76 | Mobile weld plant booked ahead for six months T T from page 74 Tira Group - South Island STEEL INDUSTRY “Our unique spiral-welding plant is currently booked out for six months or more in advance and, to date, we have built more than 20 tanks this way,” says Tira’s chief executive, Clint Brown. “We recently won a dairy contract in Texas, and so we built another spiral-welding plant that we sent over there in February this year, where it’s started on the building of 14 silos.” Once this job is complete, Tira’s new mobile plant will stay in the United States as an asset for future tank-building projects there. A notable advantage of Tira’s spiral-welding technology is that it enables tanks to be built on-site in places that would otherwise be inaccessible for traditional fabricated tank delivery. “If you can get a container to your site, we can build a tank there,” Clint says. “We recently did a project up a goat-track in Havelock – a place where it would have been impossible to get a big crane in. “We simply unloaded our equipment and built the tank in-situ on site. “There were no access issues, and it was a very efficient build process.” New Zealand clients patronising the technology include councils and civil engineering companies with a wide variety of sizes and capacities. “We can go up to three million litres, which is very large in comparison to standard dairy factory silos which hold around 250,000 litres.” Clint cites Tira’s values as caring for people and place, working with integrity, being courageous in leading with innovation and seeking out excellence. The Tira story goes all the way back to 1894 when it was founded in Hawera making small tanks, and also running a store selling the likes of gumboots and other farm necessities. The company has made sustainability a major priority, and this resulted in its achieving Gold Certification with the Sustainable Steel Foundation last year. An independent audit found Tira proactive in a range of fields from waste reduction and environmental impacts to employees’ health, well-being and diversity. “We operate a number of waste management and control programmes and, as a result, we have very low wastage – and anything that we are not able to use gets recycled,” Clint says. Tira caters to regional markets through its six well-equipped workshops. “Our clients come to us with their specifications, and we then work with them to find the best solution. “We deliver a full service from design and build to installation or refurbishment, and cover a wide range of projects from small to large scale. “A lot of our customers come back to us time and again as their needs change and they require modifications to their facilities,” Clint says. Further innovations ensure the company will survive the present strained economic challenges. IanWilliams Ph 027 577 7801 E williams@hoistandhaul.co.nz Proud to be long term supply partner to Tira Group 09 828 3706 · info@westerneng.co.nz · westernengineering.co.nz For Stainless and Steel Professionals PFERD is one of the leading brands in metalworking. Stainless and steel professionals around the world rely on PFERD and trust blue. If you are a stainless and steel professional looking for pe rformance and cost effectiveness contact us. FREEPHONE 0800 657 894 FREE FAX 0800 454 445 AUCKLAND - WHANGAREI -HAMILTON -TAURANGA -HASTINGS -TAUPO -PALMERSTON NORTH - NELSON - CHRISTCHURCH - DUNEDIN P.P.S Industries Limited METAL FINISHING SPECIALISTS ABRASIVES - POLISHING - PLATING - ENGINEERING SUPPLIES
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