STEEL-DRUM FACTORY
New Industry At Sockburn
A new industry for Christchurch will start in October with the opening by Rheems New Zealand. Ltd. of a plant at Sockburn for the production of steel drums for freezing companies’ exports and other industries.
The company has a twoacre site on the Main South road near the overbridge. A sO9kv transformer is being installed on the site, and water and other services are being provided. “Plant from the United States for making the drums is already on the water." said the general manager of the company (Mr J. J. C. Herndon) yesterday. ‘lts capital value is about £20.000, and it has been obtained on a no-remittance basis.”
The company had been making steel drums of many sizes in a factory at Tawa, Wellington, for three years, said Mr Herndon.
"At first. 44-gallon drums will be made in the Sockburn plant These will be to meet the gap between the used drums needed by freezing companies for export and their total requirement of steel drums. . Probably 121gallon drums will be made soon after the plant begins I production.
| “Mjl company will also I meet the needs of oil companies. paint firms, chemical j works and many other industries in the South Island. iThe plant at Sockburn will ■ require only about 15 emjplovees at first “The company considers ithai Christchurch is boompng and has a great industrial future Therefore, naturally, we expect to expand our business rapidly Supplying South Island needs from Christchurch cuts out the considerable freight costs between Wellington and Christchurch, and the making of the drums here cuts down the necessity to import made-up drums, while giving more employment locally.” Mr Herndon said
His company was an affiliate of the Rheems Manufacturing Company of New York. Mr Herndon said. The company now had plants making steel drums in 20 countries, and the plant at Sockburn would be the fiftieth started by the parent company and its affiliates Mr Herndon said that the steel for the drums made in New Zealand came from several sources, the company obtaining the steel offered at the best prices.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29830, 24 May 1962, Page 12
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