Fletcher Steel Ltd
Date established
1954
History
1923 The Fletcher Construction Company set-up a Reinforcing Steel service to supply and fabricate reinforcing steel for the building of the Auckland University college main building. When the contract was completed, the men and machinery were moved into premises in Nelson Street
1926 The Vulcan Steel Company was formed to provide continuing support to Fletcher Construction Company. The company was incorporated on May 9 1926.
1936 The Wellington Structural & Reinforcing Steel Company Ltd was established in Wellington, under Andrew Fletcher (expanded gradually from one customer base to supplying outside contractors).
1941 Acquisition of Stevenson & Cook Engineering Company Ltd, at Port Chalmers (established 1880). Stevenson & Cook had a long history in ship repairing and structural steel fabrication, including 8 ton ship propellers. During world War II the company was reorganised to build land mine sweepers for the Ministry of Defence.
1950 The Reinforcing and Structural Steel Company established in Christchurch (main activities being in prefabricated structural stell building and reinforcing fabrication).
1951 Acquisition of Jospeh Sparrow & Company Ltd, Dunedin.
1954 On April 1 1954 the name of the Vulcan Steel Construction Company Ltd was changed to The Fletcher Steel and Engineering Companies Ltd. The company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Fletcher Holdings Ltd and was the amalgamation of five companies:
1.The Vulcan Steel Construction Company Ltd, Auckland
2 Wellington Structural and Reinforcing Steel Company Ltd
3.The Reinforcing and Structural Steel Company Ltd, ChCh
4.Joseph Sparrow & Sons Ltd , Dunedin
5.Steven & Cook Engineering Ltd, Dunedin
The New company operated with its own Board of Directors under the Chairmanship of JC Fletcher (later Sir James II) and AW Craig as Manageing Director and General Manager in charge of the four main centres (in Auckland the company was commonly called the Vulcan Works).
1954 The Auckland was located in Nelson street
1955c An arrangement with Bernard Smith Ltd of Australia saw the structural and engineering activities of Fletcher Steel amalgamate with Bernard Smith Ltd to form Fletcher Bernard Smith Ltd. The new company established a modern heavy engineering shop in Otahuhu, Auckland.
Fletcher Steel operated as a separate entity trading as steel merchants and reinforcing steel fabricators with stores in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
1956 Depot at Hamilton established.
1955 Fletcher Steel in Wellington moved from their location in Cable Street, Wellington City to Gracefield, Hutt Valley
1960 Depot at Whangarei established.
1958 Fletcher Steel gained the New Zealand Agency for Atlas Alloy Steels (the association lasted 20 years) and achieved a profitable market share of the national alloy business.
1958 Stevenson & Cook Engineering Ltd was closed (known as the southern most ship repair yard) due to decline in marine work.
1960 Fletcher Steel move from their Gracefield premises to the Hutt Road, Kaiwharawhara. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Orchiston and Power. And built by the Fletcher Construction Company.
1962 New premises built in Whangarei
1963 A store in Tauranga was leased with the intention to import through the port and feed the three branches of Hamilton, Rotorua and Tauranga.
1963 The reinforcing fabricating section of Fletcher Steel moved to Favona Road, Otahuhu, also engineering activity transferred to Fletcher Bernard Smith Ltd
1965 JS Watt was appointed to the Board of Fletcher Steel Ltd.
1967 Following a group re-organisation in March 1967, the Fletcher Steel board comprised AW Craig (Chairman), LC Ryan (Managing Director), JC Fletcher, HF Molony, JS Watt, DG Sadler (Secretary).[1]
1970 A major re-organisation of the Fletcher Holdings Group saw the activities of Fletcher Steel and Fletcher Industries Ltd join under the one banner of Fletcher Industries Ltd.
1973 By 1973 Fletcher Steel was engaged in importing and distributing throughout New Zealand a complete range of steel products. Fletcher Steel had fifteen stocking points which carried stocks of merchant bars, structural steel sections, tubes, pipes, plates and sheets as well as stainless steel, special tool and machinery steels and allied products.
Fletcher Steel imported zinc and zinc alloys for galvanising and diecasting industries as sole representative of the Sulphide Corporation of Australia, also sole agent for Ingersoll Rand equipment.
Allied to the merchant activities and established in all centres were the reinforcing fabrication shops giving a complete service to the construction industry in detailing, cutting and bending steel for concrete reinforcement.
1981 Fletcher Challenge Ltd was established as the result of three companies merging; Fletcher Holdings Ltd, Challenge Corporation and Tasman Pulp & Paper Company Ltd. Fletcher Steel was part of the Manufacturing and Merchandising Sector.
1983 As a result of restructuring the group the Manufacturing and Merchandising Sector was renamed The Steel Sector. Fletcher Steel was part of the Steel Sector.
1989 Fletcher Steel was merged with Winstone Steel - the rationalisation saw some branches closed.
1996 Fletcher Steel s major products are; steel merchant market for merchant bar, hollow sections, pipe, sheet, plate, sections, reinforcing, special sheets and welding accessopries.
Other value added products; sheeting, coil slitting, plate profile cutting and guillotining steel products.
Major markets are domestic and export.
Major suppliers; Pacific Steel and BHP New Zealand Steel
1997 Fletcher Steel acquired Carpenter Steel Company (CASCO) of Walu, Fiji
1997 On 1 July 1997 Fletcher Steel Products was formed from the following four companies; Diamond Industries Ltd Fletcher Steel (including Fletcher Reinforcing) Pacific Coilcoaters Ltd CSP Pacific
1926 The Vulcan Steel Company was formed to provide continuing support to Fletcher Construction Company. The company was incorporated on May 9 1926.
1936 The Wellington Structural & Reinforcing Steel Company Ltd was established in Wellington, under Andrew Fletcher (expanded gradually from one customer base to supplying outside contractors).
1941 Acquisition of Stevenson & Cook Engineering Company Ltd, at Port Chalmers (established 1880). Stevenson & Cook had a long history in ship repairing and structural steel fabrication, including 8 ton ship propellers. During world War II the company was reorganised to build land mine sweepers for the Ministry of Defence.
1950 The Reinforcing and Structural Steel Company established in Christchurch (main activities being in prefabricated structural stell building and reinforcing fabrication).
1951 Acquisition of Jospeh Sparrow & Company Ltd, Dunedin.
1954 On April 1 1954 the name of the Vulcan Steel Construction Company Ltd was changed to The Fletcher Steel and Engineering Companies Ltd. The company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Fletcher Holdings Ltd and was the amalgamation of five companies:
1.The Vulcan Steel Construction Company Ltd, Auckland
2 Wellington Structural and Reinforcing Steel Company Ltd
3.The Reinforcing and Structural Steel Company Ltd, ChCh
4.Joseph Sparrow & Sons Ltd , Dunedin
5.Steven & Cook Engineering Ltd, Dunedin
The New company operated with its own Board of Directors under the Chairmanship of JC Fletcher (later Sir James II) and AW Craig as Manageing Director and General Manager in charge of the four main centres (in Auckland the company was commonly called the Vulcan Works).
1954 The Auckland was located in Nelson street
1955c An arrangement with Bernard Smith Ltd of Australia saw the structural and engineering activities of Fletcher Steel amalgamate with Bernard Smith Ltd to form Fletcher Bernard Smith Ltd. The new company established a modern heavy engineering shop in Otahuhu, Auckland.
Fletcher Steel operated as a separate entity trading as steel merchants and reinforcing steel fabricators with stores in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
1956 Depot at Hamilton established.
1955 Fletcher Steel in Wellington moved from their location in Cable Street, Wellington City to Gracefield, Hutt Valley
1960 Depot at Whangarei established.
1958 Fletcher Steel gained the New Zealand Agency for Atlas Alloy Steels (the association lasted 20 years) and achieved a profitable market share of the national alloy business.
1958 Stevenson & Cook Engineering Ltd was closed (known as the southern most ship repair yard) due to decline in marine work.
1960 Fletcher Steel move from their Gracefield premises to the Hutt Road, Kaiwharawhara. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Orchiston and Power. And built by the Fletcher Construction Company.
1962 New premises built in Whangarei
1963 A store in Tauranga was leased with the intention to import through the port and feed the three branches of Hamilton, Rotorua and Tauranga.
1963 The reinforcing fabricating section of Fletcher Steel moved to Favona Road, Otahuhu, also engineering activity transferred to Fletcher Bernard Smith Ltd
1965 JS Watt was appointed to the Board of Fletcher Steel Ltd.
1967 Following a group re-organisation in March 1967, the Fletcher Steel board comprised AW Craig (Chairman), LC Ryan (Managing Director), JC Fletcher, HF Molony, JS Watt, DG Sadler (Secretary).[1]
1970 A major re-organisation of the Fletcher Holdings Group saw the activities of Fletcher Steel and Fletcher Industries Ltd join under the one banner of Fletcher Industries Ltd.
1973 By 1973 Fletcher Steel was engaged in importing and distributing throughout New Zealand a complete range of steel products. Fletcher Steel had fifteen stocking points which carried stocks of merchant bars, structural steel sections, tubes, pipes, plates and sheets as well as stainless steel, special tool and machinery steels and allied products.
Fletcher Steel imported zinc and zinc alloys for galvanising and diecasting industries as sole representative of the Sulphide Corporation of Australia, also sole agent for Ingersoll Rand equipment.
Allied to the merchant activities and established in all centres were the reinforcing fabrication shops giving a complete service to the construction industry in detailing, cutting and bending steel for concrete reinforcement.
1981 Fletcher Challenge Ltd was established as the result of three companies merging; Fletcher Holdings Ltd, Challenge Corporation and Tasman Pulp & Paper Company Ltd. Fletcher Steel was part of the Manufacturing and Merchandising Sector.
1983 As a result of restructuring the group the Manufacturing and Merchandising Sector was renamed The Steel Sector. Fletcher Steel was part of the Steel Sector.
1989 Fletcher Steel was merged with Winstone Steel - the rationalisation saw some branches closed.
1996 Fletcher Steel s major products are; steel merchant market for merchant bar, hollow sections, pipe, sheet, plate, sections, reinforcing, special sheets and welding accessopries.
Other value added products; sheeting, coil slitting, plate profile cutting and guillotining steel products.
Major markets are domestic and export.
Major suppliers; Pacific Steel and BHP New Zealand Steel
1997 Fletcher Steel acquired Carpenter Steel Company (CASCO) of Walu, Fiji
1997 On 1 July 1997 Fletcher Steel Products was formed from the following four companies; Diamond Industries Ltd Fletcher Steel (including Fletcher Reinforcing) Pacific Coilcoaters Ltd CSP Pacific
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