CASE STUDY #04: Metal Skills Ltd Building on trust In less than 20 years, Easysteel has seen Metal Skills Ltd grow from a fledging business into one of New Zealand’s leading contract manufacturers of steel products. The success story began in 1996, when Graeme Bartlett purchased an existing small business. He was joined soon after by his brother-in-law, Dave Blackett. Since then, they’ve grown the business from a “small jobbing shop” into an industry leader with 80+ staff. Operating from a 6200m 2 facility in Auckland’s East Tamaki, they are one of the few sheet metal companies operating 24/7, 5 days a week. “It’s more profitable to have our big machines running through the night, supervised but unmanned,” says Dave Blackett. “It also gives our customers a better service...our

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