Established as Midland Concrete Pipes in 1948, MC Pipes have been a long-standing business and a staple of the city’s bustling industrial sector.

History

Midland Concrete Pipes first opened its gates for business with the Cross family at the reins, before being purchased by David Piper. About 20 years later in 2004, Brett Warburton purchased the business before going into a partnership with Andrew Giankos and Stephen Copulos in 2011. With the formation of the partnership they had big plans in the works.

Midland Concrete Pipes became MC Pipes opening a brand-new state of the art facility in 2015. They have been flourishing ever since and the business continues to go from strength to strength.

In April 2016, they purchased Icon-Septech, a business specialising in a comprehensive range of precast concrete products, access covers and grates and wastewater systems. The acquisition grew their product range, allowing MC Pipes to manufacture precast concrete items it once had to buy in.

They now have the support they need to move forward as a company and become the number one precast business in Victoria.

While the company has experienced several changes in ownership, it has always remained proudly Australian owned and operated using Australian sourced materials.

What are the advantages to setting up and growing a business in Greater Shepparton?

Shepparton is a fantastic location for this type of industry because of its central location. We also have such a strong community within the region and there are many great, hardworking people and we do what we can to support the locals by using local suppliers where we can.

Being in a central location, it gives us the ability to deliver anywhere in Victoria and beyond. We deliver up north into NSW farming regions and to areas like Melbourne, Bendigo, Geelong, and Albury.

We work with a lot of councils, shires, contractors who do the subdivisions and we do a lot of irrigation work, as well working with rice and cotton farmers and various water boards across Victoria.

With the infrastructure requirements in Australia growing and the population of country Victoria growing, there is a lot of subdivision and housing which requires a lot of pipe and pre-cast products.

How do you see the future of the business in Greater Shepparton and beyond?

The future is looking as strong as ever, we have state of the art facilities producing fantastic, high quality products. With MC Pipes and Icon-Septech flourishing with their precast products, we will continue to grow the business and we will keep our customers happy because we’re going to make more product to supply the demand.

We are a one-stop-shop for all your precast needs. Icon-Septech also have a batching plant making concrete onsite which was a great addition for the business. More recently we have gone under a rebranding coming under the "Civilmart" banner.

We have 4 locations across Victoria; MC Pipes in Shepparton, Melbourne and Geelong by the end of the year and Icon-Septech in Shepparton and Melbourne. We also have sister companies up North in Tellam Civil Products (Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Gold Coast), Toowoomba Tanks (Toowoomba) and BCP Precast (Sydney, Central Coast, Stapylton).

We definitely see ourselves as a major player now in the industry and have come a very long way from our humble beginnings.