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About Us

Why C-Tech?

The C-Tech design team have a passion for sailing, extensive round the world racing experience, practical engineering skills and an innovative mindset.  Our top quality carbon fibre products are sold to customers world-wide. 

C-Tech's company background

C-Tech manufacture carbon fibre dinghy mastsIn 1997 Alex Vallings started C-Tech to take advantage of a gap in the market for high performance carbon fibre dinghy masts. 

With an engineering background, years of sailing experience and a strong knowledge of composite material properties Alex Vallings has built C-Tech’s reputation as a company that manufactures superior, high-quality marine products and incorporates leading-edge technology and design to provide maximum performance benefit.

As new processes and materials become available (e.g. carbon fibre, urethaneC-Tech's carbon fibre spreaders on bands foam, resin infusion) they are introduced into C-Tech products.  Manufacturing processes are enhanced by custom-built machinery, making small product runs and one-off items more cost-effective.  The ability to design and build machinery in-house enables C-Tech to work on the development of new product lines.

C-Tech started exporting carbon mast products to the high-performance sailing dinghy market in 1998.  A wide range of carbon masts, carbon fibre tubing and carbon fibre sail battens are now supplied to customers world-wide.  Exports make up 80% of C-Tech's overall sales.

C-Tech staff profiles 

2010 Pittman Innovation Award

C-Tech awards & nominations

Over the last few years our awards and nominations include the Pittman Innovation Award 2010, the Dame Design Award at METS 2009 read more

C-Tech customer testimonials

Many satisfied customers have sent us comments "My C-Tech OK mast is a World leader in terms of design concept and construction" Karl Purdie, February 2010 read more

The C-Tech mission

C-Tech's vision is to produce carbon fibre marine products which represent the "best quality in the world" and to provide "outstanding performance, durability, and customer service".

C-Tech's capability includes the application of advanced carbon fibre technology and material knowledge and a passion for sailing. C-Tech sponsored the 2010 OK Dinghy World Champs

Industry Associations

  • NZ Marine
  • Marine Industry Association
  • Auckland Chamber of Commerce
  • EMA Employers and Manufacturers Association 

 

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