{"id":633936,"date":"2026-10-18T01:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T01:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/633936\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T01:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T01:48:16","slug":"nz-fire-safety-protection-distributors-announce-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/633936\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ fire safety &#038; protection distributors announce merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JeffCurtiss-678x381.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Curtiss\" title=\"Jeff Curtiss\"\/><br \/>\nJefferson Curtis, Manager, Bensan Distribution. Image: Bensan Distribution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Safeworld and Bensan Distribution have announced they are merging, but will continue trading under current names, according to joint announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the announcement, both businesses will continue to trade under their current names, \u201cwith a strong focus on maintaining continuity for customers, suppliers and the relationships built over many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is about combining the strengths, experience and relationships of two well-established teams, while retaining what has made each business successful,\u201d stated Safeworld\u2019s Lance Hunt and Simon Rosser and Bensan Distribution\u2019s Jefferson Curtis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re excited about what lies ahead and what we can achieve together\u2026 For now, it\u2019s very much business as usual as we begin this next chapter together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re excited about what lies ahead and what we can achieve together,\u201d they said. \u201cFor now, it\u2019s very much business as usual as we begin this next chapter together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Safeworld Limited, established in 2015, primarily focuses on commercial safety apparel, gear, and fire suppression equipment, such as fire extinguishers and brackets. Bensan Distribution Limited, established in 2014, is a specialised distributor of fire alarm systems, networked fire-protection technology, and training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jefferson Curtis, Manager, Bensan Distribution. Image: Bensan Distribution. Safeworld and Bensan Distribution have announced they are merging, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[310584,310585,310586,111,43,139,69,310587,310588],"class_list":["post-633936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-bensan-diistribution","tag-jefferson-curtis","tag-lance-hunt","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-safeworld","tag-simon-rosser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}