Resene Paints, New Zealand’s largest paint manufacturing company, is locally owned and operated from its headquarters in the Wellington region of Lower Hutt.
A leading force in the South Pacific paint market, Resene has operations in Australia and Fiji and local production plants in Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt, Tauranga and Auckland. It has over 55 company owned colour shops and over 20 franchised outlets around the country.
Chief Executive, Nick Nightingale says the company’s vision is to be respected as an ethical and sustainable company and acknowledged as the leading provider of innovative paint and colour technology.
“We employ 500 staff in New Zealand and mainly recruit migrants in the technical and manufacturing areas. We have actively recruited offshore for paint chemists.
“We like to think of ourselves as innovative and we are a good employer who pays market rates. The work can be interesting and challenging and we have comparatively low staff turnover.
“Depending on the situation, we can help our migrant staff settle more easily into life in New Zealand.
According to Nick, the paint manufacturing industry in New Zealand is sizable, with three main competitors and many smaller, sometimes niche operators.
“The value of the industry would be in the vicinity of $200 to $ 250million”.
The Resene product range extends through a full spectrum of paint and specialist coatings for residential and commercial buildings, farming, heavy industrial, road marking, automotive and agricultural use. Visit Resene.