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Our media page features regular updates and information on our latest news, press releases, White Papers, current research, business articles and company innovations.
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...
How to fix a scratch on a coffin
Have you ever scratched a coffin and needed to fix it quickly (and properly)? If you have, then the new video on our website’s Resources section is made for you… This short 1 minute 58 second video featuring Tim Cowell, one of our polishing experts, shows you just how...
A lesson learned from the royal wedding
Were you one of the 1.9 billion people that watched the coverage of the royal wedding on the weekend? If you’re like me, there’s one part of the wedding that will stick in your mind forever… It wasn’t the perfect 21-degree day in Windsor; It wasn’t Ms Markle’s...
Lighthouse photos make beautiful coffin designs
Lighthouse photos really do make beautiful coffin designs. Especially this panoramic lighthouse photo our designers Natasha and Vanessa sourced to create this coffin and urn. The Byron Bay Lighthouse Expression Coffin is one of our latest designs I wanted to share...
Here’s the easiest way to select the right solid colour for a family’s coffin
Do you ever arrange funerals with client families who want a particular coloured coffin? They might say something to you like… “We’d like a purple coffin for mum – it was her favourite colour.” Of course, you want to help them with their request. But guess what?...
“The families we serve only want cheap coffins”
If you haven’t heard this phrase from your staff or colleagues, then you may have heard it from another funeral home… “The families we serve only want cheap coffins”. Or another variation of this is, “Our families only buy ‘flat lid’ coffins”. Right, let’s examine...
Here’s what you need to know about ‘MDF’ coffins when answering tricky questions during funeral arrangements
You, as a funeral director, would see or handle MDF coffins almost every day in your funeral home. In fact, more than 2 out of 3 coffins used in Australia is made from MDF. Therefore, it may be worth knowing a little bit about this product. Especially so you can talk...
The 5 benefits to family and friends of ‘memorialising’ their loved one’s Facebook account
When a loved one passes away their Facebook account can have real value for family members left behind. There may be numerous photos, videos and moments from the deceased’s life, captured over the years, that the family wants to be able to access thereafter. Often,...
Passing the baton
Planning for the day you leave your business is a valuable investment. Whether you decide to sell up, retire or have to get out of business due to health reasons, it's important that you spend the time with your family and/or your business partners and plan what...
Outback Spectacular
Our new Ashdale Outback is a modern coffin design which was inspired by historical Australian outback scenes of slab-walled huts and natural, earthen colours. Beautiful timber Crafted from solid cedar Natural linseed oil finish to highlight timber grain...
The latest, high-tech software giving us an edge in coffin design
Our production team uses the latest software to create detailed, 3D, CAD drawings to assist during the development and modification of our coffin and casket designs. This software allows our designers to create products that are: the highest quality; most up-to-date...
The funeral must go on
With floodwaters crippling much of Penang, Malaysia, daily life has ground to a halt for most residents. But for one family trying to give a relative a final send-off, there was little choice but to improvise and use a small boat to ferry...
The latest findings on the state of the Australian funeral industry
Market researchers IBISWorld have just released their 2017 report titled: Funeral Directors, Crematoria and Cemeteries in Australia: Market Research Report. Some of the key findings include: Industry Threats & Opportunities Industry operators have been...
Our new Stockman Expression Coffin
For lovers of the Australian outback, there’s nothing more iconic than big-sky sunsets with silhouetted stockmen, cattle and slowly turning windmills. Our newest Expression Coffin design ‘The Stockman’ captures this imagery in stunning high-resolution. Why not add...
Would you go to this bizarre coffin festival?
A tiny Spanish village of Las Nieves annually hosts the bizarre Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme. The festival is dedicated to those fortunate enough to have managed to cheat death and is known as the Festival of Near Death Experiences. Those that take part are...
19th-century exploding coffins
Truth really is stranger than fiction. During the 19th-century there was a widespread fear, particularly in the US, about ‘body-snatching’. And, for good reason. Medical institutions routinely stole buried cadavers to demonstrate medical procedures to their...
Design your own Expression Coffin on our new website
We’ve built a brand new Expression Coffins’ website that has an amazing, new, industry-first feature, that allows you to design your own coffin. This is the perfect tool to use during funeral arrangements with families, or alternatively, families can design their...
Expression Coffin + Harley Davidson = very cool
It’s a pleasure seeing one of our Expression Coffins leaving through our front gates - especially behind a Harley Davidson!! Particularly, when we know that it’s going to make a more meaningful funeral for a family. Whether it’s...