Tunnicliffe Timber’s big (pipe) dreams: $60m business employing 120 people

Tunnicliffe Timber’s big (pipe) dreams: $60m business employing 120 people
Tunnicliffe produces timber products. (Image: Tunnicliffe)
Riley Kennedy
“Manufacturing high value-added timber that is environmentally sustainable, thermally building envelope solutions in the Eastern Bay of Plenty”.That was how Tunnicliffe Timber Solutions pitched itself to the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) four years ago when it applied for $8 million, aiming to become a $60m business creating up to 120 jobs in the “socially deprived” region.It wanted to use intellectual property it had developed with Scion Crown Research to “pivot” the core business model towards a greater focu...

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