Meet the 2013 Interior Awards sponsors
The Interior Awards team gets up-close-and-personal with the 2013 sponsors in their own backyards. Here are three fast facts about each sponsor:
- Was established in 1962
- Offers uniquely solid timber – environmentally sustainable products
- Manufactures products that last a lifetime
- Changed its name from InterfaceNZ Ltd to INZIDE Commercial in October 2011 (the “z” in INZIDE is pronounced as an “s”)
- Has been in the carboNZero programme for six years and offset over 1,400 tonnes of carbon (using New Zealand-based carbon credits) with another 300 tonnes about to be offset for the year 2012/2013
- Its biggest ‘recycling of carpet tile’ project (no New Zealand landfill) to date was the Beca project at Pitt Street where 12,000m² (60 tonnes) went through the Interface re-entry programme
- Offers the best of New Zealand skills with leading international research, development and design, coupled with local manufacturing
- New Zealand-owned and operated since 1987
- Offers solutions and brands that enhance the workplace –Schiavello, Dauphin, Zuco, Chatboard and Humanscale
- Originally stood for ‘Plastic Sheeting Place’ when it was first established in 1984
- Was the first company to introduce corrugated polycarbonate roofing, 25 years ago, to the New Zealand market
- Has approximately 7000m² of warehouse space nationwide
- Launched in 2007
- Sold in over 20 countries worldwide
- Launched on tap in 2012 in selected New Zealand bars, with the tap design by Jamie McLellan
- Is a 100% privately-owned Kiwi company
- Is a third-generation company, currently run by Nick Nightingale, grandson of founder Ted Nightingale
- Has its main factory only 10 minutes drive from the Eastbourne garage where the business began
- Is the exclusive distributor of Kohler bathroomware for Australasia
- Has an extensive reach with distribution via Mico bathrooms retail stores to virtually every main centre in New Zealand
- Can leverage any number of related products through integration with the Fletcher Building Group of Companies