Rob O'Keeffe Joinery was established in Wanganui in the mid 1990s, manufacturing a full range of solid timber joinery (doors, windows, stairs and mouldings) as well as kitchens, commercial units and office reception counters. The company has firmly established a reputation for its ability to present high-quality custom-built wooden products with everything being made on site.

Characteristics of Technology

• Illustrating how creative and critical thinking supports innovative technological practice

Technological Products

• Linking decisions about material selection to the propertiesof the material and the specifications of the product

Technological Knowledge and skills

• Illustrating concepts used to construct with resistant materials
• Designing for manufacture

• Company website: www.robokeeffejoinery.co.nz
• New Zealand Building Industry Federation: www.bif.org.nz
• Industry training organisation for the joinery, glass and glazing and kitchen design industries: www.jito.org.nz
• Techlink Enterprise links case study with Wanganui City College