Waikato Business News | December 1, 2023

FOSTERS.CO.NZ
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32 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS
DECEMBER 2023
Left to right: David Fredericksen,
Left to right: David Fredericksen,
Left Tony Tony to Letcher, right: Letcher, David Louise
Louise Fredericksen,
Cassidy
Cassidy
Tony Letcher, Louise Cassidy
“When “When it it comes comes to to
building “When it
building solutions, comes to
solutions,
Fosters building
Fosters have solutions,
have always always
provided Fosters
provided
have us us with with
always
the the
total provided
total package.” package.”
us with the
total package.”
Tony Letcher, Director & CFO
Tony Letcher, Director & CFO
Tony Letcher, Director & CFO
Hamilton business Convex prides itself on providing
Hamilton business Convex prides itself on providing
innovative packaging solutions for its customers as it strives
Hamilton to
innovative push
business the
packaging boundaries
Convex solutions of
prides sustainability,
itself for its on customers providing
performance
as it and
strives
innovative shelf
to push appeal. packaging the boundaries solutions of sustainability, for its customers performance as it strives and
to push shelf the appeal. boundaries of sustainability, performance and
shelf Mirroring appeal.
that continued focus on quality, innovation and
environmental Mirroring that continued responsibility, focus Fosters on quality, has been innovation Convex’s and
first
Mirroring choice environmental that in construction continued responsibility, focus companies on Fosters quality, for nearly has innovation been three Convex’s decades. and first
environmental choice in construction responsibility, companies Fosters has for nearly been Convex’s three decades. first
choice “When in construction it comes to companies building solutions, for nearly Fosters three have decades.
always
provided “When it us comes with to the building total package,” solutions, director Fosters and have CFO always
Tony
“When Letcher provided
it comes said. us with
to building
the total
solutions,
package,”
Fosters
director
have
and
always
CFO Tony
provided
Letcher
us with
said.
the total package,” director and CFO Tony
“Our relationship with them stretches back to the 1980s and
Letcher said.
we’ve “Our relationship always found with them them excellent. stretches They’ve back to got the depth 1980s of and
we’ve always found them excellent. They’ve got depth of
“Our knowledge, relationship we’ve with found them them stretches easy back to deal to with, the 1980s and we’ve and
knowledge, we’ve found them easy to deal with, and we’ve
we’ve
been
always
very
found
happy
them
with every
excellent.
project
They’ve
they’ve
got
delivered
depth
for
of
us.”
been very happy with every project they’ve delivered for us.”
knowledge, we’ve found them easy to deal with, and we’ve
So Fosters was immediately engaged when Convex embarked
been on So very a Fosters project
happy was to
with demolish immediately every and
project replace engaged they’ve its when offices
delivered Convex and expand
for embarked us.”
its
warehouse on a project space to demolish in 2021. and replace its offices and expand its
So Fosters was immediately engaged when Convex embarked
warehouse space in 2021.
on a “We’d project always to demolish planned and to replace our its head offices office and facing expand out on its
warehouse to “We’d Kahikatea always space Drive in planned 2021.
with to a design place our we head would office be proud facing of out and on
features to Kahikatea that would Drive with stand a out design to those we would passing be by,” proud Tony of and
said.
“We’d
features
always
that
planned
would
to
stand
place
out
our
to
head
those
office
passing
facing
by,”
out
Tony
on
said.
to Kahikatea Particularly Drive valuable, with a he design said, was we would Fosters’ be feedback proud of on and
features architectural Particularly that would valuable, plans, stand which he out said, were to those was carefully Fosters’ passing scrutinised feedback by,” Tony before on said.
architectural plans, which were carefully scrutinised before
Particularly valuable, he said, was Fosters’ feedback on
architectural plans, which were carefully scrutinised before
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work began in mid-2022.
work began in mid-2022.
work “Fosters’ began ability in mid-2022.
to provide opinions on the costs of those
designs
“Fosters’ features
ability and
to provide how things
opinions could
on be
the done
costs differently
of those
to
“Fosters’ save
designs money ability features was to really provide and how helpful.” opinions things could on the be costs done of differently those to
designs save money features was and really how helpful.” things could be done differently to
save He felt money Fosters’ was strong really contractor helpful.”
relationships were one of
the He company’s felt Fosters’ greatest strong strengths contractor in relationships being able to were manage one of
He construction the felt company’s Fosters’ challenges strong greatest contractor and strengths deliver relationships the in being build able within were to a manage one tight of
the timeframe. construction company’s challenges greatest strengths and deliver in being the build able within to manage a tight
construction timeframe. challenges and deliver the build within a tight
timeframe.
“We began this project when there was high demand and
significant “We began material this project and labour when constraints there was high in the demand building and
“We sector,” significant
began he said. this
material
project
and
when
labour
there
constraints
was high
in
demand
the building
and
sector,” he said.
significant material and labour constraints in the building
“Fosters were able to mitigate those challenges, so they were
sector,” “Fosters
he were
said.
not an issue for us. able I to think mitigate that comes those back challenges, to their so experience they were
not an issue for us. I think that comes back to their experience
“Fosters
and their
were
relationships
able to mitigate
with contractors
those challenges,
and other
so
industry
they were
professionals and their relationships that they’ve with established contractors over and many other years.” industry
not an issue for us. I think that comes back to their experience
professionals that they’ve established over many years.”
and Convex their founder relationships David Fredericksen with contractors and supply and other chain industry
manager
professionals Louise Convex Cassidy founder that were David they’ve also Fredericksen impressed established with and over Fosters’ supply many chain excellent years.” manager
time Louise management, Cassidy were proactive also impressed communication with Fosters’ and ability excellent
to
Convex founder David Fredericksen and supply chain manager
work time around management, a functioning proactive manufacturing communication business. and ability to
Louise
work
Cassidy
around a
were
functioning
also impressed
manufacturing
with Fosters’
business.
excellent
time “We’ve management, come to expect proactive a lot from communication Fosters, but the and finished ability to
work quality “We’ve around of come the a build functioning to expect still managed a manufacturing lot from to Fosters, exceed business.
our but expectations,”
the finished
David quality said. of the build still managed to exceed our expectations,”
“We’ve David come said. to expect a lot from Fosters, but the finished
quality of the build still managed to exceed our expectations,”
David said.