Another year ends – one in which we have seen much growth in Nu-Wall’s share of the New Zealand cladding market – both in new construction and in application on remediation of leaky buildings. Additionally we have delivered to numerous projects in Australia; some of them being of substantial size. We also despatched our first ever order to the other side of the world – to Glasgow, Scotland.

In 2010 our growth looks set to continue, with many projects in the pipeline on both sides of the Tasman. We also plan to research opportunities for Nu-Wall into other export markets, hopefully increasing our contribution to New Zealand’s export figures with this fantastic ”home-grown” product.

Other activities  for the New Year include our relocation to new showroom/office premises at 750B Great South Road, Penrose, Auckland at the end of January. Around the same time we expect to be able to implement use of our new estimating & quoting software, currently in final stages of development by SoftTech, based upon their “V6″ product which is widely used in the aluminium joinery industry. As well as enabling us to produce materials estimates and quotations much more efficiently, Nu-Wall V6 will produce comprehensive documentation, designed to facilitate the work of the cladding installer when cutting material on site. It will also provide us with the ability to respond quickly to requests for re-quoting in cases where there have been changes to the project’s design.

Look out for further updates from us in the New Year. Until then, we at Nu-Wall wish all a Happy Christmas and New Year.

Developed in New Zealand primarily for our domestic market, over the years Nu-Wall has been exported far and wide, with regular sales around the Pacific region. Since 2005 we have seen our Australian business grow steadily, thanks to the dedicated efforts of our Melbourne-based Business Partner, Cladding Systems. We have delivered to numerous large commercial and institutional projects, including a large Aged Care facility in Canberra early this year, which featured approximately 3,600 sq M of our Shiplap profile. Additionally the product has been specified on a variety of prestigious residential developments throughout the Eastern States.

Further afield, Nu-Wall has been installed on several medium-rise apartment developments by Rainbow Aluminium, our Business Partner in the Republic of Maldives, and last year we delivered approximately 1,000 sq M of our Ripple150 profile to a customer in Saudi Arabia for installation on a new hospital.

But wait – there’s more! Nu-Wall attracts attention around the world, thanks largely to the internet. The product is pretty much unique in its field and we constantly receive enquiries from around the world. In many cases the cost and lead-time involved in shipping tonnes of aluminium around the world result in these enquiries progressing no further. However, we are currently processing an order for 180 sqM of Shiplap for despatch to Glasgow, Scotland – where it will be used to clad a new Childcare Centre currently under construction. To quote our customer – “I very much like your system and the way it goes together. It looks more engineered than some of the competitors.” This is the first stage of the project and we look forward to delivering a similar sized order in the new year.