About us
Bates Surfaces has been a leader in surface-coating building products since 1953. Today, we use the best UV-coating technology in the world and own one of the largest production lines in Australasia.
New Zealand’s largest applicator of UV coatings and a trusted supply partner to the local products industry for over 70 years.
We transform products, such as raw fibre cement panels, into pre-finished, factory-coated products – working with manufacturers as they make them part of their product catalogue.
In addition to fulfilling OSM orders for customers such as James Hardie and Laminex, we market our own brands – PureCoat™ kitchen and bathroom panels, PlyPlay™ pre-finished plywood wall and ceiling panels, and hygienic Fenta™ Ceiling Tiles.
Coatings
technologists
Our ongoing focus is on future proofing, product durability, eco-friendliness and design. We have stayed at the forefront of product innovation to become New Zealand’s largest and most respected coatings applicator.
‘Bates has been an environment-conscious company using UV for over 30 years now. They took the plunge in the 1980s by taking on environmentally friendly technology. They were ahead of their time.’
—Vic Holmes, Whitehall Technical Services
‘Bates is one of the best coating factories in Australasia. They have taken panel finishes to the next level. They focus on durability and aesthetics because it’s the end consumer who will be the one judging. They gave very strict quality control and good process logs, and they inspect the panels very carefully. Highly competent staff run it who produce the same high quality each time.’
—Nick Barbounis, Akzo Nobel
100% UV-cured
Bates Surfaces was established in 1953 and we remain at forefront of UV-coatings technology for building interiors.
New Zealand owned and operated, we introduced ultraviolet (UV) coatings technology to the local industry in the 1990s, and by 2016 our whole plant was 100% UV.
The environmental benefits of changing from solvent-based paint to UV-cured paint include: zero VOCs, reduced energy use, 10% reduced materials wastage, a longer product life, higher end-of-life product reuse.
