Our mission is simple: enable the construction of a sustainable world.
Climate Surfaces - our story
Climate Coating LTD (now Climate Surfaces LTD) was founded in 2001 on a simple but ambitious idea shared by co‑founders Jeff and Kyle: to bring powder coating technology to wood‑based products. Jeff, already operating a successful powder‑coating business, had begun experimenting with coating wood. Kyle, working at Carter Holt Harvey, then New Zealand’s largest publicly listed forest products company, saw the opportunity to take the idea further.
When Carter Holt Harvey launched a corporate venturing program, Jeff and Kyle submitted their concept. Competing against hundreds of proposals, their idea stood out and secured the funding needed to turn their vision into a business.
From the beginning, the company operated at the cutting edge of powder‑coating technology for non‑metal substrates. While powder coating was well established for steel and aluminium, applying it to heat‑sensitive, non‑conductive materials like MDF presented unique challenges. The required know‑how, formulations, and equipment were still in their infancy.
What followed was decades of innovation, reinventing processes, refining materials and discovering applications where powder coating could excel. Over time, the business evolved from producing MDF furniture and kitchens to focusing on building materials and high‑performance, functional coatings.
Explore our timeline and milestones through our photo gallery to see how far we’ve come
