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New: Wood-look texture coffins

New: Wood-look texture coffins

A selected variety of wood-look textures are now available at Expression Coffins. Choose from the classic Dark Golden Oak or check out our Rosewood textured look. There is sure to be a wood-look texture suited to you. We can customise each coffin design with someone's...

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New Batesville caskets: Chestnut & Liberty

New Batesville caskets: Chestnut & Liberty

Batesville has released two new caskets in Australia. NEW CHESTNUT CASKET HARDWOOD CASKET Features: Puritan Stain Gloss finish Dual Overlay Feature Suitable for Burial or Cremation Swing Bar Handle Cremation Friendly Liner Safety Bottom Pre-Interment Warranty Memorial...

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New website launched — A Meaningful Funeral

New website launched — A Meaningful Funeral

Ashton Manufacturing has launched a new website called 'A Meaningful Funeral'. The purpose of the website is to: Explain the importance of funerals Show how various elements can combine to create a meaningful funeral Explain the role of a funeral director Help choose...

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New Recycling Program

New Recycling Program

Help Us Recycle Your Ashton Coffin Lid Screws & Spacers Ashton Manufacturing is committed to environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices. For example, we use timber from managed resources, E-Zero MDF (made from Australian grown radiata pine) and we recycle...

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NEW – Children’s Expression Coffins

NEW – Children’s Expression Coffins

• The children’s range of Expression Coffins are available in two sizes • The coffins come in a selection of standard children’s designs • Each coffin can be personalised with a name, images or a special verse         FEATURES: • Suitable for cremation or burial •...

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How To Design Your Own Expression Coffin

How To Design Your Own Expression Coffin

Every person has an achievement or a passion for a theme in there life. Why not celebrate it by creating a personalised coffin via Expression's Design Your Own tool on the Expression coffin website. https://expressioncoffins.com.au/design-your-own/ With this tool, you...

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New Ashton Catalogue

New Ashton Catalogue

We have released a new, 98-page catalogue (in 2 sizes). It features 28 new coffin and casket designs... with new colours, updated styles, and more choices for your client families. Here’s what you’ll see in the new catalogue… New Caskets We’ve added a selection of...

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New NRL RANGE

New NRL RANGE

As we are celebrating the return of our beloved sport after the lockdown, we wanted to let you know that we’ve just introduced a whole new range of NRL designs into our Expression selection. It’s available in all standard size (1900x550x325), oversize (2000x600x380)...

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Mother’s day 2020

Mother’s day 2020

Another year has passed, Mother’s Day is upon us. This day can prove challenging if you’re mourning the loss of your mum. No matter how long ago your mum passed, you’ll always miss her on Mother’s Day. Here are 8 meaningful ways you can honour your mum this Mother’s...

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Anzac Day 2020

Anzac Day 2020

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." For the Fallen – Laurence Binyon - 1914   At Ashton Manufacturing, every year, we pay...

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COVID-19

COVID-19

  First of all, we hope that you, your loved ones, your staff and your customers are healthy and safe during those challenging times. This crisis is affecting all of us, and, like most of us, we have been adapting day after day to this ever-changing situation....

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How to display your coffin range on an iPad

How to display your coffin range on an iPad

We’d like to show you an easy way to professionally display your coffin and casket range on an iPad. In the past, funeral homes like yours told us:  “We would like to have the option to show families our coffin/casket range on an iPad.” “We find it difficult setting...

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6 Things to Consider when Ordering an Extra Large Coffin

6 Things to Consider when Ordering an Extra Large Coffin

It happens every couple of years. A funeral home transfer vehicle pulls up at our factory to collect the extra large coffin they’ve ordered. The person opens the back of their vehicle and realises it’s not wide enough to fit the coffin inside! This is an awkward...

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Victorian Funeral Homes set to Benefit

Victorian Funeral Homes set to Benefit

To improve service to Victorian funeral directors, we’ve now set up a full Expression Coffin manufacturing facility in our warehouse at Campbellfield (Vic). The team in Campbellfield are now independently printing and wrapping coffin designs for funeral homes in the...

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A New, Larger Expression Coffin

A New, Larger Expression Coffin

We wanted to let you know that we’ve just introduced a larger sized coffin into our Expression range. It’s available in all our standard and personalised designs. Above is the Succulents of Colour Expression Coffin design shown in both our standard and new, larger...

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How to design personalised coffins during in-home arrangements

How to design personalised coffins during in-home arrangements

I want to share some good news with you about a national award we’ve just won. I’ll tell you more about it later, but first… You may have already seen our online design-your-own coffin tool on the website. But I know that when you’re doing an arrangement, it’s not...

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