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Jubilee® Clips are specified and are now installed on the roof of the Forsyth Barr Stadium – one of New Zealand’s most recently-opened 2011 Rugby World Cup venues.

L Robinson & Co. (Gillingham) Ltd, manufacturer of the world-famous Jubilee® hose clip has, via Auto Agencies Limited, the company’s distributor in Christchurch, New Zealand, recently fulfilled a contract to supply a batch of its High Torque clips to contractors constructing and installing the roof on the new Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand – a venue for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

The clips, 208 in total, were air-freighted out to New Zealand in July 2011 in double-quick time to meet the tight construction deadlines and to ensure the project was signed off and handed over prior to the Stadium’s 5th August opening ceremony.

Says Dave Jennings, Managing Director, Auto Agencies Ltd: ‘Being involved in such a high-profile project is great news for us and is testament to the solid reputation, built on high-performance and value that Jubilee® Clips enjoy throughout the world.’  Jubilee ‘High Torque’ clips were specified for the project from the start.

Performance characteristics and attributes that include durability, strength and resistance to corrosion were particular advantages that the stainless steel High Torque Jubilee Clips had over other competitor products and were the major reasons why the order was placed.

Says Ian Jennings, Managing Director of L Robinson & Co. (Gillingham) Ltd:  ‘Jubilee® Clips are ubiquitous and the High Torque clips, now being used on the Forsyth Barr Stadium’s roof, are popular and are always in demand.  Our High Torque clips are part of an extensive product range (over 580 different product types) we offer to customers and all our products are manufactured to the same exacting quality standards.

High Torque Clips

Jubilee® High Torque Clips are available in wide variety of working diameter sizes (20/35-mm being the smallest going up to 470/500-mm at the top end of the scale).  Owing to their design and construction the clips provide users with more than twice the tightening torque of standard worm drive hose clips which in turn results in double the band tension.  For applications that exhibit the potential for heavy vibration or excessive leaking – the High Torque Clip, with its extra high levels of tightening torque, is without equal.

About the stadium

The Forsyth Barr Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand.It was opened by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on 5 August 2011 and is scheduled to host four matches of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Forsyth Barr Stadium is known colloquially as ‘The Glasshouse’ due to its resemblance to a horticultural hot house, and its roof is constructed with ETFE (Ethylene Tetra-fluoro-ethylene) sandwiched in an aluminium frame which is inflated with low pressure air to provide stability and to resist wind and snow loads. ETFE is the same material used at the Allianz Arena in Munich and the Water Cube in Beijing.The stadium was designed as a versatile venue, and is expected to be able to host a range of events including sports (such as matches at the 2011 Rugby World Cup), concerts, trade fairs and other large scale events. The use of re-locatable seating allows for flexibility to suit a range of event requirements the stadium boasts a maximum seated capacity of 30,000 in a full sports mode, and capacity in excess of 35,000 for concerts.