Who We Are
TMC Trailers is one of New Zealand's largest heavy transport engineers that specialise in the manufacture, service, and repair of truck trailers and truck decks for the New Zealand road transport industry. TMC Trailers provide the largest selection of trailers available in New Zealand, custom designed and built utilising high-strength light-weight steels and alloys.
The TMC Trailers head office and manufacturing facility is situated in Christchurch. Every aspect of the manufacturing process, from design and build to grit-blasting and finishing, is carried out on this site to ensure the product exceeds each client’s expectations.
With a strategic network for after-sales service, including repair and maintenance facilities in Auckland, Hamilton, and Christchurch, as well as authorised service agents near most major cities, TMC ensures comprehensive support for its products nationwide.
The TMC Trailers head office and manufacturing facility is situated in Christchurch. Every aspect of the manufacturing process, from design and build to grit-blasting and finishing, is carried out on this site to ensure the product exceeds each client’s expectations.
With a strategic network for after-sales service, including repair and maintenance facilities in Auckland, Hamilton, and Christchurch, as well as authorised service agents near most major cities, TMC ensures comprehensive support for its products nationwide.
Our History
Established in 1948 by Ian Currie shortly after his return home from the Second World War, the business is now run by the third generation of the Currie family.
The story of Ian’s engineering origins demonstrates his early passion for anything mechanical. Having first served as a mechanic with the New Zealand Scottish regiment in Guadalcanal and Bougainville, his service involved the retrieving of crashed American aircraft.
They were then stripped for parts and re-engineered to keep the New Zealand aircraft flying in battle. Ian’s team were supplied with an American tractor unit, which was hooked up to a transporter - the first he and most other New Zealanders had ever seen in any detail up close.
Ian’s experience during the war taught him about the load capabilities and efficiencies of a truck and trailer combination; it not only changed his life, but subsequently that of the New Zealand trailer building industry. The earliest trailers built by Ian were some of the very first transport trailers used on New Zealand roads.
The story of Ian’s engineering origins demonstrates his early passion for anything mechanical. Having first served as a mechanic with the New Zealand Scottish regiment in Guadalcanal and Bougainville, his service involved the retrieving of crashed American aircraft.
They were then stripped for parts and re-engineered to keep the New Zealand aircraft flying in battle. Ian’s team were supplied with an American tractor unit, which was hooked up to a transporter - the first he and most other New Zealanders had ever seen in any detail up close.
Ian’s experience during the war taught him about the load capabilities and efficiencies of a truck and trailer combination; it not only changed his life, but subsequently that of the New Zealand trailer building industry. The earliest trailers built by Ian were some of the very first transport trailers used on New Zealand roads.
