Talk:Zip Industries

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Hi guys - I hope you won't delete this listing, as I think Zip is a very interesting case.

I have no vested interest in Zip appearing in Wikipedia apart from simple curiosity: I've personally been employed to make the videos for Zip (that's what I do) but I don't stand to benefit from their appearance or otherwise on Wikipedia.

Two years ago, at a gig in Kuala Lumpur I heard about the Zip HydroTap and invited myself out there to pitch a TV commercial to them! You can see my original TVC here (that's my wife in the video) - they didn't use the TVC but I was able to get some work making videos for Zip, which is how I came to know the company.

Zip operates out of a small factory in Sydney where appliances are made which go out to the rest of the world and are used by my wife (!) and the Queen of England (there is a Zip boiling water tap in Buckingham Palace, although I've never seen it).

In a world where competition encourages cheap off-shore imports, Zip makes their own boiling water heaters and these are used all over the world; in Sydney Opera House (I've seen them there myself), The Burj Dubai - haven't been there yet, sadly; the Taipei 101 building, in radio stations like London's Kiss FM - as a matter of fact Zip exports their water heaters to China! All other appliance traffic in Australia goes the other way...

The company is mentioned in Michael Crouch's page (I wrote the original but think it's been edited several times since) and employs 400 people, so deserves a mention IMO.

Anyway I came across the company in my travels and think they deserve a write-up on Wiki!

Hope you agree.

AND - hope I've done this the right way!

Thanks,

MatDale (talk) 05:17, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm still not convinced this is notable, but I will say that you've improved the article significantly in the past few minutes and it is now much less like an advertisement. I'll let others weigh in at this point. Zachlipton (talk) 05:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Zach

MatDale (talk) 05:24, 12 May 2010 (UTC)