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ANZAC DAY CLOSURE
With Anzac Day falling on Thursday 25th April this year, Sapphire will be closed for manufacturing and trading on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th April 2013. We will reopen again...
Sapphire Goes Green with New Delivery Truck !
Sapphire has replaced its Delivery Truck with a new Euro 5 Diesel Hino Truck ensuring that we help keep the environment clean. Sapphire's Body is custom made to ensure your goods...
Sapphire To Anodise RMIT SAB Building !
Sapphire is pleased to announce that we will commence anodising this month all the facade panels for the exciting new RMIT SAB Building designed by Lyons Architects and being...
The Risks Architects Face from Non-Compliant Products
As recent investigations into cladding have highlighted, the use of non-compliant products within the Australian building landscape is pervasive. From an architect’s point of...
Are Architects Being Valued Enough?
Nowhere is this less true than in architecture, which has seen some of its traditional areas of dominance encroached upon especially in the procurement space. Indeed, concerns...
Manufacturing future could ride on back of adding value
There is something genuinely unique about Australian business. The fact we are an island continent cultivated an early proclivity to manufacture goods. It wasn’t all...
EASTER CLOSURE TIMES
With Easter and Anzac Day falling on the same week, we will be unable to efficiently run our production lines. Our finishing lines will be closed for the Easter/Anzac Day break...
Will Australian Manufacturing Survive Loose Procurement?
However, the question remains, will our government create demand for climate-responsible products and services? Last week I walked past one of the numerous major capital projects...
JCU – Education Central Inteprets Modern Teaching
Wilson Architects with Architects North chose Sapphire Anodised Finishes to make a bold and fresh statement about learning that builds on other projects completed by Wilson...
COVID 19 RESPONSE
Sapphire has no confirmed or reported cases of COVID-19 within our workforce. To minimize the risk of infection to customers, staff and suppliers the following changes will be...
D&C procurement is basically where the owner of the proposed building engages (contracts) the builder long before documentation for that new building has been completed. The...











