Recycle Your Ride

During the month of May owners of 'jloppy's' were encouraged to bring their vehicles into participating scrap metal recylers in Christchurch and Wellington in exchange for a number of benefits offered by the Ministry of Transport. The aim of this scheme was to remove older vehicles from our roads and it was a huge success.

Here in Christchurch Metalcorp NZ Ltd was chosen by the Ministry of Transport to take part in this scheme and throughout May we were inundated with vehicles. Unfortunatley not all vehicles met with the criteria for the scheme, but all vehicles brought to us were accepted for recycling and every owner received a cash payment for the scrap metal value of their vehicle.

A total of 67 vehicles that did quality for the scheme were received with all qualifying owners being place in the draw to win a brand new Toyota Corolla.

Unfortunately for our Christchurch customers the winner drawn for the Toyota Corolla was from one of the Wellington participnts, and they will be receiving their new vehicle on the 25th of June 2009 in a small ceremony at Wellington Scrap Metals.

We would like to thank everyone who took part in this great scheme.

OPEN DAY 2008

On Sunday the 11th of May we hosted our first ever 'Open Day', allowing the general public to visit our site and learn exactly what it is that we do. We held regular equipment demonstrations throughout the day so people could see up close some of the ways in which we process scrap metals, and our full team of staff were on hand to answer any questions (and there were several!).

Of course there were give-aways as well as a sausage sizzle hosted by 'The Rock' who were on site for the day, along with free face painting and as many ballons as one could wish for.

The most popular activiy of the day had to be the opportunity to guess the number of compressed aluminium cans in a bale that was on display. There were three age catogories and the winners were as follows:

Age 12 years & under: Matt MacDonald
Age 13 to 18 years: Nikalya
Age 19 and over: Daniel Ball

Congratulations to all our winners! For those of you who submitted an entry we are plesed to announce that the total number of cans in the bale was 885 (wow!).

We Have 'Moved'

After almost a year of anticipation our new administration building is finished and we have finally moved in!!

We trust our customers will enjoy the new complex as much as we do, and we hope that all our new systems and gadgets will make for faster and friendlier service.

Look out for information on this site for our upcoming public Open Day, when we will open the yard to the public on one of the first Sunday's in May. There will be prizes and give aways throughout the day and lots of interactive displays for the kids to enjoy. It will be a great family day out, and an ideal opportunity to see how a scrap metal recycling yard works!

CONGRATULATIONS NIGEL!

Congratulations to Mr. Nigel Cutts of Christchurch who was our 50,000th customer since the installation of our old software system!

Nigel was our lucky winner of a gormet gift basket and a $100.00 dinner voucher after bringing in a load of mixed scrap metals last Saturday. Nigel is picture here accepting his prize from Managing Director Trevor Munro.

Nigel, who was unaware of our promotion was quite surprised to find he had 'won something' and says that he has often been in to sell bits and pieces from home. We certainly look forward to serving him again in the future!

For all of our customers who missed out, you will be pleased to learn that following the installation of our new software, we will be running a similiar promotion for our 10,000th customer on the new system. We will keep you posted...........

It's HERE!

After months of eager waiting, we have finally taken delivery of our new Material Handler. This is the first Sennebodgen for New Zealand, and we are very proud owners of such a fantastic machine. The new 825 D Series Green Line will make unloading customers a breeze and will also make the handling and sorting of scrap within the yard much more efficient. As you can see from the photo, this Material Handler comes with an elevated cab, so we will be able to see our customers coming long before they even arrive!