Where's we've been...and what we've come from.
It all started with Kiwi innovation.
Tim Prestige, our Director – then operating a mobile engineering firm – had done a lot of work with a client when they came to him asking for a solution: to fix a walkway to a hidden-fix roof profile, without penetrating the roof sheeting. This was, after all, the time of New Zealand’s leaky homes crisis; industry leaders and local builders alike were scrambling to overcome water ingress issues and looking for smarter weatherproofing solutions. What could Tim and his team develop that would break the mold?
Monkeytoe was soon born, with the original Monkeytoe clip being a revolution in mounting for New Zealand. This first clip formed the ‘Monkeytoe’ name, it simply snapped onto the roof sheeting and the walkway was built of this base clip.
From there, the company grew from fewer than a half-dozen workers producing roofing walkways, to the Australasian-spanning, groundbreaking access solutions leader it is today.
Our earliest clients were builders and plant operators. We grew steadily, growing our reputation for perseverance, innovation, and challenging the status quo. Now, we’re no longer ‘the boys on the roof’; we’re doing large, complex structures, designs, and total access solutions for the transport industry and primary industries, alongside food manufacturing and commercial construction.
15 years of HVAC plant mounting and custom access, backed with an equal number of years of engineering, has seen Monkeytoe grow into a full solution provider across design, manufacture, and installation.
Over the last decade and a half, we can say, without a doubt, our staff have are our most valuable asset. We’ve got a great culture here at Monkeytoe, and with our values of; Visionary, Ownership, Innovation, Collaboration and Excellence (VOICE), we know that everyone has a voice and chance to be heard, this helps us strive for everything better.
Monkeytoe is on a trajectory, where innovation is at the heart of what we do. We’ve got big aspirations; our future projects – especially around Aluminium/composite products – will open doors to innovation spaces where no one else is playing, which is a huge motivator for our team, and continues to set us apart.
