December 2, 2016
“It doesn’t get sick, never stops working and every cut is a classy finish,” says Wight. The company has been at its current premises for close to 10 years, with most of that in partnership. However, according to Wight the real business evolution has occurred in the past two years when he “went it alone”, with the dissolving of a partnership that had two owners wanting to pull the business in different directions. “It meant I could invest in machinery,” he says. “The last two years we’ve been Auckland Sheet Metals – in sole charge – and I’ve bought new presses, welders, the plasma, vehicles that have made life easier. And the result has been more progress in the last little bit than the whole time of being in business prior to that.” Indeed, since the change the company has been struggling to keep up with demand.…
