Feature of our product |
Related benefit |
Comparison with some imported and some NZ manufactured products. |
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Steel 1.4 &1.6mm thick walls |
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- Thinner weaker steel tends to bend or pull welds out.
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Fully Welded |
- Joins are welded all the way around
- No gaps
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- If not welded all the way around the joins tends to crack and break
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Paint-Powder Coat |
- Tough, hard wearing
- Large range of colours
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- Non powder coated surfaces can be thinner and wear faster and chip more easily
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Plywood (Chair seats& backs) |
- Strong and will hold the screws.
- Flexible
- Reusable
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- Many products are made of Particleboard. This is too thin for this application (chairs & backs) and not flexible enough.
- Screws can come loose and fall out.
- They are prone to breaking
- Normally not reusable
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Bonded Foam (Chair seats) |
- Dense foam that keeps its elasticity
- Keeps it comfort year in and out.
- Seat keeps it shape
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- Soft or standard foam is commonly used in seating.This loses its elasticity after a while.
- The seat loses it shape, as foam flattens out.
- The seat becomes hard and creases appear on side of seat.
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Fabrics Commercial Grade |
- Customer is offered a wide range of choice of colour and styles.
- High “Rub Resistant”fabrics.
- Different blends i.e. Wool, Polypropylene
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- More limited range on offer of
- Material
- Colours
- Styles
- Range of blends
- May use retail fabric with low rub resistance.
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Formica (High Pressure /Density Laminate) HDL |
- Strong high densiy laminate HDL
- Hard wearing
- Large range of colours
- Large range of styles
- Good for a large range of surfaces
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Laminex (High Pressure) |
- Strong
- Hard wearing
- Large range of colours
- Large range of styles
- Good for a large range of surfaces
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Melteca (Low Pressure/Density) Laminate LDL |
- Mainly suited to vertical surfaces
- but can be used on desks and tables.
- Large range of colours
- Large range of styles
- Cost effective
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Heavy duty Tips and Plugs |
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- Softer, thinner.
- Wear quicker.
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Screws |
- Good quality
- Wide range
- Strong holding power
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- Head of screws too soft and can snap.
- Screws can come loose in wood and fall out.
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