About Us

Other Uses for Crumb

THE COMPANY AND ITS PEOPLE

Contact details

Physical address (Couriers)
Unit 7, 24 Railway Avenue
Upper Hutt- South Pacific Industrial Park

Mail: PO Box 40604 Upper Hutt	Phone: +64 4 528 5071 Fax: +64 4 528 5074
Email Steve Matthews Andrew Melbourne	Mobile Steve +64 27 446 2015 Andrew +64 27 227 4026

The Company

Rubbersolutions was founded in 1997 when the South Pacific Tyres company outsourced the supply of rubber based adhesives, tyre paints and spruce. As the quality of the adhesives is critical in manufacture of new tyres and retreads, the new operation had to meet the tyre company's stringent requirements.

In more recent times the company has branched out into other products, including crumb rubber (powder and chips) made from used tyres, and contract filling of adhesives into metal and plastic laminate tubes.
Rubbersolutions are specialists at sourcing bulk rubber requirements.

The people

Steve Matthews and Andrew Melbourne have a combined 65 years of experience in the Rubber and Tyre Business, and between them cover nearly all aspects of rubber processing and logistics.

Director Steve Matthews

Steve has a background in general management with a good grounding in rubber technology, industrial engineering, quality assurance and production management. For nearly 10 years, Steve was general manager at the Wellington region's largest industrial site (South Pacific Tyres in Upper Hutt). This factory worked 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week with over 400 employees. Up to 80% of the plant output was exported.

Director Andrew Melbourne

Having had an extensive career in the area, Andrew was the general manager of Logistics and Procurement at South Pacific Tyres. He was responsible for all Raw Material purchasing in New Zealand and Australia, with responsibilty for all new tyres imported for South Pacific Tyres. He was also responsible for exports of New Zealand made tyres.