Sutton Tools is in its 106^th year of manufacturing cutting tools, producing its products both in Australia and New Zealand. It has a strong commitment to local manufacturing, ensuring both quality and accessibility to its Australian consumers.

Sutton Tools’ has had a remarkable recovery from the Kaiapoi Manufacturing Plant fire in January 2022 with current stock levels restored to pre-fire levels.

A new site has now been secured in Rangiora and construction is now underway for a new state of the art manufacturing facility. This is a strong testament to the collective resilience and determination of the company in overcoming adversity.

With struggling global supply chain issues, Sutton Tools has taken advantage of its local manufacturing capabilities by increasing production within their Australian plants. By producing tools locally, Australian customers benefitted from a consistent supply of tools to meet increased demands. Additionally, local manufacturing provides greater control over production processes, improve response times to changes in market demands, and reduce transportation costs. Overall, Sutton Tools remain competitive in a challenging market by increasing efficiency, flexibility, and cost savings through local manufacturing.

Sutton Tools is well known for its metal cutting tools, particularly its metal drilling line with well-known ranges such as Silver Bullet, Blue Bullet, Inox and Cobalt drills stocked in all major retailers.

According to Sutton Tools senior product manager Jeff Austin, “As a market leader in the metal cutting space in Australia, Sutton Tools understands that its users remain loyal to the brand due to the industrial quality products that exceed the standards set by its competitors, the company is likely to maintain its competitive advantage and retain customer loyalty. As our production capacity grows in 2023, we will continue to find ways to leverage our industrial quality Australian Made products. This is our competitive advantage.”

Sutton Tools remains committed to maintain and increase its production capacity locally in the long term. This will improve supply chain stability and resilience as well as support the local economy.

From humble beginnings in the 1970’s in Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA, Weather Guard is the North American Industry Leader of truck and van equipment, including truck boxes, drawer units, shelving, cabinets, and racks for trucks, vans and utility vehicles. Weather Guard organises trucks and vans for greater productivity, and provides tools and valuables superior protection against break-ins and weather. The same quality and toughness is now here, designed and engineered in Australia for Australian conditions. Weather Guard provides high quality, durable, secure, smart products that deliver on the promise of servicing “Work Week to Weekends”.

Weather Guard’s initial range to the Australian Market will cover a Professional Range of aluminium ute box products including Chests, Upright Toolboxes and a Gullwing. Ute box products will be available in our Armor Tuf powder coat finish in both clear and gloss black.

Weather Guard ute boxes are also covered by our Limited Lifetime Warranty and will deliver to the market the following exclusive features:

• Extreme protection lock – tamper resistant retracting lock helps protect against break-ins
• Automotive-style rotary latch features smooth “one-touch” opening
• Automotive grade weather seals offer protection from the elements, water and dust ingression
• Powder coat finish – ARMOR TUF: clear or black for long lasting durability and presentation
• 12v pass-through provides easy, weatherproof power cord access
• Automotive gas struts assist in smooth opening and closing and maintain the open lid position

Weather Guard will also introduce a range of Cargo Cases. The Weather Guard adventure cases have been designed for the professional and the weekend adventurer and feature a sleek, heavy-duty design, in five different sizes across two design styles. Incorporating an integrated MOLLE panel, these cases are ideal for storing your tools and materials, camping equipment, recovery or recreational gear in or on your vehicle.

The premium case features a durable HDPE construction with concealed interlocking lid to body design and ergonomic carry handles. The steel over-centered lockable latches and the dust and waterproof seal ensures increased security and protection.

The Weather Guard adventure case series makes sure your gear is always protected no matter the conditions.

For more information, visit weatherguard.au

The Australian Made difference…

Global Spill are an Australian manufacturer of spill and site safety equipment and have been manufacturing in Australia for 30 years. They’re an Australian owned business with a flexible and agile approach to service delivery.

Local manufacturing means Global Spill have a secure and reliable product supply and are immune to currency fluctuations and shipping/port delays.

90% of Global Spill’s products are made in Australia. They design, engineer and manufacture locally to deliver a great quality product. Products are designed and manufactured in Australia to comply with relevant Australian Standards.

The size of operations delivers economies of scale so they’re able to deliver quality products at competitive market prices.

The product range is designed for safety and reliability whether it’s spill control, signage, dangerous goods storage or safety gear, products are designed to keep people safe and help protect the environment.

ABSORBENTS AND SPILL KITS

Global Spill & Safety are Australia’s only manufacturer of polypropylene absorbents and wipes. Continual supply means absorbents and spill kits are in stock and available.

DANGEROUS GOODS STORAGE

Global Spill & Safety have a dedicated metal fabrication unit producing indoor and outdoor dangerous goods stores, gas and aerosol storage cages designed to comply with relevant Australian Standards.

ENGINEERED PRODUCTS

Global’s Australian factory employs local engineers and specialist trades. Custom fabrication of aluminium, steel and stainless steel, and plastic products is available. Global’s high frequency welding division means that all PVC products are welded (not stitched or glued) for added strength, durability and reliability. The Melbourne factory includes a chemical facility with R&D laboratory.

Operating for over 30 years, Global Spill & Safety is well-established in the Australian Spill and Safety sector, delivering quality Australian made products at competitive market prices with sales divisions and warehouses across Australia.

The Macsim® SCAPRO is a state-of-the-art anchor design software offering National Construction Code (NCC) compliant solutions for the building and construction industry.

The software is ideal for designers and engineers to provide quick and accurate solutions for safety-critical applications in accordance with AS 5216:2021 for mechanical and chemical fasteners.

Features and benefits:

• Design with Elastic and Rigid base plate
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• Prying Loading is considered
• Various shapes for the base plate
• Numerous anchor arrangements
• Australian Steel profiles and grades
• Accurate anchor analysis with all failure modes considered
• Seismic design as per AS 5216:2021
• Design of redundant non-structural systems in accordance with AS 5216:2021
• Displacements are calculated

Software Highlights:

Graphic user interface: Easy to understand and manage-clear base plate and anchor layout with rotation option.

Product selection: Range of mechanical anchors and chemical fastening systems to

Easy data input: Simple to use and intuitive user interface with easy product selection

Reporting: Single report generating results comparing all anchors performance.

Visit Macsim.com.au for your free download or email engineering@macsim.com.au

New generation Sykes-Pickavant Motorq torque wrenches

The torque wrenches of the latest Sykes-Pickavant Motorq generation have recently undergone an upgrade and now include a two-piece split torque head and handle supplied in a heavy duty carry-case for easy portability and storage. The unique profiled cam and reaction plate offer a clear torque signal, and the large break angle significantly lowers the risk of over-torquing. The built in torque scale is also protected from dust, dirt and fluids.

Suitable for all heavy-duty applications, the new Motorq range offers robust construction providing accurate torque results (to ±4%).

Features include the renowned Sykes-Pickavant mechanism with a push-thru ratchet head engineered for strength and durability while operating in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions. A new comfort grip handle has also been developed to guide the user’s hand in correct position during operation and is supplied with torque adjusting spanner to easily adjust to desired value.

Sykes-Pickavant torque wrenches are manufactured in England to ISO 6789-1:2017 standard and supplied with a UKAS accredited calibration certificate.

Spray & Mark the Ultimate Writing Tool

Dy-Mark Spray & Mark is fast drying, premium marking out paint designed for a range of applications including construction, landscaping, civil works, and surveying. Available in a wide range of 16 colours (9 Standard & 7 fluorescent colours) which provide bright highly visible marks on various surfaces including concrete, bitumen, rock, steel, and timber.

It is designed for inverted use on to ground surfaces and its unique spray pattern makes the product suitable for spot marking and is an ultimate writing tool. Another great feature of Spray & Mark is its specifically designed quick drying, toluene-free formulation which provides lower toxicity and hence a safer workplace.

Spray & Mark can be used with accessories such as the Dy-Mark Long Arm Handle and the Dy-Mark 2-Wheel Spot Marking Handle.

These accessories are designed to ease fatigue/back pain with repetitive applications.

CRC Industries is successfully anticipating market demand for sustainable products and providing greener and safer solutions.

By Frank Leggett

For more than 50 years, CRC has positioned itself as a market leader in the manufacture of cleaners, lubricants and anti-corrosion products for the maintenance and repair operations industry. Since 1969, the company has been providing these specialty products across a wide array of Australian industries including automotive, industrial, mining, food and beverage, utilities and defence.

Ongoing legislative changes to environmental standards, as well as occupational health and safety regulations, has driven CRC Industries to develop a safer and more sustainable range of products.

“Our future is all about sustainability,” says David Bailey, CRC’s Trans-Tasman business development manager. “At CRC, we are proactive, moving forwards before forced compliance by regulations. We take the lead, embrace initiatives and manufacture effective products that people want. CRC is not a business that ever plays catch-up.”

Continuous innovation

Through extensive research and development, CRC is providing an eco-product range to meet the demands of a more environmentally aware market. This new range is backed by the expert advice of health, safety and environmental managers who work closely with customers to create products people want and need.

“CRC’s mission is to supply sustainable products that makes our customers’ jobs faster, easier and safer,” says Bailey. “It’s wonderful to be involved with a company that can utilise science and technology to create products that don’t damage the environment.” Whether it’s adapting existing products or developing new cutting-edge solutions, CRC is committed to making a positive environmental impact.

Sustainability is key

While the CRC product lines were traditionally solvent-based, advances in technology have seen the company embrace sustainable practices with gusto. Some of the new products almost seem like science fiction.

Brakleen Water Based is an eco-friendly addition to CRC’s family of brake and parts cleaners. Originally developed in 1971, it remains CRC’s flagship product today. Brakleen Water Based penetrates and dissolves tough grease, oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid, hardened deposits and other contaminants but with a positive clean safety profile.

It’s biodegradable, non-toxic, non-hazardous, non-flammable, pH balanced, and water soluble. This powerful cleaner is also non-corrosive, solvent free and has no volatile organic vapours, making it ideal for use in confined spaces.

Brakleen Water Based is used in a wide variety of applications, especially where there are regulations or restrictions concerning the products that can be safely used or allowed onto specific sites.

Around the world

CRC exports its products to China, South-east Asia and the Pacific Islands. It also has manufacturing hubs in New Zealand, Europe, the UK and the USA.

One of the most popular products in all these markets is the Bio Degreaser range.

“The science and technology around degreasers has advanced so dramatically that water-based degreasers are now as efficient and effective as solvents,” says Bailey.

“Products such as our Smart Washer range work like a dream and don’t harm the environment. For users, the added benefit is that it’s non-caustic so there’s no skin irritation.”

Smart Washer was CRC’s first foray into developing eco-friendly products that utilised sustainable technologies. The health and safety of the customer and the environment is always at the forefront of any product development. It uses bioremediation, a treatment that contains naturally occurring microorganisms to consume and break down undesirable substances. The process creates nothing but harmless by-products.

“This same technology has been used in clean-up efforts following major oil spills and other environmental disasters,” explains Bailey.

All the products in the Bio Degreaser range use high-performance cleaning technology that’s easy on the planet.

It was designed to be effective across the industrial, automotive and service industry sectors. There’s also a food grade range of Bio Degreasers.

This product is so gentle on the environment, it doesn’t even require an Environmental Health & Safety warning on the label.

Make it easy

The stand-out quality of CRC products is how easy they are to use. Evaporative degreasers disappear, cleaners are sprayed on and left to do their work, residues and contaminants are broken down to their component parts with no effort.

One product that eliminates the need for elbow grease is Evapo-Rust. This completely non-toxic product removes rust with no scrubbing or sanding. It’s an easy and efficient way to clean rusty tools, hardware, automotive parts, household items, antiques or any rusted equipment.

Wide applications

From agriculture, automotive and defence to mining, transport and marine, CRC Industries products are used to keep businesses operating and the wheels of commerce turning. Whether you’re a home handyman or maintaining heavy machinery, it has a high-quality product that’s going to make your life easier.

“We have reps and business development managers in every state and every region,” says Bailey. “As so many of our products cross over into different markets, it opens up multiple opportunities. The core end users are professionals such as mechanics, machinists and welders. Supplying sustainable products that makes their jobs easier is very satisfying work.”