New Brightwater facility to benefit local community

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28 April 2011

New Brightwater facility to benefit local community and industry in Westport

Nelson based engineering company Brightwater, is finalising the construction plans for a new, state of the art purpose-built workshop facility in Westport to be completed by the end of this year.

It is expected that the new workshop will employ upwards of 30 trades staff and will provide a much needed modern engineering facility in Westport. Brightwater Services General Manager Mitchell Easton says, “For many years Brightwater has provided a remote service for Westport from facilities in Nelson and Greymouth. However this has often been a compromise to both Brightwater and our customers in many ways. The time has come for Brightwater to address that by further commitment in the region.”

Mitchell adds, “As with all Brightwater operations throughout Australasia, we will continue to invest in our Westport staff with the same level of commitment we demonstrate to our external customers. This will see opportunities for young Westport teenagers to become a part of our successful apprenticeship scheme or our engineering cadet program. Career paths into both Business and Project Management will also become available through the local facility. The opportunity to build these professional skills coupled with local industry process knowledge is invaluable.”

In addition to the substantial workshop facility the recent ESCO distributorship acquired by Brightwater will be supported out of both the new Westport facility and our Gray Brothers Engineering workshop in Greymouth. “We believe the local stock holding of ESCO consumable wear product, will provide a welcome advantage to our mining, quarry and construction industry customers,” says Mitchell..

Over the last decade, Brightwater has been a significant contributor to the West Coast economy. The company has delivered large scale projects such as the Pike River and the Stockton coal handling and processing plants together with a host of other mining and related projects. Last year the company acquired Greymouth based engineering company Gray Brothers and by adding the new facility the company will further strengthen its presence and capability in the area.

The new branch will be overseen by Eddie Gray from Gray Brothers, as part of Brightwater’s West Coast Services operation. The workshop facility will provide local project support, a highly qualified trade base with multi-purpose design workshop facilities supported by the Brightwater Engineering and Brightwater Manufacturing divisions. The workshop will be high-bay with a 30 tonne crane capacity, enabling it to handle a wide range of industry requirements. Construction on the new facility will begin shortly and it is expected to be up and running in the second half of 2011.
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