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Auckland CBD contains New Zealand's largest concentration of multi-story commercial buildings and businesses The Kinleith Mill, part of the forestry sector in New Zealand The Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter, opened in 1971. This is a list of notable companies based in New Zealand, a country in Oceania.
Manufacturing in Australia peaked in the 1960s at 25% of the country's gross domestic product, and has since dropped below 10%. At one stage manufacturing employed almost a third of Australia's workforce. [1] Automotive manufacturing in Australia began in the 1920s and came to an end in 2017.
The manufacturing sector (ANZSIC division C) in New Zealand employed 238,417 people according to the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase from 188,286 people at the 2013 census. However, the proportion of employed New Zealanders working in manufacturing decreased slightly from 9.80% to 9.75%. [2]
The Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (The Fair Trade Association) is a member-based organization that supports two systems of fair trade. The first is the Australia and New Zealand member of FLO International, which unites Fairtrade producer and labeling initiatives across Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
The appliance business was acquired by Electrolux in 2000. At this stage, Simpson essentially was outshopped to overseas manufacturing with the famous name “Simpson” applied to its washing machines. [4] As of 2016 Electrolux was still using the Simpson brand name in Australia and New Zealand for a range of washing machines and dryers. [5]
The flag of New Zealand (Māori: te haki o Aotearoa), also known as the New Zealand Ensign, [1] is based on the British maritime Blue Ensign – a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton or upper hoist corner – augmented or defaced with four red stars centred within four white stars, representing the Southern Cross constellation.
Textile companies of New Zealand (2 P) Pages in category "Manufacturing companies of New Zealand" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The New Zealand wool boom of 1951, one of the greatest economic booms in the history of New Zealand, resulted directly from United States policy in the 1950–53 Korean War. In 1950, when the Korean War broke out, the United States of America sought to buy large quantities of wool to complete its strategic stockpiles.