Terra Lana News
3 June
Terra Lana Supplies National Building Merchants
Terra Lana has confirmed it will supply 90 ITM branches with wool insulation as from 1 July 2011. This will make Terra Lana's products more accessable to 1,000s of builders nationwide. Terra Lana is already stocked by Bunnings and nationally SKU'd by PlaceMakers.
24 March
Show Time Again
See Terra Lanas products on show this month:
25-27 March 2011 The Timaru Herald Home & Lifestyle Show, SBS Events Centre, Timaru - AirCon Sth
Canterbury and Energy Smart Stands
30 March - 1 April South Island Agricultural Field Days, Lincoln - Terra Lana stand
11 March
Terra Lana Operating at 100% Capacity After Earthquake
Terra Lana's factory was closed for a week after the 22 February Earthquake in Christchurch but is now open again and operating at 100% capacity. We would like to thank our loyal customers and distributors for their concern and support over this time. We also extend our heartfelt sympathy to those with family, friends or colleagues who were killed or injured in the quake.
10 December
Terra Lana Products Now Listed on Masterspec
Masterspec is the leading electronic specification system in New Zealand's construction industry used by over 1100 design practices. Providing detailed specification resources that can be easily modified to suit any project, Masterspec delivers pre formatted specifications that can be cut and paste directly into your own building specification document.
16 November 2010
Safety of Pink Batts in Question
"As a result of the research, we decided not to use fibreglass insulation at all. There are health and safety issues for the installers and performance issues in New Zealand's humid climate. MDF and Pink Batts are just two of a large number of building and finishing products available and in common use in New Zealand today that contain formaldehyde and an array of other volatile organic compounds [VOCs]."
Read why eco-house designer Jette de Jong of Ebode has raised safety questions about fibreglass ceiling and wall insulation in the New Zealand Herald
8 November 2010
Wool's Future Gives Confidence
Terra Lana's owner, Andrew Everist, tells Farmer's Weekly why wool insulation is competing well in the building insulation market.
24 September 2010
Terra Lana insulates the 2,000th Southland Warm Home
21 September 2010
See you at the Show!
Terra Lana's natural wool insulation will be displayed at the following shows:
8,9,10 October Wellington Home Show - AirCon stand
15,16,17 October Canterbury Home Show - Ultimate Insulation stand in the Eco Living Feature
20,21,22 October Hawkes Bay A&P Show - AirCon stand
10,11,12 November Canterbury A&P Show - Terra Lana and Mi Woollies stand, Trade and Feature
Pavillion
2 July 2010
Canterbury Wool Insulation Company Doubles Production
Alf Hewitt Factory Manager at Terra Lana (right), explains a sample of
Terra Lana natural wool insulation to (from left) Andrew Everist,
Terra Lana Director, Gerry Brownlee, Minister for Economic Development,
Russell Norman, co leader Green Party, Roger Sutton, EECA chairman
and Prime Minister John Key.
Christchurch based wool insulation manufacturer, Terra Lana, has just completed a new manufacturing line that will double capacity. Largely thanks to EECA’s “Warm up New Zealand” scheme and ECAN’s “Clean Heat” programme, Terra Lana has enjoyed a significant increase in demand over the last 18 months and this has given the company the confidence to invest in a second production line.
The company’s owner and Managing Director, Andrew Everist, says the two schemes have enabled the company to reach critical mass and are likely to underpin the company’s product development and expansion for the next 2-3 years.
“We’d already successfully carved out a niche amongst other insulation companies with products that are more effective, safer to handle and environmentally sustainable” says Mr Everist, “but the ECAN and EECA schemes to retrofit insulation into older homes have created such demand for our products it necessitated building a second production line to keep up.”
Terra Lana was the venue yesterday for the announcement of the 50,000th household to participate in the EECA scheme. The announcement was made by the Prime Minister, John Key, and he was joined by Minister of Energy, Gerry Brownlee, the chairman of EECA board, Roger Sutton and numerous other dignitories associated with the scheme.
“It was a pleasure to show them around the factory so they could see the new production line for themselves” says Mr Everist.
“These clean heat and insulation schemes help provide a warmer, healthier environment for home owners but they have also been a boost for the economy. We had ten contractors involved with the refurbishment and installation of the equipment and Terra Lana has extended staff numbers from 15 to 25 to meet the demand from the programmes” he says. “Further jobs have been created downstream with scoping and installing the insulation”.
Terra Lana was an initial supplier to the ECAN programme, which is generally accepted as causing a major improvement in the quality of Christchurch’s air. The ECAN programme was supported by EECA from the outset and formed the model for the subsequent national programmes culminating in EECA’s “Warm Up NZ” scheme. Terra Lana has been deeply involved throughout the evolution of these schemes, contributing to the development of systems, standards and installation methods.
Background and History. Terra Lana Products Ltd was founded in 1999 to capitalise on the work done by the Wool Research Organization of New Zealand (WRONZ, now AgResearch) to make eco-textiles and building insulation from recycled wool.
From a humble beginning in Kaiapoi, Terra Lana now operates a purpose built factory at 55 Francella St, Bromley, Christchurch producing over 30 tonnes of insulation a week. The company’s products are sold throughout New Zealand and exported to Japan and the United States.
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