The next stage of Holcim New Zealand’s cement storage dome at PrimePort in Timaru is now up.
Holcim is investing $100 million in building the 30,000 tonne new storage facilities in Timaru and Auckland as part of its global sourcing for supply into the New Zealand market.
The construction phase in Timaru will employ 50 people while the facility will employ eight staff once fully operational in the first half of next year.
New Zealand country manager Glenda Harvey says the terminal in Timaru provides access to Christchurch, utilising the new $5 million silo capacity completed in January 2014 at the Lyttelton Port.
“This terminal also provides effective distribution to the whole of the South Island market and the lower North Island as well.”
Harvey says the dome is a first for New Zealand and demonstrates the company’s drive to tap into the best of innovation used by Holcim around the world.
“The stage today involved putting up the dome, creating the shape for the polyurethane and concrete shells to be added from the inside.”
“The company globally invests millions in research and development and sourcing quality product along with managing transportation and logistics for customers.
“This is critical to the construction and infrastructure sectors particularly with the huge demand post-earthquake in Christchurch,” says Harvey.
