ABOUT US

Ampelite Australia Pty. Ltd. commenced production of fibreglass sheeting in 1969.  The company has enjoyed steady growth during its 30+ years of operation to become a major manufacturer of all forms of GRP roofing products.   Additionally, Ampelite supply a range of other plastic sheeting including polycarbonate.

It is not an idle boast that Ampelite are indeed, Australia's most experienced producers of fibreglass industrial and domestic sheeting. The Joint Managing Directors, Mr. Ed Verhagen and Mr. Henk Verhagen have between them, well over 50 years of direct involvement in the research, development and production of Fibreglass roofing materials.  Ampelite's production and key sales personnel have similarly long involvement in the industry.

In 1990 Ampelite moved to a new purpose built production, warehouse and office complex at Dandenong, Victoria which has a fully automatic production plant.   The very best raw materials and latest resin technology are used in the manufacture of all Ampelite fibreglass sheeting; the automatic processing is controlled to ensure that each phase of manufacture is absolutely consistent from batch to batch.  The curing ovens are approximately 40 metres in length and the sheet is immediately ready to be trimmed and cut to length.  This plant can produce some 300,000 lineal metres each month.

The Ampelite range of industrial and premium industrial grade sheeting is manufactured strictly in accordance with AS/NZS 4256 parts 1 & 3:1994.   Ampelite are an ISO 9001 2000 Quality Endorsed Company, Licence QEC 4787.

Ampelite have offices and warehouses in every mainland state of Australia, Thailand and in New Zealand and manufacturing operations in Melbourne - Australia, Bangkok - Thailand and Auckland - New Zealand.  Every current and almost all superseded roofing and cladding profiles can be supplied.  Custom profiles are also made when commercially viable quantities are involved.  The sheeting may be specified from 2400 grams/m² up to 4880 grams/m².  Sheet length is only limited by transport considerations, generally, up to 12.2 metres.

Colours available are Ice Clear, Opal (white), Haze Green.  Surface protection is either Melinex film or Gel Coating according to the grade.

Special purpose materials such as "Cool-lite GC" heat reduction sheeting which transmits a low percentage of natural light, and Ampelite SR76 a fire retardant sheet meeting AS1530.3, 1989 requirements are available in the full range of profiles.  Grey filled profiled sheets are also manufactured for cooling tower louvres and cladding. 

Webglas GC is proving its worth in buildings where steel and other roofing or wall cladding materials deteriorate or corrode at an unacceptable rate.   The sheet is reinforced with a heavy gauge woven glass mat which provides continuous strength and protection in every direction.  The overall strength is such that wire safety mesh is not required.   This is a particularly important benefit in chemically aggressive and corrosive environments where safety mesh is eroded and traditional steel cladding quickly deteriorates.

In addition to roofing materials Ampelite supply wind driven rotary ventilators ranging in size from 150mm to 600mm.  These ventilators are made to high specifications for effective performance and long life.

ISO 9001 2000        
AS/NZS 4256.3        
QEC 4787