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Bambi exports woollen quilts to China

West-Gosford manufacturer of woollen and natural fibre bedding products, Bambi Enterprises, is expecting to develop a market in China for their woollen quilts.

 Managing Director, Peter Witney said that their first order had been shipped just prior to Christmas and had been well accepted. “Australian wool is considered to be the best in the world and is regarded as a prestige fibre in Asia,” said Mr Witney. The company exports around five percent of their products with customers in Japan and Korea.

A family owned company, Bambi is a leading manufacturer of bedding products in Australia. Over the thirty years since the business was established in the family garage, the Bambi brand has developed a reputation for excellence in design and manufacture due to the superiority of their wool, innovative products and use of the most advanced manufacturing technology.
As a reflection of their commitment to innovation the company now manufactures a range of ‘earth-friendly’ natural bedding products using corn, eucalyptus and plantation bamboo fibres.

“Because of our reputation it is essential that we capitalise on the brand and introduce new products where we see an opportunity,” said Mr Witney, commenting on the highly successful introduction of their ‘earth-friendly’ products.
“Our next move is into pillow manufacturing and we are presently installing plant that will see us putting out 2,000 pillows each day,” he said.

Commenting on the highly competitive retail market in Australia, Mr Witney was full of praise for bedding retailers such as Harvey Norman, Snooze, Forty Winks and others. “They are great supporters of Australian made products. And they are a good companies to do business with,” he said. Bambi Enterprises remains a family owned business with Peter Witney’s two sons now part of the operation. Tim Witney is National Sales Manager while broth Greg is Factory Manager.

Priority Powder Coating to build on 2008

Tuggerah powder coating company, Priority Powder Coating is looking to build on their best year since establishing fourteen years ago. Commercial Director, Debbie Hansen, said that 2008 had been a good year for the business. “We have been growing steadily each year, but last year was a stand-out year for us,” said Mrs Hansen.

“We have now developed processes to coat longer and larger products previously dominated by Sydney coaters. We are now in a position to service industries over the entire State, offering short turn-around times and free delivery on the Central Coast and Metropolitan areas,” she said.

Paul Hansen said that they are working closely with large customers in their R&D and marketing departments to achieve greater customer satisfaction.

Priority Powder Coating are specialists in the powder coating of componentry for third party manufacturers. The Hansen’s said that their success on the Coast was due largely to the support they had received over the years from the region’s manufacturers.

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