Burra Sheetmetal is based in Korumburra, and offers businesses throughout Gippsland the sort of sheetmetal manufacturing equipment, capacity, and skills which many local businesses still look to the Melbourne metropolitan area to obtain.
Burra Sheetmetal began operating in 1986 initially producing mostly ductwork and flashings for its own air conditioning business. Its facility is still located in its home town of Korumburra, approximately 120km South East of the Melbourne Central Business District and 85km from the Fantech operation in Dandenong.
In late 1995 continual growth and the opportunity to expand further, saw the need for Burra Sheetmetal to invest in computer operated machinery. By further strengthening its capabilities the business gained advantage that was unique for a company outside Melbourne's main manufacturing hubs and gave them an expanded product offering.
The relationship between Fantech and Burra Sheetmetal has strengthened over many years, with up to 80% of the existing work volume at Burra coming from Fantech's component requirements such as brackets, motor mount platforms and mounting feet. Following the newly formed relationship there are plans to expand the Burra operation through further fabrication opportunities from the Elta Group of businesses and other potential customers.
Burra Sheetmetal are part of the £80 million Elta Group, a family of businesses with operations in six countries on four continents which, together with a network of international distributors, provides quality fans and related air movement equipment to customers worldwide.
