About us

Thermoplastic Engineering Limited (TPE), situated in Wellington, New Zealand, is a private, non-listed New Zealand-based company  which has been manufacturing in rigid plastics for more than thirty years. Over this time, we have become the leading designer and producer of Advanced Air™ : fume cupboards, fume extraction fans,  fume scrubbing systems and specialised forensics products.

TPE is well known for product design and high standards of quality control. We continually benchmark our products against our peers, both locally and internationally, and are competitive on design, product quality, and safety.

Our commitment to on-going development has enabled us to meet the changing regulatory requirements and position ourselves as a dominant supplier to the scientific and industrial laboratory markets. We continue to grow and to expand our products that now include our Labzone™ range of laboratory furniture, chemical storage cabinets, laboratory tapware, and specialty products.

Our products are installed in research institutions, universities, tertiary institutions, secondary schools, hospitals, the manufacturing sector, the dairy industry and police laboratories.