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George Weston Foods
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Industrial Teflon & Fluoropolymer Coating Services for New Zealand

AST is the only licensed Chemours industrial fluoropolymer coating applicator servicing New Zealand. The major Australian bakery and dairy customers AST already coats for — Goodman Fielder, George Weston Foods / Tip Top, Bakers Delight, Fonterra, Saputo Dairy — all operate in New Zealand. AST extends the same Chemours-licensed coating service to their NZ operations from our Melbourne facility.

Parts are coated in Melbourne and returned via trans-Tasman sea or air freight. NZ customers across Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch are serviced through established trans-Tasman freight channels.

Trans-Tasman Freight

Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch — how freight works

AST coats parts at our Melbourne facility and returns them to New Zealand via trans-Tasman sea or air freight. The service is the same whether you're in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch — the only difference is freight transit time and which port the consignment runs through.

Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

Sea freight
5–10 working days
Air freight
2–4 working days
Port
Port of Auckland
Wellington

Wellington, New Zealand

Sea freight
5–10 working days
Air freight
2–4 working days
Port
Port of Wellington
Canterbury

Christchurch, New Zealand

Sea freight
7–12 working days
Air freight
2–4 working days
Port
Lyttelton Port

AST coordinates with established trans-Tasman freight forwarders for door-to-door logistics in both directions, or works with the customer's nominated forwarder. Freight cost can be quoted alongside the coating quote. Many NZ customers batch components to keep freight cost-effective.

Why NZ Customers Choose AST

The capability New Zealand can't source locally

New Zealand has competent local coating shops, but none hold a Chemours industrial licence and none operate at AST's scale or chemistry breadth. For high-cycle, high-spec or chemistry-critical work, NZ customers find the trans-Tasman freight investment more than pays for itself in coating life, predictable QA and reduced re-work.

Only Chemours licence AU / NZ

AST is the only Chemours-audited industrial fluoropolymer applicator in Australia and New Zealand. Audited annually by Chemours Global.

Largest industrial oven in the region

AST runs the largest industrial fluoropolymer curing oven in AU/NZ — accommodating large fabricated assemblies, vessels and skid components.

Full Halar & Tefzel capability

Heavy-duty ECTFE and ETFE chemical-lining capability — 300–1,000 µm thick-film systems with full holiday/spark testing. Not available from local NZ shops.

Lifetime workmanship warranty

Every job documented — surface prep record, DFT verification, holiday testing where required, oven cure trace and Certificate of Conformity.

NZ Industries Serviced

New Zealand customer segments

AST coats parts across the New Zealand industrial base — dairy is the largest segment given the size of Fonterra and the broader dairy-equipment supplier base, followed by bakery and food production, packaging machinery, glass container manufacture, and chemical / water-treatment process.

  • Bakery and bread production — Goodman Fielder NZ (Quality Bakers, Vogel's), George Weston Foods / Tip Top, Bakers Delight NZ
  • Dairy and dairy processing — Fonterra (NZ-headquartered), Saputo Dairy NZ
  • Food production and packaging machinery
  • Industrial valves, pumps and process spools
  • Chemical-process and engineered OEM equipment
  • Refurbishment of high-cycle bakery and dairy hardware
Coating Services for NZ

What AST coats for New Zealand

Teflon (PTFE / PFA) — Non-Stick & Food Contact

Bakery pans, trays, hoppers, dough handling, dairy and food contact hardware. FDA-compliant Chemours Teflon systems applied PFOA-free since 2015 — used across NZ bakeries (Bakers Delight NZ, Goodman Fielder NZ, GWF / Tip Top) and dairy processors.

Halar (ECTFE) — Chemical Barrier Linings

Heavy-duty 300–1,000 µm Halar barrier linings on pipe spools, pressure vessels and reactor internals. Specified by NZ chemical-process, dairy plant CIP and water-treatment customers where aggressive process chemistry would attack uncoated steel. Holiday/spark-tested on every job.

Tefzel (ETFE) — Thick-Film Heavy-Duty

Tefzel thick-film linings on valves, diverter spools, sample lines and process assemblies — hot-flocked to ~1,000 µm. Specified for NZ chemical and dairy applications where Tefzel's mechanical toughness and chemistry resistance are required.

Resigraph — Glass Production Tooling

CONDAT Resigraph graphite coating for IS-machine gob-delivery tooling on glass container production lines — plungers, deflectors, scoops, troughs and shear blades. Smoke-free, 9–12 months service. Relevant to NZ glass container manufacturing.

Wire Arc Metal Spray

Chrome, stainless and nickel wire arc spray for dimensional restoration of worn shafts, journals and rolls — built back to OEM dimensions, then ground or machined to finished tolerance. Hard chrome replacement without hexavalent chromium hazards.

AST is the only licensed industrial fluoropolymer applicator in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia, audited annually by Chemours Global. We provide a lifetime warranty on workmanship across every coating system.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a licensed Chemours industrial fluoropolymer applicator in New Zealand?
No — AST is the only licensed Chemours industrial fluoropolymer applicator in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. New Zealand customers who need Teflon (PTFE / PFA), Halar (ECTFE) or Tefzel (ETFE) coatings from a Chemours-licensed applicator send work to AST in Melbourne. AST is audited annually by Chemours Global and provides a lifetime warranty on workmanship.
How does freight work between Melbourne and New Zealand?
AST coordinates trans-Tasman freight for New Zealand customers using established freight forwarders. Sea freight typical transit is 5–10 working days each way for Auckland, Wellington and Tauranga, and 7–12 working days for Christchurch (via Lyttelton). Air freight is available for time-critical items at 2–4 working days each way. AST can quote freight as part of the coating quote, or work with the customer's nominated forwarder.
Which NZ cities does AST service?
AST services New Zealand customers in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch — the country's three primary industrial centres — and the surrounding regions. Most New Zealand customer parts are dispatched from the major North Island and South Island ports and returned via the same channels. AST coats parts at its Melbourne facility and returns them ready for installation.
What NZ industries does AST coat for?
AST's primary NZ customer segments are bakery and dairy — the same major Australian customers AST already services have New Zealand operations: Goodman Fielder NZ (Quality Bakers, Vogel's), George Weston Foods / Tip Top, Bakers Delight NZ, Fonterra (NZ-headquartered) and Saputo Dairy NZ. AST extends the same Chemours-licensed coating service to their NZ sites from Melbourne. Other segments include food production, packaging machinery, industrial valves and engineered OEM equipment.
How long does a typical NZ coating job take door-to-door?
AST's coating turnaround is typically 7–10 working days at our facility from receipt of parts. Door-to-door including trans-Tasman freight, the total cycle is typically 3–5 weeks via sea freight (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch) or 2–3 weeks via air freight for urgent items. We coordinate with NZ customers on freight scheduling to minimise the parts being out of service.
Why send parts to AST in Melbourne rather than use a local NZ coater?
New Zealand customers send work to AST because comparable industrial coating capability is not available locally. AST holds the only Chemours licence in Australia / New Zealand, operates the largest industrial fluoropolymer curing oven in the region, offers full Halar (ECTFE) and Tefzel (ETFE) heavy-duty chemical-lining capability, applies audited QA and provides a lifetime workmanship warranty. For high-cycle bakery, dairy process equipment, chemical-service valves and critical engineered components, the freight investment is well-justified compared to compromising on coating capability.
Does AST handle GST, customs and trans-Tasman documentation?
AST can work with the customer's nominated freight forwarder for trans-Tasman shipping, or coordinate freight on the customer's behalf. AST does not act as customs broker for NZ-bound returns — customers typically arrange their own GST / customs handling on the import side, but AST provides all the commercial-invoice documentation required for the shipment. We can discuss the documentation process when quoting.

Only licensed industrial fluoropolymer applicator in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia

Yearly technical and quality audits by Chemours Global

Lifetime warranty on workmanship

Sending parts to AST from New Zealand?

Tell us the components, coating system you need, and your target delivery date — AST will return a firm coating quote plus a recommended trans-Tasman freight option for your city.

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