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Ron and Rysha Hosking of Farm Houses of Australia outside one of their latest homes
10 Jan 06 Ultra-Modern Technology Meets Country Charm
A Victorian based marketing and design company specialising in recreating farm houses is using the latest computer technology to help bring designs to three dimensional life for clients. [Read more]
Mario Amabili and his son, David, of Amace industries in McLaren Vale, South Australia
06 Jan 06 Smart Steel Safeguards South Australian Wines
A McLaren Vale family business is helping to preserve some of South Australia's greatest assets, in steel. [Read more]
Alfresco Lifestyle Extensions managing director Stephen Henderson
14 Nov 05 Lifestyle Drives Home Extension Market
A Melbourne based housing extension company and medium sized builder have teamed up to offer homebuyers a more complete lifestyle package. Alfresco Lifestyle Extensions has built all steel pergolas using COLORBOND® steel for two of the display homes featuring in the new range of Ewington Homes, which builds about 80 homes a year. [Read more]
John Datsopoulos and Sia Volaris of Adelaide rollformer Alpha Industries
10 Nov 05 Expanding Steel Business Gets an Edge
An innovative family owned and operated South Australian business is riding a wave of demand for steel building products by adopting new technology as it expands and consolidates its product range. Manufacturer of carports, garages, rural and industrial buildings, Alpha Industries has installed a new rollforming machine at its Cavan premises to expand its production methods. [Read more]
Olympiade Transportable Homes owner, Frits van der Plas
23 Aug 05 Steel Homes First for Far Flung Frontiers
The Swiss Alps are the last place you'd expect to find prefabricated homes manufactured in Queensland using BlueScope Steel products. Yet Switzerland and the Pacific islands of Noumea and Tahiti are just some of the locations Olympiade Transportable Homes has delivered to in the past 22 years. [Read more]
Godfrey Steel Office Equipment of Glynde, Adelaide, SA
17 Aug 05 Cabinets Designed to Outlast Governments
Adelaide's Godfrey Office Equipment has manufactured and sold more than one million steel filing cabinets throughout Australia since opening its doors 51 years ago. With about 40 kilograms of steel going into an average filing cabinet, that's an average consumption near 1,000 tonnes of steel a year since 1954, all of it to help keep papers under rule, from humble office memos to highly sensitive government policy documents. [Read more]
Alan Mackie, General Manager, Cyclone Industries
15 Aug 05 Steel Nous Makes Garden Tools Like the Pros Use
The company behind one of Australia's icon gardening brands has revamped its use of steel in locally made tools of exceptional durability for the home. Cyclone Industries worked closely with Australia's foremost steel supplier, BlueScope Steel, to develop a special grade of hard steel comparable to the heavy duty gear used day in and out by professional tradespersons. [Read more]
Mordek Manager Errol Thomas with one of his company’s completed cabins
11 Aug 05 Cabin Fever on the Rise
A New South Wales, South Coast manufacturing company is capitalising on the rising popularity of finished, transportable cabins for future business growth. Mordek, with branches in Moruya, Nowra and Queanbeyan, is targeting what it calls the cost conscious end of the market. [Read more]
Melbourne artist, Andre Sardone, with his distinctive self portrait in the background
10 Aug 05 Artist Bases Success on Knowing his Materials
Melbourne artist Andre Sardone attributes his burgeoning popularity to having worked on innumerable roofing projects throughout his city. As a qualified roofer with about 16 years' experience, Andre says there's not much he didn't know about handling his chosen art material, COLORBOND® steel sheeting, from BlueScope Steel, before taking to his studio in Mt Waverley. [Read more]
T&R Homes, Maddington
04 Aug 05 Moving Home Gets Even Easier
A Western Australian steel building manufacturer of transportable homes has added a Standards Australia seal of approval to another award it previously received from BlueScope Steel. From its 2.5 hectare site in Maddington, south-east of Perth, T&R Homes manufactures complete transportable houses in sizes from 60 square metres floor area and targeted primarily at the rural residential market with hobby farms creating new business. [Read more]