Fletcher Building Limited - FBU- Profile

Fletcher Building Limited. The Group's principal activity is manufacturing and distributing building products, concrete and construction materials and laminates and panels. Building products include plasterboard, compounds and plasters, fiberboard, doors, aluminum windows, long and flat steel, wire rod, pipes, reinforcing bar and painted coil. The major concrete products are building and roading aggregates, cement, ready mix concrete and concrete and plastic pipes and fittings. Construction products include materials used for commercial and industrial constructions, engineering, marine construction, interior fitouts, refurbishments, and residential housing. Laminates and panels include pressurized laminates, particleboard, veneer, componentry, edgings, and timber. The Group also distributes timbers, panels, plumbing and roofing products, concrete and masonry products, hardwares and paints. The Group operates in New Zealand, Australia, South America, India and in the South Pacific. Infrastructure acctd for 31% of fis 2006 revs; building products, 29%; laminates & panels, 20%, distribution, 19% and others, 1%