Victor Plasters Ltd
Date established
1936
Date closed
1990
History
Victor Plasters was established in 1936 as a 50/50 joint venture between Winstone Ltd and Australian Plaster Industries Pty Ltd (later Boral Australia Ltd), who supplied gypsum. The first mill in Auckland supplied plaster to the NZ Wallboards factories in Auckland and Wellington for the manufacture of gibraltar board. By 1944 the output of the Auckland mill was 24,000 tons per year.
The first Auckland plant was built on land leased from the Harbour Board on the Western Viaduct. Work began on a new plant at Felix St, Onehunga in 1965.
In 1962 Victor Plasters opened another plant in Opawa, Christchurch, which used gypsum shipped directly from Australia. Another NZ Wallboards factory shared the Opawa site.
Victor Plasters continued to operate as a Winstone associate company after the acquisition of Winstone Ltd by Brierly Investments Ltd in 1987. It became a partly owned subsidiary of Fletcher Challenge Ltd, after the acquisition of Winstone from BIL in 1988.
In 1990 the subsidiary was merged into Winstone Wallboards Ltd
The first Auckland plant was built on land leased from the Harbour Board on the Western Viaduct. Work began on a new plant at Felix St, Onehunga in 1965.
In 1962 Victor Plasters opened another plant in Opawa, Christchurch, which used gypsum shipped directly from Australia. Another NZ Wallboards factory shared the Opawa site.
Victor Plasters continued to operate as a Winstone associate company after the acquisition of Winstone Ltd by Brierly Investments Ltd in 1987. It became a partly owned subsidiary of Fletcher Challenge Ltd, after the acquisition of Winstone from BIL in 1988.
In 1990 the subsidiary was merged into Winstone Wallboards Ltd
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