Skellerup to build $30 mln plant, replacing quake-damaged facility

Skellerup to build $30 mln plant, replacing quake-damaged facility
By Jonathan Underhill June 18 (BusinessDesk) - Skellerup Holdings, the rubber goods and dairy equipment manufacturer, is to build a $30 million factory at the Wigram Business Park in Christchurch developed by Ngai Tahu Property, to replace its earthquake-damaged facility in the suburb of Woolston. Skellerup awarded the designs and build contract to Calder Stewart Industries, the Auckland-based company said in a statement. Veteran businessman Ron Carter will oversee the project for Skellerup, it said. Part of the cost of the dairy rubbe...