CONSTRUCTION a substantial investment portfolio which has helped the company weather the inevitable troughs of the building market .
However , its key focus remains building materials through Brickworks Building Products . This division is responsible for the manufacture , marketing and sale of clay bricks and pavers , roof tiles , concrete masonry , precast concrete , facade panels and timber .
This includes such wellestablished and respected brands as Austral Bricks — a market leader since 1908 and still the group ’ s flagship brand — Bristile Roofing , Nubrik , Daniel Robertson and Auswest Timbers .
Brickworks Building Products is Australia ’ s sole national manufacturer of building materials with operations in all states and the ACT . Across the country , Brickworks has 1480 FTE employees in more than 50 manufacturing , sales and administration sites .
Growth Brickworks began as an amalgamation in 1934 and it has steadily grown by acquisition since then . For its first 70 years , acquisitions were focused on the brick industry , culminating in 2003 with the purchase of major brick , masonry , paver and roof tile assets in Victoria , Queensland , South Australia , Western Australia and Tasmania . Two years later , Auswest Timbers was acquired with assets and manufacturing operations in Western Australia , Victoria and the ACT .
In 2006 , the company owned a single masonry plant and had no presence in the precast concrete market . In just a few short years , it has acquired manufacturing resources that enabled it to become number two in masonry and the dominant player in precast . This process is continuing .
Smarter Manufacture The company has also grown organically through keen marketing , meeting consumer needs , and containing costs through technological innovation . This began in the 1930s , with the merging of manufacturing facilities under the Austral Bricks umbrella , which continued into the 1950s and 60s
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