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ENTREPRENEUR SPIRIT

BRINGING A DREAM TO THE SURFACE

Perth Tactiles offer clients over 12 years of knowledge in the Ground Surface tactile industry making us the leading supplier & installer of tactiles Perth has to offer.

Matthew McGuire and Traci Spanbroek are well known and respected in the industry for their outstanding industry knowledge, expertise and ethics.

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Tell us about your business

Perth Tactiles is a proudly Australian-owned business, founded by partners Matthew McGuire and Traci Spanbroek. We have over 15 years combined experience and we service many Local Councils, Builders, Transport Authorities, and Architects. We Supply and install the following products:

• A range of Tactile ground surfaces indicators

• Safety stair treads, Anti Slip Tape

• Bollards, Wheel Stops, Speed Humps

• Braille Signage

We manufacture our Polyurethane Tactiles here in Perth, that meet current A/S Standards, and have suppliers.

Within Australia who supply us with quality products.

We install all our products in accordance to the Australia Standards and have a team of professional Installers installing throughout Perth.

What inspired and motivated you to start your business?

Growing up I often heard my father speak of owning his own business, and that has always sat in the back of my own mind in starting my own business.

We both had 14 years customer service experience with Qantas Airlines and left to pursue our own dream of owning our own business.

We started as a handyperson business then subcontracted to a Tactile company for 6 years, installing all over WA.

This gave us experience in the tactile industry and along with our customer service experience gave us the right tools to launch our own business.