A new purpose built facility marks the start of a new era for Launceston based company Mclaine Stainless. Situated at 252 George Town Rd, Rocherlea, Mclaine Stainless is a specialized stainless steel and nickel fabricator which has worked closely with a number of Tasmanian industries for more than 30 years.

“When we first opened we were in a small shed in Invermay,” general manager Greame Barker said.   “We first moved to George Town Rd in the early 1990s and into our new shed, next door to where we were recently.

”The new facility will give us more capacity to make larger tanks with more room to carry out a number of jobs at the one time.   “We will be more efficient than ever before and look forward to the support from local industry to increase our workload".

More than 20 years ago, Mclaine Stainless began working with interstate companies and since then had gained a reputation as a renown quality steel fabricator, Mr. Barker said.   “We are vital to a number of industries both state wide and nation wide and we trust we can improve our turnaround times and position ourselves to respond quickly to any emergency or breakdown,” he said.  “We support the vegetable processing and farming industries, breweries, the wine and mining industries as well as major companies such as TEMCO, ACL Bearing, Boag's and Comalco.”

Workshop manager Darren Dornauf said Mclaine Stainless offered a superior and unique service to Tasmania's industries.  “We are more vital to some industries than others and we do a lot of furnace work with nickel alloys.” he said.   “This is extremely specialized work that gets shipped all around Australia.  ”We are the major specialist stainless and nickle based fabricators in Tasmania.”

Mr. Dornauf said he hoped the modern premises would stimulate new business for Mclaine Stainless.  “We now have new equipment, meaning we can make a wider range of products,” he said.  “Hopefully this means we can deal with customers that we haven't dealt with before.”