Retractable Pergola Demo Unit

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Mike

We’ve set up a demo-unit Retractable Pergola at our factory in Kingsland. It is also serving as our all-season outdoor tea room.

New Plotter!

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Mike

The transformation continues – last week we installed a plotter that can plot onto fabrics up to 3.5m wide and 13m long…

Already done over 2km of plotting this week – excluding the obligatory calibration/test/messing about!

Custom Blinds Muriwai

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Mike

😀 Time for some fun! 😀 Move the slider from left to right on the image below – cool, huh? Then scroll down and watch the video! 😯

OK, so we’re quite proud of this one – everyone does rectangular/vertical blinds, easy peasy!

These blinds are triangular – oh, and they project on an angle – they’re not vertical, so we can’t rely in our friend gravity to ensure they work nicely (i.e. stay taught)

We combined every trick in the book (and some) to make these blinds work as required, and we searched from one end of the earth to the other to find a fabric that was up to the task (i.e. strong, not just in x and y dimensions, but also on the diagonal!) CLICK PLAY on the video below and see them all working in symphony – its glorious!

And, here is a gallery of photos from the project, in case you’re wanting more…

Recover Retractable Awnings

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Mike

Recovering a retractable awning can make it good as new. Choosing a modern colour and pattern can even make it look cool again! The canvas on these awnings was well and truly thread-bare and more than a few seasons out of fashion. A quick recover and they look good as new.