Our Team
Oliver Wolf Oliver is a familiar name & face to the New Zealand Plastics & Tool-Making Industries. After completing his tool-making apprenticeship with Premier Plastics he first joined Tasman in the mid-eighties as a service engineer. Oliver was later sent to Europe by Tasman for specific training at the factories of various Principals & having had a taste of life overseas decided to stay in Europe where he was employed as the Technical Manager for one of Europe's largest PET Preform manufacturers. Oliver returned to Tasman in 1996 & is now The National Sales Manager.
Clive Harknett Clive joined Tasman in 1994 after a financial & sales background in the UK. Although from a non-technical background Clive soon picked-up the rudiments of the Plastics Industry and after a period of developing the product range in Tasman's sister company - Techmac now looks after the majority of ancillary quotations & non-tool room consumable sales nationally. Clive also looks after the financial & day-to-day operations side of the business.
Kevin Goddard Kevin joined Tasman in January 2003 as the Sales & Service Engineer for the South Island. Kevin's background is in the plastics food-packaging sector having worked at Tecpak since it's formative years. Kevin has extensive knowledge in the injection-moulding process as well as commissioning & servicing machinery. Although Kevin's main responsibility is to look after the sales & service needs of Tasman's South Island customers, Kevin can quite often be found helping out customers North of the Mainland.
Steven Paul Steve has been involved in the Plastics Industry since 1991 when he was employed as an apprentice in the injection moulding department of Hansen Products (NZ) Ltd. Having reached the position of Section Leader Steve's career later took him to a number of plastics companies in Auckland & Hamilton although his desire to follow a more service orientated career led him to Tasman in 2002. Steve has since received formal training at a number Tasman's Principals and is very knowledgable across a wide range of Tasman products. Steve's main responsibility is the commissioning & servicing of machinery in both the North & South Islands.
Lynda Wang Lynda joined Tasman in 1999 as Accounts Manager after graduating with a Diploma in business majoring in Accountancy. Although Lynda joined with little practical experience her ability & enthusiasm has since made Lynda a key member of the Tasman team. Lynda looks after all aspects of the accounts for Tasman Machinery Ltd. (NZ) as well as Tasman Machinery Pty Ltd.
Robina ("B") Bagnall After a career in Accounts Administration for an electronics company "B" joined the front-line of the Tasman team in April 2003 as receptionist/ office administrator. Her friendly voice is normally the first one you will hear when you ring the Auckland office & she is able to assist with most consumable & parts orders.