10 | Satco Ltd: 9 Satco Drive T T Kim Newth Exciting development for Tokoroa Their new two-storey office block will include a modern staffroom, toilet facilities, washing and changing rooms, and administration spaces. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Tokoroa’s forestry engineering frontrunner Satco has a large new industrial building under construction that will support not only their own needs but those of other local service-focussed businesses. Satco is a top of the line producer of processing and directional felling heads for the global logging industry. Their hardy forestry and logging attachments — designed, manufactured and assembled in Tokoroa — are tailor-made to perform in a range of demanding commercial forestry environments in New Zealand and around the world. In Tokoroa, the company’s reputation is such that there is even a road named after them. Their new industrial building — at 9 Satco Road — is shaping up to be an exciting addition for the town. With an 800m² footprint, two five-tonne gantries, four 6.5m wide entry doors with canopy and an office/ administration block at each end, the scale is impressive. “Our plan is to divide the internal space into four bays, each with its own dedicated entry,” says Satco’s owner Warwick Batley. “We’ll take one of the bays with a gantry and move our office into that building too, as it’s so well-positioned for our visitors and customers.” Their new two-storey office block will include a modern staffroom, toilet facilities, washing and changing rooms, and administration spaces. Satco will use their bay space to store imported steel and fully-assembled attachment products, ensuring orders can be speedily filled. “By the end of this year, the new building will be finished and ready for others to move into as well. We’re hoping to attract an industrial service business that would complement us. It could be that they’d take one bay and the other office block with the two bays in the middle serving as storage for someone else. The entry doors are nice and wide for forklift access and there’s also a five-tonne gantry in there. “There are no other industrial premises like this in Tokoroa to rent, so we are confident of being able to find tenants once it’s built. Tokoroa is a very easy base for manufacturing. The location is central; it’s easy to get in and out of and there’s a lot of building activity here.” Project partners include BSK Consulting Engineers and GST Construction’s Grant Tidmarsh serving as project manager. Satco is completing all the building’s steel work. “Grant’s worked with me on buildings before and knows how to do that oversight role very well. BSK have also been very good to deal with; they came up with the concept plan.” Satco has grown substantially through the years, gradually acquiring more adjoining land for additions including an assembly workshop, powder coating and sandblasting facilities and a new fabrication shop with crane. Last year Satco won the International Trade Award at the 2025 Waikato Business Awards. The judges described Satco as a shining example of Kiwi innovation, determination and technical excellence. “That was a massive achievement for us. It didn’t just land at our feet. I started all of this in 1990 and one the guys standing up there on the night has been with me for 32 years. Others have been here for over 25 years. We’ve worked hard for the recognition.” 07 886 7356 / 0274 967 875 john@stevenselectrical.co.nz 50 Manfield Street, Tokoroa www.stevenselectrical.co.nz
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