1995 – Humble beginnings

Manufacturing out of a small industrial building in Frankton, Hamilton, with just two hydraulic injection moulders and two employees, our sole contract was producing milk powder scoops for the New Zealand Dairy Group, now known as Fonterra.

2004 – New directions

At a time where Food Safety in packaging was becoming increasingly regulated and advances in plastic moulding technology were being developed, a unique opportunity was created for Tekplas to hone in on what it does best – quality in food safety. Under new leadership, we developed plans for a new facility to better service our new hygiene standards. We grew in the infant formula and animal health space and expanded into agriculture and industrial moulding. Now operating 7 machines with 15 staff.  

2008 – Upgrade

After 4 short years, we invested heavily in our people, our machines and our facility and the Tekplas reputation for quality began to spread. We moved into our purpose built facility, switched to new electric machines from Sumitomo Japan and were awarded with an ISO Class 7 certified clean room environment. 

2014 – Expansion

By 2014, the Tekplas facility had been expanded twice to meet demand, now running 22 machines, employing over 60 people and operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

2019 – Rolleston

Tekplas expanded South, moving into our second purpose built facility. Located in Rolleston, this facility allowed us to better service our clients in the South Island and provide the only moulding room in New Zealand certified as an ISO Class 7 clean room environment – keeping us at the forefront of the food safety space. Completed and fully operational at the beginning of 2020, we had capacity for 38 moulding machines across two New Zealand locations. In Dec 2023 we decided to focus our manufacturing in our North Island facility, retiring & selling this site.

2021 - On the move

Tekplas Hamilton moved into a brand new facility in 2021, offering greater production capacity and two ISO Class 7 clean room certified moulding rooms. Primarily focusing on clean room moulding, this factory was specifically designed with food safety in mind, catering to clients in the food packaging and human health space.

2021 - Environmental Pledge

In 2021, after years of work, we have met our goals set out in our environmental pledge.

ALL our products are 100% recyclable WITHIN NEW ZEALAND (which means no energy is consumed shipping it to someone elses back yard). We now recycle 100% of our waste material & we will receive and recycle any of our products at their end of life.

2022 - State of the art

Our new Hamilton factory comprises 6,500m2 of modern, innovative facilities where the latest technology is utilised to ensure fast and efficient work flows, with redundancy protection for every process. We have two independent mould rooms both exceeding ISO class 7 clean room certification. All moulding and packing is completed within the clean room environment. Automation is maximised to ensure minimum disruption to work flows. The factory is “off grid” for all utilities except for electricity however the factory is being provisioned for solar energy collection which will provide some independence from the national grid.