New Zealand design for Japan

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32565, 26 March 1971, Page 18

New Zealand design for Japan

Dismountable office partitions designed in New Zealand are making an impact on the Japanese market. One sigificant achievement has been their installation throughout the internationally acclaimed 52-storey World Trade Centre building in Tokyo, shown above. Royalties for the designs are being paid to the Cemac group of companies, one of New Zealand’s major manufacturers and mar-

keters of partitioning, flooring and office interiors. The penetration of the Japanese market is a result of the agreement by the Nikkei Aluminium Company to make the Cemac partitions under licence. Nikkei Aluminium recently achieved an impressive advance by successfully tendering for a prestige partitioning contract in Moscow, using Cemac partitions—the first such tender to go to a nonRussian firm.

The licence agreement between Nikkei and Cemac was concluded after a visit to Japan and South-East Asia by the managing director of the Cemac group (Mr D. A. Tresidder). As another result of this visit, the Lower Hutt based company has appointed agents in Taiwan and the Philippines, and is also exporting to Sydney and Melbourne. I Two more Cemac offices in i other Asian cities would be opened soon, Mr Tresidder said.