Helping Patients Rest Easier

Howard Wrights is one of those rare things: A native New Zealand business that started almost organically, and one that keeps on growing.

Howard Wright started his bussiness in the early 1950's in the basement of his house manufacturing hand wrought iron parts and structures. He was asked by a nurse who knew of his engineering and mechanical reputation to see if he could manufacture a more accessible modern hospital bed. She had seen some modern designs while travelling overseas and kew that New Zealand would truely benefit from the modern design ideas that they had implemented in their mechanical hospital beds.

Howard was not one to stirk from a challenge and he enthusiastically took on the projest. In his research he found that not only could be build a bed similar to the ones fround overseas, he could markedly improve upon the design function of the beds. Upon completing his first projects, HOward wrights designs and technical skill began to gain notability throughout the New Zealand medical community. Demand for his beds grew at such a rate that Mr. Wright was forced to abandon his basement bussine4ss, and incorporated his operations as Howard Wright Limited; opening his first dedicated bed manufacturing factory in 1963.

By 1970, Howard Wright Limited was manufacturing almost all of the new hospital beds that were in use in New Zealand. HOwever, in 1976 came thebreakthrough that would permanently cement his company and its designs internationally. The M4 bed, using the latest in hydraulic technology made the medical bed the easiest, most multi-purpose bed in the inductry, a design philosophy that Howard Wright Limited stills uses today. The beds now use the latest technology available, and moved from hydraulic powered parts to become completly electric. This allows for them to be run off batteries, be less bulky and over all easier to intergrate into a healthcare enviroment. "A big contribution to our success is that we try to understand our users and thir expreiences.

What we learn through this process we impart into the products as we develop them", says Howard Wrights CEO, Bruce Moller. Moller began working for the company in 1991 as rge Gerneral Manager. In 1997, he became the CEO and his maintained that role ever since.