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'Styrobeck Plastics is Manukau’s Business of the Year'
September 2006

The 2006 supreme winner of the Westpac Manukau Business Excellence Awards is Styrobeck Plastics Ltd, a company that has demonstrated exceptional talent in both manufacturing and innovation. Its success has seen Styrobeck also win the Excellence in Innovation and Strategy and Excellence in Manufacturing and Services Awards.

“Westpac congratulates Styrobeck for its successes in these awards and its innovation in manufacturing. It’s an example of the type of company that will help drive the future for Manukau and New Zealand,” says Bruce McLachlan, Westpac General Manager for Business Banking.

“Styrobeck has a proactive approach to manufacturing, and has developed key strategic alliances that has allowed it to succeed.” says Alasdair Thompson, Chief Executive of the Employers and Manufacturers Association “It’s investment in modern technology and plant means it can design products to fit its customer’s specific needs.”

“This strong understanding of its customers means Styrobeck has the ability to anticipate industry trends. It is this anticipation of what the future will be like that is the difference which makes Styrobeck the winner of the Realize Innovation and Strategy Award,” says John Missen of Realize Innovation. “Companies have to change and to tailor products to customer demands. Styrobeck’s focus on this means it can plan for and meet the future confident of success.”

Styrobeck is committed to its staff and community as well. Many of its employees have been with the company for a long time, and Styrobeck supports them through long term professional development. It has a good record of sponsoring community organisations, and is committed to the environment, reusing waste products wherever possible.

“The future success of Manukau as an international city depends on businesses like Styrobeck,” says Sir Barry Curtis, Mayor of Manukau. “As a manufacturer and innovator, Styrobeck is a leading light for business in our city. I congratulate them on their success and look forward to their ongoing leadership.”

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'Award Winning Construction' October 2005

Neil Speakman of NSC Ltd has proven that not only is Ambionse a quality product, but it can be used to produce a quality home. His workmanship and construction skills were recognised at the recent Auckland Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards, where he won a Gold Award and was the category winner for “Builders Own Home” for his Ambionse home. (A Gold Award means that the construction was judged to be at least 80% higher than the industry standard, based on national criteria.)

Familiar with other ICF’s and wanting solid construction for his own home, Neil chose Ambionse. He saw that Ambionse has massive insulation properties that conventional masonry lacks, and also has secure fixing locations built into the block.

He found building with Ambionse a simple process and near the end of the construction he said that he could throw away his trowel and simply use his Stanley knife - he now can’t even find that trowel!

He is impressed with the new window details that we have developed which makes forming the openings even easier. The lightweight Ambionse blocks mean that building with Ambionse is always going to be easy on the body.

Since moving into this house late last year, the Speakman family have enjoyed a comfortable living environment. They didn’t need the heaters even during the cold months. The warmth from the winter sun lasted all day and into the night.