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ENDORSEE LIST
1. Melbourne Cricket Club, Australia
2. Force Corporation, New Zealand
3. Amseco International, Japan
4. Golden Village Entertainment, Singapore
5. Australian Government, Australia
6. Brisbane Broncos, Australia
7. Atlanta Stadium Constructors, USA
8. William Dorman and Assoc, USA
9. Village Roadshow Limited, Australia
10. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
From: Brian Haughney Of: Melbourne Cricket Club
To: David Fisher Of: Camatic
Project: Great Southern Stand, Melbourne, Australia
Dear David,
It is with great interest that we at the M.C.G. hear you have submitted a seating package for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Stadium. In a way it would be some consolation if Melbourne became part of the 1996 games, which for a while we had visions of hosting.
Although we missed out on the games we are very pleased to have gained our new Southern Stand. It has turned out to be at least equal to and in most cases better than anything we saw during our world wide inspection of grandstands and seating installations.
As you are aware, Mr Samaranch was guest to the Melbourne Cricket Club last Friday, before moving on to Sydney. His appraisal of our new 40,000 seat stand and of the stadium in general was of the highest order and most gratifying for those, including Camatic, who worked so hard in achieving it.
We commend you on your seating installation and wish you well on this your latest venture.
(May 1994)
From: Derek Presland - Director Of: Force Corporation Limited
To: David Fisher Of: Camatic
Project: Various Installations
Dear David,
Congratulations on your progress to date with your pursuits with the Stadium in Atlanta for the Olympic Games.
Force Corporation has been extremely satisfied with the seating programs you developed and installed in our Multiplexes.
1. Hamilton Multiplex 1,143 seats
2. New Lynn Multiplex 1,932 seats
3. Newmarket Multiplex 1,810 seats
4. Manukau Multiplex 420 seats
5. New Plymouth 711 seats
Total = 6,016 seats
Force looks forward to our ongoing relationship with our forthcoming projects in New Zealand.
Please forward a copy of our letter to your clients and we look forward to the opportunity to provide further recommendations and endorsement of the Camatic commitment, and to the professional way you fulfil an Export Order, ensuring clients complete satisfaction.
(May 1994)
From: Fumio Hayashi - Managing Director Of: Amseco International Inc, Tokyo, Japan
To: David Fisher Of: Camatic
Project: Seibu Project
Dear David,
Thank you for meeting the "Seibu" Project deadlines. Our clients and their architects are very pleased with the way you've responded in the fast track development and delivery of this new seating program.
Already we have had several architects specifying this seat for forthcoming projects. The Camatic product with the gravity tilt mechanism has been embraced by the Tokyo Design Community, in preference to the traditional spring mechanism.
The news of our joint venture, winning the project from Kotobuki, will strategically align us with with many opportunities, especially in the light of your fleixibility to meet the Asian dimensions with a tailor made product, available in volume quantity production runs.
Also, we wish Camatic success with your effort to gain the seating contract for the Atlanta Olympic Games Stadium venue. Success in Atlanta will reflect well on our strategy to obtain seating contracts for the Winter Olympic Venues in Japan.
Amseco wishes to thank your design team for tireless dedication and your production team for the high quality of the new Series 2400 seat. If Amseco can be of further assistance in recommending your products, please contact the undersigned.
Amseco looks forward to a long and prosperous future with Camatic.
(May 1994)
From: John Crawford - Managing Director Of: Golden Village Entertainment (Singapore) Pte Ltd
To: David Fisher Of: Camatic
Project: Various Projects in Malaysia and Singapore
Dear David,
Just a brief communication to wish Camatic every success with your endevour with Tendering process for The Atlanta Olympic Games Stadium.
Golden Village Entertainment (Singapore) Pte Ltd would be more than delighted to endorse the quality of the seating programs which were developed for our Asian Expansion Program, along with your professional installation of the seats in the Yishun, Bishan and Kuching Projects in Singapore and Malaysia.
As evidence of our ongoing commitment to Camatic, we confirm our intention that orders will be placed for the balance of our projects in this region.
Camatic's ability to meet challenges, design individual products to the design criteria of the Architectural Community, combined with your strengths in engineering, resulting in such a durable product, will stand you in good stead with such a significant venue as the Atalanta Olympic Stadium.
(June 1994)
From: Brian Howe - Acting Prime Minister Of: Australian Government
To: David Fisher Of: Camatic
Project: Atlanta Olympic Stadium, USA
Dear David,
I was very pleased to hear recently that your company had been selected as one of the final two candidates to provide seating for the Atlanta Olympic Stadium Project. The quality and cost competitiveness of your seating is well known to Opera goers and other prestigious venue operators in Australia and to a growing list of clients in Japan, the US, the UK, Singapore, Malaysia and New Zealand.
Your commitment to quality and service, and your ability to adapt to the most stringent customer requirements are highly regarded by the Australian Trade Commission who fully support your product and your efforts overseas.
I wish you every success in Atlanta and - who knows - we may see you bidding in a couple of years time for the seating at the Sydney Olympics stadium.
(June 1994)
From: Darryn Humphries - Operations Manager Of: Brisbane Broncos
To: David Fisher Of: Camatic
Project: ANZ Stadium, Brisbane, Australia
Dear David,
The ANZ stadium is owned and managed by the Brisbane City Council, selected Camatic's polypropylene seating through a public tendering process for the extensive refurbishment program in 1993.
The product selected (8,000 Hille Side Shells and 2,000 Armshell seats), constructed in our Eastern and Western stands are well suited within the conditions and usage of each stand. They have performed well, with excellent colour retention and surface conditions under our tropical climate, with negligible maintenance since their installation 1993.
Camatic's service both during construction and after-sales service has been exemplary.
We would recommend the Camatic Stadium seating for high volume use Stadiums for similar conditions and usage.
(May 1996)
From: Claude G Winstead III - Project Director Of: Atlanta Stadium Constructors
Project: Atlanta Olympic Stadium, USA
To Whom It May Concern
We wish to commend Camatic Pty Ltd on a job well done. They manufactured and installed over 87,000 permamnent ADA and temporary seats for the Olympic Stadium.
Our decision making team had initial reservations about working with this leading Australian seating company, as we perceived their distant location would be a disadvantage. However, the Camatic team showed us from the beginning that they could more than meet our design brief, our demanding product criteria, difficult schedules and all within tight budget and time constraints. We were also reassured to discover they had the experience on other offshore stadium seating contracts in the Pacific Rim countries.
We were particularly pleased with their ability to accommodate our many on-going changes to product needs and ongoing on-site configurations that arose during the later stages of the stadium configuration.
The 50,000 permanent seats which will remain for the revamped home of the Atlanta Braves are a true nostalgic baseball slatted style, incorporating state-of-the-art seating technology, unique design features and providing a high level of comfort.
We were impressed with their ADA seating. The Camatic team produced a number of innovative solutions, that set new high standards for disabled seating in the USA.
In summary, we found working with the Camatic team a pleasure. we thank Camatic for their total commitment and cooperation, contributing to the success of the 1996 Olympic Games.
(August 1996)
From: William Dorman - Prinicpal Of: William R. Dorman and Associates Inc. (Pasadena California)
To: Mark Ainslie Of: The Ainslie Company
Project: Pasadena Rose Bowl, USA
Dear Mark,
This letter is a bit late in getting to you but I did very much want you to have it. As the Project Manager for the US$2.2 million stadium improvements projects, we had the opportunity to work with many different contractors and material suppliers. Of all those that we worked with we were most appreciative of the attention, service and most of all, cooperation given by yourself and Camatic seating. In every case you both far exceeded all expectations that we had for both product and performance. The task of adding nearly 40,000 seats in the middle of the L.A. Galaxy, Major League Soccer season was no easy one. In addition to twenty soccer games, several other major events such as the 4th of July celebration and the Lilith Fair concert added to the extreme complexity of the seating of this National Landmark stadium. In addition, the owner requested a design change, which required the width of the seats and back to be increased after the some 5,500 seats had already been installed. Even with all of these challenges the stadium was ready for the first UCLA football game on September 12th, a true test of the quality and commitment we received from Camatic seating and the Ainslie Company.
It is our firm belief that the Camatic stadium chair is the finest design and manufacturing quality that is obtainable in today's market place. The care and attention to detail that was given to the Rose Bowl Stadium Chair is second to none. In a stadium as old as the Rose Bowl, there are many inherent problems. The custom designed seats provided a solution to overcome nearly all of the physical difficulties. Camatic Seating was the only manufacturer that was willing to address the issues and build a seat that would work well in the 1920's landmark structure. An accomplishment that is of itself amazing.
In closing I would again like to thank Camatic Seating and the Ainslie Company for a very difficult job that was very well done. I hope that we will have the opportunity to work together again sometime in the future.
(February 1999)
From: John R Kirby - Chairman Of: Village Roadshow Limited, Australia
To Whom It May Concern
We have had a very close relationship with Camatic Ltd since the early 70's. Camatic has manufactured and installed cinema seating in the majority of our locations throughout Australasia. During our last decade of intenational expansion, Camatic have supplied and installed seating in our cinema complexes in New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Korea and Argentina.
We pride ourselves on having developed some of the most innovative and exciting cinema locations in the world, with great emphasis on patron comfort and enjoyment. Camatic has played a major role in ensuring that our demanding criteria have been met.
In summary, Camatic have shown themselves to be a flexible, accommodating, innovative and technologically capable team of professionals.
(October 2000)
From: Gary Mayle - AELTC Long Term Planning Projects Manager
To: Camatic
Project: Wimbledon Centre Court Refurbishment
To whom it may concern,
This is to confirm that the following recommendations from our designers and subsequent trialling on site during the 2007 Championships against competitor seating, the All England Lawn Tennis Club elected to install all new Camatic Quantum seats in our newly refurbished (and re-roofed!) Centre Court and in our new Court 2; a total of approximately 19,000 seats.
Apart from the quality product, which on May 17th was very well received by a capacity 15,000 crowd at our Test Event for the new retractable roof, the input from Camatic from start to finish has been second to none; from first commercial discussions, through sampling and trials, shipping and technical support to final installation team on site, the service has been first class.
(May 2009)