Protective paints are proudly 100% new zealand owned and operated and have been in operation since 1968.

We formulate and manufacture quality products for New Zealand conditions from our plant in East Tamaki. We have laboratories on site, one for research and development and the other for quality assurance, run by our technical service staff and chemists. In total, we employ around 30 staff across the country.

We manufacture polyurethane resins, hardeners, prepolymers and moisture curing floor coatings. At our East Tamaki site we produce solvent based enamels, spray finishes, anti-corrosive, marine, industrial and heavy duty along with other specialised coatings. We also manufacture water based decorative coatings, Interior and Exterior paints, fence Stains, Roof Paint, and road markings, Ready for Use Coatings and specialised colours made to order. We are the only paint manufacturing company in New Zealand with our own resin production facilities.

A point of difference for us at Protective Paints is that we go above and beyond for our customers. Our highly experienced technical and sales team, work continuously with our customers to save them time and money. As part of our service we spend time immersed in our customer’s business, observing their processes and machinery and talking to staff on the ground level in order to fully understand their business, enabling us to create specific products for them, unique to their environment.

Here are some examples of our customer’s unique environments that we have produced product for:

Automatic high-speed spray paint line for coating weather boards
Automatic vacuum coating line for waterproofing timber
Marine coatings and ship maintenance
Heavy duty coatings for industrial components

Our Policy Statement

It is the policy of Protective Paints to plan, resource and manufacture competitively, using reliably sourced products and services, whilst recognising that this performance may be the basis of our customer’s success in the market. Quality objectives are implemented and monitored against, to ensure customer satisfaction and the continual development of our Quality Management System.