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Queenstown Firebglass is a small composites specialist manufacturing and repair shop based in the South Island of New Zealand. The business is owned and managed by Robert Mataric, who has a flare for design and isn’t afraid of trying something new. Vacmobiles.com supplied Robert with one of the very first Vacmobile 20/2 machines and assisted with some boat resin infu- sion training in 2005. His first project was to develop the infusion process for a number of custom carbon fibre skydiv- ing helmets. Achieving a perfect aesthetic finish was crucial for his customers and the advantage of using the vacuum assisted infusion process is that voids and pinholes in the laminate are eliminated. Since mastering the helmets, Queenstown Fibreglass has been successfully infusing a variety of components. Shown below left, one side of a 1.9m square two piece hard top made for Lazer craft and Southern marine boats. Both sides infused with Vinylester resin with an approximate weight of 30-32 kg. Robert aims to produce about one hard top per week in the near future. Over the course of 12 months, Robert also recently com- pleted the design and build of the mold for an extremely sexy utility canopy to suit for boats the new Mitsubishi Triton ute. For more information: Contact Robert Mataric at Queenstown Fibreglass +64 03 441 4147 Email: freerobifly@hotmail.com