Canterbury Industry

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31161, 10 September 1966, Page 12

Canterbury Industry

where metal parts of display stands are stamped, punched, shaped, and welded up in jigs; and the joinery section, where the wooden parts of displays are built up. There is also a small spray paint-shop.

Once the lay-out of a store is planned and the necessary units made up, installation is carried out so as to provide minimum interference with

the store’s business. Fitting a chemist’s shop in Blenheim recently took about two days, while at the other end of the scale six weeks is being allowed for the fitting of three floors. 20,000 sq. ft on each, of a major store. Depending on the pressure

of work, it is estimated to plan and equip a 2000 sq. ft store could take little more than a week, but this is working at high pressure. At present difficulty is being experienced in getting the

steel required for manufacturing shop units, but the ready availability of overseas timber has encouraged the joinery side of the business. Business has grown rapidly during the last 10 years and it is still growing. About half the work is planning and equipping new stores and about half is remodelling older stores, but in Auckland most of the work is on new stores.