Property & Construction | Comag By 1994, a successful succession plan saw the business inherit the namesake it carries with honour today - Comag Ltd.
major milestone for Comag with its relocation to a new, purpose-built building - still on the same street.
Founding directors and owners included Bruce Magan, Bill O’Dwyer, Kevin Dare, Tony Wright, Ross Fisher and Allan Price. One year later, another local plumbing company - Allan Walker Ltd - joined forces and owner Allan Walker became an owner and director of Comag Ltd.
The business’ loyalty to its location is also realised in its community relationships, something that Kevin says the company holds dear to its heart.
At the dawn of the millennium, 30 dedicated and talented staff members were behind the company’s success - a number that is at 44 today, made up of full-time and part-time employees. In spite of Bruce and Allan Walker retiring in 2011, the company has continued to flourish under the management of Kevin Dare supported by fellow directors and owners Chris Henderson, Hayden Wright, Rene Thomson, Allan Price and Warwick Ross. The latter has just set up a satellite company in the Wairarapa where his family is now based. Kevin Dare comments of the business’ investment in its staff, “Over 50 years in business, the company has put through over 100 apprentices, some of whom have moved on and started their own businesses, not only in Matamata or New Zealand, but abroad in Australia and the USA.”
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Settled in its location in Comber Street for close to 50 years, April this year marked a
“We are very proud of our community and try to help financially with donations and sponsorship whenever we can. The list is too big to mention, but the big focus is on youth and sports. “For example, Comag has been the main sponsor of the Matamata College 1st XV for over 20 year now. Pohlen Hospital and the Pohlen Trust is a big favourite of ours and we try and help out here with almost every chance we get.” Well aware that no organisation stands alone, Comag Ltd thanks all those it has working relationships with, including those on this page: Plumbing World, Livingstone Building, Gst Construction, TCL Hunt, Superior Carpentry Construction, Begovich Builders, Coleman Builders, and Aaron Bennett Builders. CNT
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