P.M. opens Wiri carpet factory
PA Auckland Processing of raw materials must be developed more strongly if New Zealand is to get the maximum benefit from its natural resources, said the Prime Minister, Mr Muldoon, on Tuesday. Mr Muldoon, in opening a carpet factory at Wiri, South Auckland, said that the carpet industry performed a valuable function, especially in the processing of a raw material for export. “Processing of our raw material here, for export abroad, must be developed more strongly if we are to get the maximum return from our natural resources, especially in primary industry,” Mr Muldoon said. The industry gave an indigenous raw material added value when exported as a yarn and further added value when turned into carpet, he said. Mr Muldoon noted that the Wiri company, Cavalier
Carpets, had a 15 per cent share of the New Zealand carpet manufacturing industry. Its exports to 20 countries last year, he said, earned more than $lO million. The $2 million Wiri factory of 31,898 sq m (80,000 sq ft) employs 150 people.
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