Zodiac Group Australia has purchased the business assets of Leisuretime Products (NZ) Ltd trading as Leisuretime Spa & Pool Covers of Auckland, New Zealand, effective 1st October 2009.
Leisuretime is a leading manufacturer of spa and pool covers, as well as one of the major distributors of pool equipment in the New Zealand market with more [...]
The Kiwi pool and spa industry got its second chance to SPLASH!
Once again, the SPLASH! crew ventured across the Tasman to hold the SPLASH! New Zealand Pool and Spa Trade Show.
This time, the event was 25 per cent bigger – now 500 square metres in total floor space covering two floors [...]
Comment on the impact statement until November 13.
The Queensland Government, though the Office of Clean Energy, has released a regulatory impact statement (RIS) for the mandatory load control of pool filtration systems.
By controlling when pool owners can run their swimming pool pumps, the government hopes to better manage peak electricity loads.
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Queensland builder Stuart Bevan has won Gold at the Global Aquatekture Visionary Awards (GAVA) in Las Vegas.
The Brisbane lap pool designed and built by Stuart Bevan Pools is suspended up to 12.5 metres off the side of a hill; providing panoramic views of the surrounding bushland and rural properties.
Stuart Bevan said [...]
An association of pool and spa cover manufacturers has been formed, with one of their stated aims being to identify minimum manufacturing and design criteria for Australian covers.
The Pool and Spa Cover Association of Australia (PASCAA) is insisting that everyone who joins the association must strictly adhere to PASCAA standards. PASCAA minimum product standards [...]
The QBSA (Queensland Building Services Authority) issued a warning on January 20, 2010 that contractors and homeowners should be cautious in any business dealings with Nerang-based MBW Group Developments Pty Ltd and its director Mathew Bradley Willaims (sic), also known as Edwin Nair and Edwin Mack.
The BSA suspended the company’s building licence for [...]
The ACCC has given an urgent warning about decorative wall tiles containing Tremolite asbestos, which is a prohibited hazardous substance.
The tiles sold under the brand name Snow White, are described as bright white in colour, with a quartz like appearance, and are made up of a number of pieces glued together to give [...]
The global financial crisis has forced the liquidation of Australian controller manufacturer and pool accessories distributor Austrol Industries. According to the administrator, the business seemed to have grown too quickly without adequate capitalisation and stumbled in the face of the economic downturn.
All assets of Austrol and its subsidiary Steel River Manufacturing are for [...]
Vero is the latest in a long line of providers to pull out of builders’ warranty insurance. Vero will stop writing cover from June 30, 2010.
The insurer covers at least 40 percent of each of its markets across the country, and its exit leaves QBE and Calliden as the only private providers after [...]
After a recent re-evaluation of the herbicide simazine, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has granted continued registration of products containing simazine for sale and use in Canada.
An evaluation of available scientific information found that products containing simazine do not present unacceptable risks to human health or the environment when used according [...]
