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Sales & Support
With 60 years experience in New Zealand, MICO Metals can provide
technical support and assistance through their field sales
representatives and in-house customer services teams at all
locations. If stock is not held locally, each branch can call upon
the nationwide network for backup.
As well as giving technical advice and support, MICO Metals will
source and indent specialist metals and fasteners to customers
requirements.
The Operation
Added Value Services:
MICO Metals operates a cut-to-length facility and precision
leveller for processing non-ferrous sheet from coil to customer
requirements. The line processes coil up to 1550mm in width, from
thickness of 0.45mm to 3.25mm. This facility enables fabricators to
purchase pre-cut sheet, which reduces waste and on-site fabrication,
resulting in lower overall costs. It also reduces the lead-time
necessary in sourcing sheet to customised sizes.
Our Beam Saw can accurately cut Aluminium, Brass & Copper plate.
Depending on the alloy material up to 80mm thick can be processed.
History
In 1945 Sigmund
Hirschfeld set up the Metal Import Company (MICO) in a garage in
Upper Willis Street, Wellington. He had trained as a
coppersmith in Europe and before moving to New Zealand he spent
several years selling copper and brass in the Middle East.
His experience and the
contacts he made enabled him to source quality products from around
the world and he was quick to establish several branches of the
Metal Import Co. around the North Island.
In 1946 he associated
with Roy Messenger to set up the Wakefield Metal Co. in Christchurch
and the association between MICO and Wakefield was born.
The two companies
prospered and grew over the next 35 years. They were among the
first in New Zealand to expand into Stainless steel and Aluminium and
then later to recognise the potential of plastics in New Zealand
industry.
Then in 1980 the two
companies were brought together under the umbrella of the MICO
Wakefield Group. In 1994 MICO Wakefield became a wholly owned
subsidiary of GE Crane Holdings Limited, Australia.
The new ownership providing direct links to similar
manufacturing and trading operations in Australia.
We are New
Zealand's largest stockist/distributor of non-ferrous metals,
trading through an extensive nationwide branch network.
As well as selling
straight from stock, the Group operates an indent service, using its
particular contacts and group resources to source and supply unusual
or specialised materials from around the world.
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