Specialising in wholesale and retail business in Papua New Guinea, BNBM PNG Limited employs more than 1,150 national staff around the country.
From its humble beginnings and inception in 1992, BNBM has developed into a nationwide Hardware, Home & Office supplier with 13 Hardware and Home Centre branches in nine locations, and 11 Challengar Technologies digital stores.
BNBM PNG Limited has established business operations across the provinces of Papua New Guinea, enabling network support in the country.
We offer excellent quality and reasonable prices, and ensure we meet our customers' demands at all levels — whether a D.I.Y. job at home, an office fit-out or a major construction project.
Three decades of growth across Papua New Guinea.
From Pacific New Building Materials in 1992 to a nationwide network of Hardware, Home Centre and digital stores.
- 1992Pacific New Building Materials (PNBM) founded
- 1994First Hardware branch established in Port Moresby, NCD
- 1998Name changed from PNBM to BNBM PNG Limited
- 1999Hardware branch established in Lae, Morobe Province
- 2001Hardware branch established in Kokopo, East New Britain
- 2002Home Centre branch established in Port Moresby
- 2005Hardware branch established in Madang
- 2010Integrated Hardware & Home Centre branch in Kokopo
- 2012Home Centre branch in Lae; integrated branch in Kimbe, West New Britain
- 2014Integrated Hardware & Home Centre branch in Rabaul
- 2016Second Port Moresby Hardware branch opened at Varahe Street
- 2023–24Expansion to Mt Hagen, Popondetta and Goroka; second Lae hardware store on Malaita Street; Challengar Technologies digital stores open nationwide
“Our mission is to expand the business operations within Papua New Guinea and the Pacific region and build the best teams, earning the right to be part of the organisation and be the best service provider in all its operating branches.”