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Our Profile
Our NZ made cement is genuine NZ grade cement.
Golden Bay is proud to be New Zealand’s longest standing cement manufacturer
Our history
The late 1800’s saw Nathaniel and John Wilson form John Wilson and Co – building a kiln, producing hydraulic lime, and manufacturing the first Portland Cement in New Zealand. By the early 1900’s, their works had 3 kilns and a capacity of 100 tonnes per week.
Cement manufacturing became a vast and abundant industry throughout New Zealand. The Golden Bay Company, the NZ Portland Cement Company, Dominion Portland Cement Co and Wilson’s Cement Co. were all thriving in different areas throughout New Zealand.
Over the years, NZ Portland Cement Co, Dominion Portland Cement Co. and Wilson’s Cement Co. merged together. Golden Bay moved to Portland and took ownership of the plant, and the business as we know it today began to take form.
In 1988, Golden Bay merged with Wilson’s Cement Co and Fletcher Building Limited took full ownership – securing a sustainable future for New Zealand’s cement production. Today, we’re committed to continue our lasting legacy of success well into New Zealand’s future.
Vision and values
What’s been essential throughout our 100 years of success is our constant drive towards the future, our determination, and our commitment to each other. We want to be NZ's undisputed leader in cement.
We’ve always held the trust of the industry to consistently provide for the country. Being sustainable is one of our fundamental approach to how we work as a team and work with our customers.
Our Values
- Protect: the safety and protection of our people and environment are at the heart of what we do, everyday.
- Be bold: we enhance our ability to innovate and drive a growing business for our shareholders, customers, communities and employees, by making bold decisions.
- Customer leading: we strive to not only put our customers first, but be ahead of the game for them, every day.
- Better together: our roles and customers will change, but we will always build better, together.
Capability
Today our resources and teams stretch to all corners of New Zealand, and we’re proud to operate our Portland cement plant with a 967,000 tonne capacity.
With service and distribution centres in Portland, Auckland, Hamilton, Mt Maunganui, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill, we’ve ensured that every Kiwi has access to our premium Portland Cement.
We operate with:
- 850 ISO tanks
- 231 talented staff
- 42 cement road tankers
- 15 service & distribution centres
- 2 marine vessels
- 1 cement plant