What it does: Manufactures and sells frost protection machines to growers around the world. Turnover: $50 million Staff numbers: 80 (65 in New Zealand and 15 in Australia) Compound annual growth rate: 20% to 25% Export percentage: 65% and increasing
All around the world, crops from grapes to cherries, citrus to olives, and avocadoes to kiwifruit (and many more in between) require protection from frost.
And for decades a company in Hawke’s Bay has been manufacturing fans that pull warm air down to those precious crops.