Managing directors, Mark and Karen Oliver are regularly in the field testing Black Widow products.

"We don't put a product on the market unless we know it works and works well".

A lot of our ideas come from being out in the bush or on the road. Necessity is the mother of invention so they say and more so convenience. How many times have you said to yourself, "Gee I wish I had a so and so" or "if we had something that would make that easier".

Mark and Karen talk to thousands of people a year both on the road and at trade shows. We take it all in and listen to what people have to say. There have been many great ideas come from these talks which have ended up a finished product and on the market.

I remember years ago when we got our first 100 series. The first thing we did was take it for a run. We stopped for a cuppa which we made on the tail gate and spilled the coffee on the carpet. The tail gate replacement table was born. Now we had a smooth cleanable surface to prepare our lunch. Karen didn't appreciate it at the time as the rest of the weekend was taken up in the factory designing and proto typing the concept. The drawer lids, the extension tables and etc all came from the same situations.

The GU door bracket came into being because when we had a GU, we couldn't open the door far enough to slide out our fridge. The list goes on.

We have been road testing our new Aluminium roof racks for 18 months now and we are seeing them introduced to the market now. 1,000's of Km's over every anticipated surface has seen them emerge as cutting edge, from the new range of accessories, developed and re developed as we used them to the unique extrusions which make up the rack. Again we have pioneered interchange ability so the rack will fit multiple vehicles.

Black Widow's philosophy of spending once as with our drawer systems, sees the end user being able to use the same Black Widow products for many years through many vehicles..

Drawers are not a new concept but we took it to another level. With the Black Widow created top shelves and dividing barriers to custom ADR rated cargo barriers that are easy to fit without drilling, we are always pushing the boundaries to what's possible.
All this comes from using the product. It makes a difference.

See you on the road.
Mark and Karen Oliver