We’ll start this post by admitting we’re pretty biased in our opinion here. After all, we are an Australian commercial construction company. So naturally we’re going to prefer Australian businesses and Australian made products. We get it though, when we have a choice of what to use for building supplies, using foreign made materials can be tempting; but we’re not willing to compromise quality just to save a few dollars, so we’re always careful when sourcing materials.

So why, exactly, is buying Australian made important and why is it in a customer’s best interest to support Australian businesses? Let’s explore.

It Helps Create Australian Jobs

The most obvious and often sited reason for going Australian made is that it help create and encourage Australian jobs. More Australian jobs means a better Australian economy and that’s better for all businesses. For us, if we support Australian businesses, we find that it comes around and helps our business as well. It’s as simple as that!

You Have Quality Guarantees With Australian Made Products

A big advantage to buying local is that you have some pretty good assurances of quality. That’s not to say that a product will be good just because it’s Australian, but if the quality of an Australian product is lacking, it’s easier to follow up with the company that made it. If you’re not satisfied after that, Australian consumer law will likely be on your side.

Take pallet racking, for example. We supply and install a variety of both new and used pallet racking brands, but we often recommend Australian made Colby pallet racking. For warehouse mezzanines, we often use Colby products or Australian made steel. We also custom fabricate anything else we need in our own Australian based factory. What this means for our customers is that we’re easily contactable if there’s a problem with any of our work or with something we supply. We’re located in Dingley Village and work with clients across Victoria. Customers know who we are and we can fix a product if a mistake is made. It doesn’t often happen, but it does give customers peace of mind.

Australian Products Also Adhere To Australian Standards

Staying with pallet racking, it’s important that any racking installed at a business in Australia adheres to relevant Australia Standards like AS4084. As an Australian based company, we know AS4084 and other standards well and can guarantee and certify that anything we build and install adheres to the relevant standard. If it doesn’t, it’s on us to fix. If, for example, a business orders pallet racking from an overseas supplier that only says that the racking adheres to standards, there’s little recourse if it turns out that it doesn’t.

Adherence to the right Australian Standards is the same for everything else we build or custom fabricate, whether it’s a mezzanine for an office, custom fabricated racking, or anything else. And you just can’t get that sort of guarantee with something made overseas.