NZ's disease-free sheep stomachs key to Aroa's success

NZ's disease-free sheep stomachs key to Aroa's success
Aroa CEO Brian Ward says the firm will stay in NZ, close to that sheep supply. (Image: Aroa Biosurgery)
Rebecca Stevenson
Soft tissue repair company Aroa says it has myriad reasons to be confident about its outlook with expansion of its Auckland manufacturing site, new machinery to boost output, a new device approved in the US and chunky product margins. Aroa Biosurgery is listed on the Australian securities exchange but has no plans to leave NZ with the country’s ample and uniquely disease-free stock of sheep guts underpinning the company’s output. Aroa has two sites near Auckland airport where it turns ovine abattoir leftovers into medical...

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