somewhere down the track, but we’re just hanging on in the meantime,” Mark says. “I don’t know if we’ll survive, with the Chinese taking our timber and feeding it back to us, but we won’t be shutting up shop yet.” Inglewood Timber Processors buys in rough-sawn dry 200mm by 40mm timber boards, and processes them into scaffolding planks and animal bedding for the New Zealand market, and solid-core doors for Australia. Both the domestic and export markets for its products are under price assault by Chinese processors who are taking New Zealand logs and selling them back into the Australasian market in direct competition with Inglewood Timber and other local processors. Which, on top of everything else the company’s been through, should have been the death-knell for Inglewood Timber, but it continues to hang in there. Just before Christmas 2019, the company’s 750sqm factory was nearly completely destroyed in a fire caused by an electrical fault, and it took 11 fire crews from around Taranaki to bring it under control. Up in flames went much of Inglewood Timber’s machinery, requiring two replacement planers, two planer-sanders and a band-saw to be sourced from Taiwan. A total of $2 million in damage was done to the factory which was left as a burned and blackened eyesore, with the remains of the roof flopping down over it. Fifty-six days of frantic work saw the factory up and running again, only to have to shut down two weeks later because of the Covid pandemic. Since it was supplying a vital livestock need in the form of wooden shavings for animal bedding, the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) allowed the plant to re-open a week before other industries’ lock-downs ended. Then last year the Hawke’s Bay floods saw the big Pan Pac forestry mill in Napier, which supplied the timber, swamped under two metres of water, and Inglewood Timber scrambling for new supplies from that company’s Gisborne, Putaruru and Dannevirke mills, all at a time when the Australian door-core market was painfully flat. “Overnight we had to restructure the company, and while the Australian market has recovered a bit over the last six months, it’s still heavy going,” Mark says. Inglewood Timber is a family company founded by Mark’s uncle, Trevor Jackson, 25 years ago, and later taken over by Trevor’s brothers Kelvin and Brian Jackson. Your Business, Your Industry, Your News. Volume 6 | Issue 2 | April 2021 www.waterfordpress.co.nz ‘Excellence in Energy’ Taranaki’s Todd Energy will have a key role to play as New Zealand moves toward a low emissions economy. Page 8 Waikato farmers Dean & Ang Finnerty have expanded their dairy cow operation into a successful goat milking enterprise as well PAGE 10 Turning challenge into opportunity AUTUMN 2022 www.waterfordpress.co.nz Volume 6 | Issue 3 | July 2021 www.waterfordpress.co.nz Making waves Back on track New Zealand hydrofoil maker Armstrong is generating interest around the world with its high performance products. Work on the ambitious NZCIS facility in Upper Hutt is progressing well after Covid disruptions. PAGE 70 PAGE 10 Healthy delivery A new elective surgery facility in Hastings will provide a big boost to the region’s operating capacity. PAGE 52 Volume 6 | Issue 5 | December 2021 www.waterfordpress.co.nz Cheers Boys! YoungWellington irm3Māori Boys is creating a buzz with it’s ground-breakingWai Manuka natural beverage. PAGE 45 Passion and pride New Plymouth’s Energyworks has forged a strong reputation in 50 years of business. PAGE 64 Seaview upgrade CentrePort’s SeaviewWharf facility is set for a major upgrade to bring it up to international standards. PAGE 14 businesscentral Each edition priority delivered to your door. i i i i li . www.waterfordpress.co.nz/subscriptions . . . 03 983 5525 Stay informed; we work with business owners and decision-makers across all economic sectors, pro iling their success. i ; i i i i - ll i , ili i . DURRANT & SCHIMANSKI LTD SCAFFOLD & RIGGING SERVICES Proudly Supporting Inglewood Timber Processors Inglewood 4330 021 024 95569 durrant-schimanski@outlook.com Kiwi Lumber supplies an extensive range of structural, outdoor and appearance grade products to building merchants across New Zealand Telephone 0800 222 610 sales@kiwilumber.co.nz www.kiwilumber.com Kiwi Lumber is proud to be a supplier and supporter of Inglewood Timber Processors and their endeavours
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