Patumahoe · Franklin · South Auckland
Custom metal,
built to outlast the job.
Design-to-order stainless steel, aluminium and mild steel fabrication — for commercial kitchens, food processing, road transport, ute canopies, horse floats and rural work. Made to measure, welded in-house, finished to last.
- 10+ yearsFabricating across Franklin
- Design to orderMade to measure, every job
- Up to 4 × 10 mIn-house workshop capacity
What we make
One workshop, the full job — from a single bracket to a fit-out.
Whatever the metalwork, it’s designed for how it’ll actually be used, then cut, formed and welded to suit. Here’s the work we’re asked for most.
01 — Hospitality & food
Commercial kitchens & food processing
Benches, hoods, shelving, tanks and food-grade stainless built to handle real commercial use and cleaning.
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02 — Automotive
Ute canopies & trays
Tough, lightweight aluminium canopies and trays, built to fit your ute and how you work.
See ute canopies
03 — Rural
Horse floats
Locally built oversized twin-axle floats — rounded front, made for New Zealand roads.
See horse floats 04Trailers
Heavy-duty galvanised transporters and tippers, built and certified for New Zealand roads.
See trailers 05Stainless tanks & vats
Food-grade 304/316 tanks, mixing vessels and hoppers, fabricated hygienic for dairy and food.
See stainless tanks 06Truck bodies & stock crates
Stock crates, service bodies, trays and headboards, built to suit your chassis.
See truck bodiesThree materials, one workshop
The right metal for the job — and honest advice on which.
Stainless steel
Corrosion-resistant and food-safe — the default for kitchens, food processing and anywhere hygiene and longevity matter.
- Food-grade & hygienic finishes
- Corrosion & wash-down resistant
- Benches, tanks, hoods, components
Aluminium
Light, strong and rust-free — ideal for vehicles, canopies, trailers and anything where weight counts.
- Lightweight, won’t rust
- Ute canopies, trays & toolboxes
- Transport & rural use
Mild steel
Strong and cost-effective for structural and heavy-duty work where a hard-wearing finish does the job.
- Strong & cost-effective
- Frames, gates & structures
- Painted or galvanised finishes
Recent work
Real jobs, out of the Patumahoe workshop.
A snapshot of the range — from food-grade stainless to one-off problem-solving fabrication.
How it works
Straightforward, from first call to finished job.
Talk it through
Call or email with photos, rough measurements, the material and how it’ll be used.
Design to order
We confirm the approach, material and finish so it suits the job and the budget.
Fabricated in-house
Cut, formed and welded in our Patumahoe workshop — done properly, once.
Fit & deliver
Collected, delivered or fitted, and finished to last in real-world use.
Why Specialised Stainless
Local fabricators who’ll actually talk through your job.
We’re a hands-on, family-run Patumahoe workshop that’s been making custom metalwork for the wider Franklin area for over 10 years. Bring us the problem and we’ll work out the practical way to build it — in the right material, to suit how it’s really used.
- Design-to-order, every job
- Stainless, aluminium & mild steel
- Food-grade & commercial work
- Trade, rural & automotive
- Honest advice on materials
- Built to last in real use
Set up to handle items up to 4 m × 10 m — from 1.5 m mixing bowls and commercial ovens to one-off components and machinery rebuilds.
Where we work
Based in Patumahoe, working across Franklin & South Auckland.
We also cover wider Auckland, Hamilton and the rest of New Zealand for the right job — send the details and we’ll sort it out.
Got a job in mind? Let’s talk it through.
Send through photos, rough measurements and how it’ll be used — we’ll come back with a practical next step and a price.