Aluminum magnate Gilbert Ullrich has invested $7.5 million on ‘‘state of the art’’ technology for his Te Rapa extrusion plant, and his company is also investing heavily in Australia in moves to beat a ‘‘flood’’ of cheap Chinese aluminium.

 

Taranaki at last has a weather radar system that could give early warning of events such as last year’s tornado swarms.

Pace Engineering Ltd is a Taranaki based multi discipline engineering company that has enjoyed steady growth over the past 16 years.