30 | New facility expands capabilities The new, 1200sqm warehouse facility enables MBP to carry a higher level of inventory and more product lines, provides a venue for customer training and enables sales staff to better manage their customer-support activities. MAPEI Group T T Richard Loader REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT The opening of MBP’s Christchurch warehouse/branch in March this year celebrated the long-term vision of the MAPEI Group to provide better customer service to their South Island customers. The MAPEI Group has been operating in New Zealand for over 20 years and until now has supplied its customers and resellers in the South Island using third-party logistics providers. Having rapidly grown over the past few years, MAPEI’s exclusive distributor in New Zealand, MBP (NZ) Limited (MBP), has decided to move all South Island warehousing in-house to better manage compliance and customer service. The new, 1200sqm warehouse facility enables MBP to carry a higher level of inventory and more product lines, provides a venue for customer training and enables sales staff to better manage their customer-support activities. MBP’s general manager Paul Tanner says the opening of a warehouse fully managed by MBP is a significant milestone in MAPEI Group’s long-term growth. “It demonstrates our ongoing commitment to provide a high level of customer support in the South Island, and complements the large Auckland facility we opened in 2021.” MBP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Italian MAPEI Group, a leading manufacturer of high-quality adhesives, sealants and chemical products designed for the construction industry. Operating in about 57 countries, and with a history spanning nine decades, MAPEI Group continues to be a family-owned business. Paul says MBP was established specifically to grow the market share of MAPEI products in the New Zealand construction industry. “We offer a very diverse range of construction materials, with about eight different product lines in New Zealand. The largest is a line of tiling adhesives and grouts for installing tiles, whether in the bathroom, the kitchen or flooring. We provide adhesives for every type of floor, including carpets and timber. “We also supply a range of compounds for floor levelling. We have a comprehensive waterproofing range for roofs, decks, basements, and internal wet areas like showers. We also provide a whole range of structural products to help construction companies build durable structures, and strengthen existing structures against earthquakes.” MAPEI’s product diversity includes approved professional sports court surfaces, including tennis courts, floors for indoor gymnasiums, cycle lanes and multi-purpose sports surfaces (basketball, volleyball, etc.). “To add to the diversity, we provide the consumables for the big tunnel-boring machines that cut tunnels under cities. Those machines need chemicals that stabilise the rock they are cutting through. We have supplied those on the City Rail Link in Auckland, and New Zealand’s largest wastewater project, the Central Interceptor, with a super-sized tunnel that will run for 16.2kms under Auckland city and the Manukau Harbour.” While a lot of MAPEI’s products are sold through resellers, the company also supplies a lot of the larger specialist construction contractors directly, including companies involved in seismic strengthening or undertaking large tiling contracts in hotels. “Creating product awareness is also an important part of what we do. “To ensure we are successful, our sales team visits architects, designers and engineers so that they are aware of our range of quality products, and how they would benefit their projects. “We look forward to continued expansion in the South Island.” “To add to the diversity, we provide the consumables for the big tunnel-boring machines that cut tunnels under cities. Those machines need chemicals that stabilise the rock they are cutting through.” jungheinrich.co.nz jungheinrichnz JungheinrichNewZealand Safe Material Handling solutions from a single source NEW TRUCKS SHORT & LONG TERM RENTAL AUTOMATION ENERGY SOLUTIONS AFTER SALES SERVICE REFURBISHED TRUCKS
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