Your lifejacket, or Personal Floatation Device (PFD), is the most important piece of safety equipment on your boat. Even the strongest swimmer could tire and drown after extended time in the water, and that is if you are conscious when you go in. If you fall out of the boat and hit your head on the way overboard your lifejacket will be the only thing keeping your head above water. Wearing the correct PFD for the conditions and activities you are undertaking is essential, and as such there are re...
There is always a moment you need something in the home, business, UTE or toolshed easily and quickly clamped down and safe. Strong, durable, long-lasting and easy to use The Quick Fist Ratchet Clamp is the go-to Clamp.QUICK FIST clamps are made of heavy-duty materials, and are not affected by hot or cold climates. They UV resistant which makes them perfect for all climates here in Australia.The Ratchet is a self-contained one-piece clamp with 910mm webbing has been break tested with over 90...
We have all experienced the feeling of an incredibly busy day that ends with several items still on your to-do list. The problem is when you realise that it’s after 5pm and you never got a chance to pick up the fixtures you need for the next big job. When this happens things quickly snowball and you find yourself way behind.After all, who really has time to pick up supplies when there are clients to appease, projects to run, bookkeeping to do, people to call and places to go, really when was t...
Our General Manager of the past 7 1/2 years has a long history in the hardware and tooling retail industry. Anyone that meets Steven is never in any doubt of his belief in team-work and what can be achieved with good people working together. A brief look into his past reveals why he is so passionate about it.Prior to joining ovesco, Steven was GM and part owner of a very successful Newcastle Tradies Mecca known as “Toolies”... arguably Newcastle’s biggest professional trades tool store....
Gerry has worked at Bulbeck for 38 years and started as a storeman and driver making deliveries of our products all around the Newcastle area. In those days he was transporting our marine products directly to the ships in our local harbour.The old Holden delivery pickup was a double clutch “crash the gears” and would probably be in a museum now! He learned the age-old skill of tying a rope, something most people wouldn’t know how to do now.Before long, we’d spotted his potential and h...
Strength, material type and product style all come to mind when choosing a hinge for a job. The ovesco hinge range is predominately focused towards the industrial, marine and transportation applications. Because of this focus our hinges are well suited to service trucks, RV trailers, industrial machinery, plant and equipment, agricultural machinery and various other vehicles and trailers. From Southco plastic position locating hinges through to stainless steel piano hinges ovesco stocks a co...
Listening to your customers is important in any business. Our customers told us that they wanted an easy system to put all of the products they needed together with minimal waste. After surveying many, and different, manufacturers and assemblers we decided to try kitting. So…what is kitting? Kitting is having all of your products customised to your needs, in one easy to access case, ready to install on your vehicle or project.How it worksAfter engineering have passed on their requirements to p...
Varley is one of Newcastle’s oldest and most advanced engineering companies. They have consistently provided their customers with innovative solutions and quality in design and manufacture for over 125 years.They are in an extremely competitive market and needed a way to reduce costs, come under budget and deliver on time to meet their customers’ expectations. ovesco was able to work with the engineers to ensure that what was needed was able to be supplied. Varley and ovesco are both local c...
Terry has been working at ovesco for 3-1/2 years now in the role of Technical Sales Co-ordinator. The position is a customer liaison role whilst visiting the diverse customer base that we have. That base includes tray builders, camper/trailer builders, caravan builders, trailer manufacturers, etc…The area that he physically visits is north to Kempsey, south to Canberra and west to Dubbo – however he is responsible for ½ of NSW and all of Victoria, ACT and Tasmania. Terry created our “...
