About Us
Celebrating 50 years of service!
Tasman Aluminum has been manufacturing aluminium windows and doors in Tauranga since 1976. Our company founder John Lear was a keen sailor and he named the company after the Tasman sea.
When Tasman Aluminum began, windows were selected from the standard range of sizes, they were ordered from the factory in Auckland and delivered to the local manufacturer in a kitset box. There were two colour options Anodized Bronze or Silver.
Tasman Aluminum manufactured windows and doors under the Lyte brand during the 80’s and 90’s and became skilled in commercial joinery. The company has completed some of Tauranga’s biggest building projects. The late 1990’s saw major development in Mount Maunganui with the Twin Towers, the Beaumont and the Atrium being completed. Tasman also participated in the recladding of the Westpac building on Devonport Rd. No cranes were used in this project and the glass was moved up the scaffold hand over hand.
Photo credit to Generation Homes Central North Island
Photo credit to Generation Homes Central North Island
In 2000 Tasman Aluminum joined the Fairview Group family and continued its growth to become one of New Zealand’s largest aluminium joinery manufacturers. Large projects like the Rotorua Events Centre and the Number Eleven apartments were successfully completed. The skill of the team ensured the projects ran smoothly and the buildings still look great today.
In 2015 Fairview Group bought Tasman Aluminum and the company rebranded to show the Fairview family alliance. During this time the company won industry awards for the AGC Tauranga Gymnasium and an architecturally designed home in the heart of Cambridge.
After 3 years of head office ownership the company was purchased by long time director Nigel Baker and his wife Alison, in partnership with Phill and Angela Brangwynne. Nigel has been part of the Tasman family for 30 years and he is very well known in the New Zealand window industry. Phill and Angela had a sister company based in Warkworth for 12 years. They sold their company in 2016 and moved to the sunny Bay of Plenty to help manage Tasman Aluminium. It was a natural step from management to ownership.
The Covid years were challenging for everyone but as a team, Tasman navigated the unknown and came out strong. When the country opened back up there was high demand for services and the Tasman Aluminium team expanded to over 100 employees. During this time, the NZ Building Code was updated with a focus on thermal efficiency. A lot of work has gone into developing new technology to improve window and door performance to meet the new Code.
Tasman Aluminium is at the forefront of these improvements providing a full range of double glazed glass options, hardwearing powdercoats and thermally efficient components to improve the durability and thermal efficiency of our windows and doors.
The NZ building industry and particularly the local industry has been subdued in the past couple of years as interest rates increased along with the cost of living. Tasman Aluminium continues to provide the best products and service even in tougher times.