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Know-how… Can-do with ITS and bio-concept coolant

Irving Tooling Solutions (ITS) was started by Jonathan Irving 19 years ago and through that time the company has “built a reputation for bringing experienced know-how to machine shops in the cutting tool game”.

Keeping it real: Empower and lean manufacturing drive engineering business

Allan Shaw, owner of Makaira Boats is creating an aluminium boats building business based in Kerikeri. Currently employing 10 workshop staff, the young business owner leads a team that is dedicated to making offshore sport fishing boats, between 7.5 to 12 metres in length and constructed of heavy-plate aluminium.

Automation… Helping make New Zealand manufacturing great again

In the current uncertain times we live in it’s easy to feel like the possum in the headlights.

A & G Price: Adapting to the new normal

For A & G Price there has been no exception, 2021 has been a challenging year for businesses and families alike.

A shining example… Global Stainless turns engineering into an art form

Global Stainless officially started business in 2004 by current owner Lincoln Raikes, after leaving Robert Stone Engineering (now FNE Engineering) in Hawera. Raikes had started experimenting with spheres back in 1995. He’d always had a dream of starting the business, and his son Bergen gave him the push he needed. Bergen, then 17, was due to leave school and was set on becoming a welder and fabricator like his dad.

Cheers to that! EMEX 2022: Key industry event just six months away

Long-overdue is an understatement, but the attention now turns towards the anticipation of a great event, as the EMEX 2022 industry trade show nears.

Energy and data combine

Small, compact and fast: these are the demands on the new generations of motors. And the new igus hybrid cable for SEW motors from Treotham makes it possible.

Honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Governance

In the recent reforms of vocational education, the Education and Training Act 2020 was amended with a reference (Section 4): “The purpose of this Act is to establish and regulate an education system that…honours Te Tiriti Waitangi and supports Māori-Crown relationships”. This is the first piece of legislation that references requirements relating to Te Tiriti in its entirety (versus the principles) and compels “honouring” it.

Wall innovation a leap forward

While wood products aren’t always front-of-mind in the engineering sectory, research from the University of Canterbury’s Structural Engineering Laboratory has demonstrated that cross-laminated timber (CLT) walls are feasible, cost-competitive, and sustainable alternative in low-rise buildings.

High Court shines spotlight on payment schedules under the Construction Contracts Act 2002

In Templeton Kingsland Ltd vs. Dominion Constructors Ltd, the contractor served a statutory demand following the principal’s payment of just over $320,000 in response to a payment claim of nearly $6 million. The principal provided a payment schedule, but the contractor argued it was not valid. The Court’s reasoning for setting the demand aside serves as a reminder to all who prepare and receive payment schedules under the Construction Contracts Act 2002 (Act).