Hart family-owned firm tips Hansells Masterton into receivership, 100 jobs at stake

Hart family-owned firm tips Hansells Masterton into receivership, 100 jobs at stake
Executive chair Alan Stewart at the Hansells operation in Masterton. (Image: NZME)
Staff reporters
A company owned by the Hart family – one of the richest families in New Zealand – has tipped one of its contract manufacturers, Hansells Masterton, into receivership.Walter & Wild, a secured debt holder, appointed Andrew McKay and Rees Logan of BDO Auckland as receivers to Hansells Masterton on Thursday.Based in the Wairarapa region, Hansells Masterton is a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturing business, focusing on contract manufacturing. It also owns the Horleys sports nutrition brand and licenses the...

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