Who are permagroup

About us

Who are we

Owned and operated by a family, we’re a team with a whole heap of expertise and dependability

Being an innovative, trusted, and approachable company is what we’ve always been, and what we always will be. Gisborne is home for us but we service customers all over New Zealand. People always come first, resulting in a happy, loyal team (of 25), and delighted customers. We’re big listeners who value honesty to ensure each customer is delighted with their end product. We’re innovative thinkers that see each and every project as an individual journey and will do our utmost to make sure it’s an enjoyable one.

PermaGroup brands

We deliver innovative, durable solutions that consistently exceed our customer’s expectations.

Our Story

The journey we’ve had has stood us in good stead to serve New Zealand with nothing but consistency, trust, innovation, dependability and care.

Having started out in purely concrete products over 60 years ago, we have evolved into more and more innovative products. Our product range now expands across public toilets, sustainable bathroom hardware and outdoor furniture, and clever concrete storage solutions. Of course we couldn’t have achieved this without a legacy of hard work, market research and attention to detail.

Originally set up by Trevor Beattie as Beatties Concrete Products, the company manufactured and supplied concrete tanks and troughs throughout Gisborne. In 1960 Charlie Tohill took over and operated as Permacrete, and what better name to describe this versatile, reliable and permanent material.

New ownership in 1995 brought a fresh impetus to the company. Kevin and Helen Smith saw Permacrete as the ideal vehicle to involve their whole family, utilising the diverse skills of their four sons: Leighton, Ryan, Weston and Darren.  Even today, PermaGroup is 100 percent family owned and operated with;

  • Leighton as Plant Manager
  • Ryan as Sales Manager
  • Weston as General Manager
  • Darren who owns Trenchline Contracting Limited, a company previously developed and owned by the family. However he still supports PermaGroup and vice versa.
  • Kevin, who although officially retired, still puts in an appearance every day.

It’s this dedication and commitment to the company, and each other that ensures their continued success.

Gone are the days when we only serviced the Gisborne community. We now operate Permacrete, Permaloo, Permafab and Permastore across New Zealand offering our custom-built solutions to all regions.

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Careers at PermaGroup

We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again, we’re all about the people, and without our dedicated team we wouldn’t exist. We offer extensive on the job training for those looking to enter a new career pathway. Our staff culture is second to none who provide an encouraging, supportive workplace.

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PermaGroup projects

With our epic team doing their thing we’re able to see amazing concepts turn into extraordinary structures. Take a look at what we’ve been up to recently.

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