Introduction
Nioa, a company established more than a quarter of a century ago, is now Australasia's largest privately-owned supplier of small arms, ammunition and related products to the commercial, law enforcement and military markets.
The company carries ISO9001 accreditation for the marketing, importation, distribution, integration, and through-life support, including management of procurement and supply contracts for firearms, weapons systems, ammunition and related products for the Commercial, Law Enforcement and Military markets.
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Robert Nioa
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ISO9001
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SAI Global
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Nioa draws on over 25 years of experience distributing product to the Australian market. |
In The Beginning
Established in 1979 to support the commercial Australian shooting industry, Nioa grew to service the Australian law enforcement and military markets and is headed by second generation family member and Managing Director, Robert Nioa. The company has an enviable track record of successfully delivering tens of thousands of small arms and hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition to scores of satisfied customers in the private and Government sectors.
Headquartered in Brisbane and employing more than thirty full time staff, the company has offices in Melbourne and Canberra.
Nioa is based in a state of the art, secure distribution facility built to custom specifications. |
A Secure Facility
The multi-million dollar Brisbane headquarters and distribution centre sets the standard for secure weapons storage and logistics in Australia. Brisbane is the geographical centre of Australia's east coast, where most of the population resides.
The facility's physical, electronic and surveillance security is extensive, employing a multi-layered planned redundancy approach. Housed within the facility is Australia's largest secure private armoury. Custom designed and constructed, the armoury significantly exceeds Australian Department of Defence specifications.
The distribution centre incorporates a firearms showroom, an accessories showroom, two high security firearms bunkers, a specialist explosives store, a general goods warehouse, training & meeting rooms, modern office & IT facilities, and firearms testing facilities.
The flexible format training room and small arms test fire facility supports a wide variety of training opportunities. Nioa has the capacity to support large class sizes, and can cater for up to 150 people in classroom format. Training at customer locations is also available and routinely provided.
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Nioa has access to extensive capabilities with leading international partners. |
Australian Portal
Nioa is a strong and reliable Australian portal to some of the world's biggest and most innovative companies. We draw on the strength of over one hundred thousand employees in companies based in 18 countries, with combined annual sales approaching $15 billion.
Our partners' resources cover the functional spectrum of research and development, project management, manufacture, logistics, planning, finance, quality management, marketing and legal. Nioa wholesales product to a network of over 700 dealers in the domestic Australian market, and represents the following companies:
Allen - Anschutz - Barnes - Beamshot - Blue Wonder - Break-Free - Bushnell Banner - Caldwell - CCI - Champion - Diana - Emilio Rizzini - Federal Ammunition - Frankford Arsenal - G96 - Glock - Gunslick - Harrington & Richardson - Harris - H-S Precision - IAC - Kimber - Kleen-Bore - Lansky - Leupold - Lightforce - Lyman - MAB - Marlin - Miles & Gilbert - Nieto - Nosler - Outers - Pachmayr - Past - Peltor - Powa Beam - Ram-Line - RCBS - San Angelo - Shooters Ridge - SK / Lapua - SOG - Speer - Sportsmatch - Springfield Armory - Sweets - Taurus - Tipton - Trumark - Weatherby - Weaver - Wheeler - Wolf Ammunition - Zafer
Nioa is committed to the high exposure of its agencies. |
Advertising & Promotions
Nioa aggressively promotes and supports those products that it represents in the Australian market. These promotional activities include national advertising, local dealer cooperative advertising, public relations, editorial exposure, and sponsorships.
Nioa understands the importance of customer interaction. |
Special Events
The company continues to search for new and innovative ways to interact with our customers and suppliers alike. These include dealers conferences for the commercial market, government agencies workshops, training seminars and supplier social activities.
On Line Ordering
Nioa is the only company in the Australian industry to offer a dedicated stock look-up and ordering system for our customers in the commercial market.
The company's website hosts, amongst other information, four complete catalogues: commercial firearms, accessories, ammunition and restricted items. These are available in retail and wholesale versions.
www.nioa.net.au
NIOA DEFENCE
Nioa Defence is at the apex of a potent international defence network. |
Nioa Defence is a specialist business unit of Nioa, established in acknowledgement of the importance of the Law Enforcement and Military business sectors.
The incumbent commercial supplier of MK19 Automatic Grenade Launchers to the Australian Department of Defence and sole supporter of the nations fleet of over 40,000 Glock Law Enforcement agency side arms, Nioa Defence represents more than 25 international companies including General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products USA, Rheinmetall Defence Germany, Accuracy International UK, several divisions of ATK Alliant Techsystems USA, Bushmaster USA and Glock Austria.
Nioa Defence has a highly professional team with extensive experience in the Australian military and law enforcement markets. |
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Key Staff - Patrick Whitty - General Manager, Nioa Defence
Patrick Whitty is the Nioa Defence General Manager. Patrick holds a BE (Chem) (1983) and Masters of Management (Technology) (1996) from the University of Melbourne and has worked in various roles within the Australian Strategic Defence manufacturing environment since 1983. Patrick is a Member of the Institution of Engineers Australia, the Chemical College sub-division of IEAust, and is a Certified Practicing Engineer (CPEng).
Key Staff - Greg Toms - LE Sales Manager and Head Armourer
Greg Toms, in addition to various other roles such as the Nioa Defence Sales Manager, provides training and maintenance services for a wide range of weapon systems as a qualified trainer and integration armourer.
Key Staff - Rick South - Sales and Technical Representative
Rick South came to Nioa Defence in March 2007 after 16 years service as a sworn officer with the Queensland Police Service. Thirteen of those years were as a general duties officer with a wide range of service from Brisbane City to Western and Far Northern Queensland.