Nuplex began in Auckland in 1952 as a flooring distributor. The company quickly diversified into self-levelling flooring manufacturing during the 1950s. Problems with an import license for a key resin resulted in the commencement of producing resins in New Zealand. Initially the product was used for our own use, before supplying to industry.

During the next 20 years Nuplex grew by broadening our range of polymers and resins by licensing technology from leading producers in USA and Europe. Growth was also achieved through developing new markets for niche products in Australia, Asia and the Pacific Islands.

During this period the flooring business expanded into a broader range of specialty construction products including decorative and hygienic flooring technologies and exterior cladding systems.

Since the early 1990s, Nuplex has combined organic growth and strategic acquisitions to move to a position of market leadership in Australia and New Zealand. The strategy was to rationalise industries that had become fragmented during the era of tariff protection up to the 1980s. The consolidation of domestic volumes provided economies of scale that ensured manufacturing in the Australasian plants could remain competitive.

Today, Nuplex develops, owns and uses world class resin technologies and processes. We have nearly 1750 employees operating in 14 countries, and manufacturing plants in New Zealand, Australia, Europe, Asia and North America.