A $7 million plant upgrade is set to provide Tauranga and the rest of New Zealand with improved products for roads.
Downer's Mount Maunganui bitumen plant has undergone the upgrade to improve its efficiency and reduce its power while providing improves products.
Downer's Technical Sales Manager Phillip Muir and Manufacturing Manager Ross Godkin. See video interview with this pair below.
The project took seven months and was timed so the plant could take delivery of raw materials from offshore to meet production requirements for the new roading season.
'The upgrade means we will be able to run more efficiently and spend less on power,” says Downer's technical sales manager Phillip Muir.
'That might not make the power company happy.”
Downer provides engineering and infrastructure design, construction, maintenance and management services to the transport, energy, infrastructure, communications and resources sectors.
The new plant will be officially launched at the Sebel Trinity Wharf Hotel with 90-100 people attending from the across the country.
1 comment
What about the road user requirements
Posted on 08-07-2011 08:47 | By Insider
Might reduce power requirements but I bet the roads don't improve and will remain in a lamentable state for the foreseeable future.Bitumen plant launched at Sebel Trinity Wharf love to witness that. L O L
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