Category Archives: The Xpress Engineer

“Mate, you’re dreaming!” New Zealand’s homegrown hardware brand is celebrating 50 years of helping Kiwi make their home improvement dreams “easy as”. Thursday, June 20 marks the official anniversary of the day eight stores came together in 1974, on a mission to put a hammer in the hands of generations of Kiwi. To celebrate, MitreContinueContinue reading “Mitre 10 celebrates 50 years of being ‘with you all the way’”

By Dr Troy Coyle, HERA CEO The Aotearoa New Zealand research, science and innovation (RSI) system is one that purportedly values and rewards research excellence and research impact equally. Despite this, the current system favours an approach that focuses on excellent research that has impact vs impactful research that is excellent. It is a subtleContinueContinue reading “Which matters more – excellence or impact?”

By Craig Carlyle, certified machinery safety expert (TÜV Nord), HasTrak Here we go again, another year and another engineer killed at work through the complacency of the workplace. This time it was an apprentice, 23-year-old Josh Masters fixing the hydraulics on a log loader in the Balmoral Forest in North Canterbury. The verbal instruction onContinueContinue reading “When are engineers going to lift their game?”

Kaeser Compressors NZ has announced the launch of its latest generation of heatless regenerative desiccant dryers which can lower the pressure dew point of the compressed air to -70oC. “Ideal for sensitive applications such as those found in the food and beverage industry, the intelligent new i.DC series delivers a reliable supply of extremely dryContinueContinue reading “VISIT STAND 1040: Kaeser launches next gen desiccant dryers”

Thermal imaging cameras have become a ‘must-have tool’ for electrical and insurance reporting applications. “Infrared thermography helps you find anomalies before change can occur, therefore minimising risk and preventing costly production downtime for your customers. Not to mention, having a qualified thermographer on site adds value to your business,” says Tom Aldridge, electrical and instrumentationalContinueContinue reading “VISIT STAND 3021: Get ahead of the pack and become a qualified thermographer”

It’s official – EMEX is jam-packed and sold out and ready to ‘welcome thousands of attendees’ Right now the Xpo Exhibitions team is busy with final preparations for New Zealand’s premier biennial manufacturing and engineering technology exhibition, explains Aad van der Poel, EMEX 2024 sales and event manager. “We are all excited to welcome thousandsContinueContinue reading “Unveiling innovation and collaboration at EMEX 2024”

New Zealand’s aeronautical sector is set for a multi-million dollar export boost following the signing of an agreement to supply the Royal Thai Airforce. A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Thai Aviation Industries Co, Ltd (TAI), a maintenance, repair, and operations organisation (MRO) in Thailand and, NZAero, New Zealand’s only commercial aircraft manufacturer,ContinueContinue reading “FLYING HIGH – KIWI AERONAUTICAL FIRM SIGNS HUGE EXPORT DEAL”