Jacobson’s Kitchens & Cabinetry

Joinery business with local history celebrating all things wooden

A state-of-the-art kitchen, a quirky set of shelving, perhaps a staircase, a solid wood entrance door, European-style windows, or a piece of wooden furniture? These are some of the many items Vic Jacobson and his Joinery team get asked for, relishing the challenge to create bespoke � mber items. From the smallest coff ee table to a huge recep� on desk for a Queenstown bar – they are up to the challenge using the latest CAD/ CAM so� ware. Jacobson Joinery Services is the crea� on of a merger of two companies – Jacobson’s Kitchens and Cabinetry and The Renall Door Company. Vic Jacobson is the Director at the helm in a hands-on role which comes from decades of experience in the building industry. He has a brother, Bruce, the other Director, based out of Auckland. A third brother, Graham, sadly died in 2020, leaving Vic to lead the way in the Brooklyn Road, Carterton factory. Graham Jacobson had started his joinery company in Mar� nborough in the mid-1990s and was producing quality kitchens and cabinetry. Graham relished the opportunity of working with his brother, but it was not to be, and Vic ended up making Graham’s coffi n. Yes, the company makes everything in wood. Vic Jacobson had been in various roles with The Renall Door Company for over 30 years. When computerised machinery was entering the industry, he spent � me sourcing state-ofthe-art machinery and receiving training in countries like Germany, where the massive Conturex C124 comes from. It sits pride of place in the busy joinery factory and is a pivotal part of the opera� on. Vic is a qualifi ed builder and ran his own company for several years before becoming a central cog in the Renall business. He could see the way the industry was going with computers and his so� ware knowledge was highly valuable. An interes� ng trend in the joinery world is the resurgence of wooden windows. Fi� een years ago, aluminium was all the rage, it has now dropped to only around fi � een per cent of the market in UK, says Vic. The Joinery business has 21 staff at the Carterton base including Graham’s son, Trent, and Vic’s son, Hunter, doing their appren� ceships. Vic is keen to see the young learn the trade and with fi ve young appren� ces (two of whom are also doing extra-mural business papers), the company’s eff orts have been rewarded in being fi nalists in the Wairarapa Business Awards, Youth 2 Work category. VIC JACOBSON BESIDE THE GERMAN JOINERY MACHINE - THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.