In 1984 a small group of climbers from the world's flattest continent pulled off an audacious ascent of Mount Everest - they put a new route up the north face in lightweight style with no oxygen or sherpa support. Six years later, one of the summiteers, Tim Macartney-Snape decided to return to Everest after he realized neither he nor any other person who had climbed the mountain had truly climbed the entire 8,848 meters, as that would have meant starting from sea level. That is, no one had yet climbed it from "sea to summit".

Wrights Hardware was first formed in the 1940s by the late Basil Wright.

Gurit offers an unrivalled range of composite solutions, technologies and products specifically tailored to fast growing end markets.

For the past 18 years now Ice and Oven Technologies "core business" has been refrigeration engineering, the supply, installation and service of ice machines / ice makers and all types of equipment associated with the post harvest ice management as well as the production of cube ice, tube ice, flake ice, scale ice, binary ice, micro-ice, flo-ice, pearl ice.

Hoydu International Enterprises - the tablecloth specialists - was established in Melbourne Australia in the year 2006. Its aim and vision is to fill the niche in the Australian and International markets for a superior and diverse selection of table linens as well as unique giftware.

Designer Rugs can design and craft hand-knotted and hand-tufted rugs and wall-to-wall carpet to any size, shape or colour using the finest materials  including New Zealand wool, viscose and pure silk. This can include matching rugs to the hues of an artwork or decorative scheme.