Stainless steel company owner unbending desire to succeed in new business
The role saw him supervising installations throughout New Zealand as well as Australia, Asia and the Pacific. “It was shock to be laid off, but I quickly saw there was no reason I couldn’t start up on my own and work together with Mercer in the future,” he said. He now worked alongside the Christchurch-based company, now HMH Automation, in a joint venture as its North Island installation and service agent. SIMON O'CONNOR/Stuff Schoemaker, with supervisor Mike Payne, bought equipment from his old workplace to start his own business. Schoemaker re-employed four staff from his old M...
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