Business View Oceania | Volume 4, Issue 3

29 30 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3 for products that cannot be made in Australia due to patents or specialist manufacturing capabilities. Another core value for Sunbather is to be highly conscious environmentally. Our products are the epitome of energy saving in the pool industry.” Mr. Boadle continues, “We collect free energy from the sun with our solar products, then conserve that valuable energy with our pool cover range. They are a perfect duo of products to save our customers energy and money, particularly in a time when energy and water are becoming scarcer and more front of mind. Every time we install a solar pool heating system, we give end users the ability to harness free energy from the sun to heat their pool at close to zero cost. Our solar systems have virtually zero carbon footprint, cost as little as $100 a year to run, and have a 15-year warranty to back them. By adding a pool cover we can more than double the effective use of a swimming pool, which doubles to the GFC in 2008, ended in disaster and was a very challenging time for us. We had to pull out of the US market after hanging in there for too long hoping things would turn around. We lost a lot of time and money, however learned an incredible amount from the experience which only set us in good stead moving forward. I’ve found our business and people learn the most when things are not going to plan. It brings us together to reshape, reconsider, re-strategize, and fight for our home turf. “Around this time, we also decided to support Australian manufacturing as much as we could, returning all of our international equipment to Australia. This gave us greater control over innovation, quality, and our support of the local economy. ‘We Make It Here’ is one of our core philosophies. Aussie ingenuity is world class when it has a platform to experiment and it’s important to us that we support our local economy and suppliers. We only look overseas DELIVERING COMPOUNDS, EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS APN • RoHS compliant compound • Excellent UV properties • Extreme impact toughness Ph: +61 2 9756 6339 fax: +61 2 9756 6345 Email: info@apncompounding.com Web: www.apncompounding.com Ph: +61 3 9768 2644 fax: +61 3 9768 3120 Email: admin@apnplastics.com Web: www.apnplastics.com APN COMPOUNDING APN PLASTICS APN is a leading Australian manufacturer and distributor of Engineering Plastics, Styrenic, Polyolefin and PVC compounds. Global alliances with leading polymer manufacturers and the versatility of Australia’s best equipped PVC compounding facility can offer customers a market advantage. Our excellent service, personalized approach, access to the latest technologies, broad range of compounds and extensive product knowledge ensures we will match the right polymer to your application. APN is well positioned to meet the dynamics of an ever changing market. SUNBATHER A unique product with a distinctive partnership Covrex ® made a name for itself by pushing innovation and by being the first manufacturer of “foam filled slats” worldwide. The advantages of the slats are numerous: • Increased strength: the slats can support a total weight of 250 kg/m², making them one of the most secure and durable products on the market. • Insulation: due to the foam inside the slats, our CVX slats have the best insulating material you can cover your pool with. • Durability: the foam creates a strong structure, making the CVX slats one of the most durable products on the market. They can withstand very high (+70°C) and very low (-40°C) temperatures and will last for more than 10 years. Covrex® has always put the priority on creating long-lasting and reliable partnerships around the world. Our collaboration with Sunbather perfectly meets these criteria, and it has been steady and growing since 2011. We introduced the slat as a completely new product, where our CVX slats were a perfect match with the hot days and cool nights. Sunbather, acting as our sole distributor in the country, has been able to reach out to the whole country and distribute our products since then with great success. ...... For more information, please visit our website www.covrex.com Save energy with the automatic cover Covrex® Classic www.covrex.com