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Union says buggy job losses show need for redundancy law

Niko Kloeten | Tuesday August 18, 2009 | 14 comments

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) says the loss of 45 jobs from a Lower Hutt buggy manufacturer shows the need for redundancy protection legislation.

Mountain Buggy, owned by Tritec until January when it went into receivership, is now owned by rival company phil&teds, which has decided to relocate manufacturing of the buggies to China.

Phil & Teds on lookout for more acquisitions

Lucy Craymer | Wednesday March 25, 2009

Following the successful purchase of Mountain Buggy, child-products firm phil&teds plans to continue its acquisition strategy overseas.

Phil&teds announced the purchase of Tritec Manufacturing and Mountain Buggy today. No details of the purchase price have been released.

This is the second company to be bought in recent weeks by phil&teds; the first was roof rack and automotive accessory business, Hubco.

Mountain Buggy UK's assets frozen by Dutch court order

Lucy Craymer | Wednesday March 04, 2009

Tritec Manufacturing’s UK subsidiary Mountain Buggy UK has had all its European assets frozen by a Dutch bank after Denmark-based company DK Intertrade alleged the pushchair manufacturer had breached a contract.

Troubled Mountain Buggy in High Court tiff

Lucy Craymer | Thursday February 26, 2009

The defunct pushchair company Mountain Buggy was in court yesterday over a dispute over distribution with Denmark-based company DK Intertrade.

Mountain Buggy receiver John Fisk, of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, says  Mountain Buggy will defend the filings.

He adds that DK Intertrade is an unsecured creditor.

The NZ pushchair company and its parent company Tritec Manufacturing went into receivership in mid-January with more than $20 million in debt. The company has 89 staff.

The company is being sold as a going concern.