With our roads, water pipes and other essential infrastructure wearing out, New Zealand needs to spend around 60% of its infrastructure investment to look after what we already have, rather than building more. This is a key finding of a new report from the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga, which provides the first comprehensiveContinueContinue reading “Greater focus on maintenance needed”
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Two offers for warehouse logistics
With the LogiDrive solution space, Nord offers its warehouse logistics customers two industry-optimised drive concepts. LogiDrive Advanced and LogiDrive Basic feature low weight and compact installation space. In addition, they are optimised for different factors. Chain and roller conveyors, belt and pallet conveyors, container and overhead conveyors: In warehouse logistics, they all require reliable drivesContinueContinue reading “Two offers for warehouse logistics”
Bonfiglioli solutions help industry mitigate against water scarcity
Australia and parts of New Zealand face an escalating water crisis, with droughts expected to become more frequent and severe (especially as the weather transitions from La Niña to El Niño conditions). Meanwhile, the growing demand for water is putting local water systems under greater pressure. According to Martin Broglia, MD of Bonfiglioli Australia andContinueContinue reading “Bonfiglioli solutions help industry mitigate against water scarcity”
Keeping people engaged in workplace health and safety
By Craig Carlyle, certified machinery safety expert (TÜV Nord), HasTrak As passionate as health and safety managers may be in their role, keeping workers engaged in health and safety in the long term is an onerous task requiring skill sets and techniques that are not learnt in the classroom. A recent conversation with an industryContinueContinue reading “Keeping people engaged in workplace health and safety”
Pioneering Seismic Research in New Zealand: ‘In Conversation with an Expert’
By Dr Troy Coyle, CEO, HERA In the latest episode of the Stirring the Pot podcast, Rebecca Symonds spoke to Shahab Ramhormozian, an Associate Professor in structural and earthquake engineering at Auckland University of Technology, about his research of steel structures and low-damage seismic resistance systems. Shahab received the Innov8 impact award at the 2023 HERA FutureContinueContinue reading “Pioneering Seismic Research in New Zealand: ‘In Conversation with an Expert’”
Callaghan Innovation extends Industry 4.0 demonstration network
Callaghan Innovation has announced the expansion of the Industry 4.0 nationwide showcase, with the addition of the LMAC Group as partner. The LMAC Group has built a new mobile showcase experience focused on digital technologies designed to help New Zealand companies harness the opportunity to become more productive and profitable. Industry 4.0 is now in its third year,ContinueContinue reading “Callaghan Innovation extends Industry 4.0 demonstration network “
Clinical Engineering Technician
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari, he toa takitini. Success is not the work of one, but the work of many. Location: Hawke’s Bay Hospital Service: Procurement, Supply Chain, and Health Technology Management Contract: Permanent, Full-time 80 hours per fortnight (1 FTE) Korero mō te tūranga- About the role This is a full-timeContinueContinue reading “Clinical Engineering Technician”
CAPITALISING ON UNTAPPED ENGINEERING POTENTIAL
Lauren Neal is an award-winning chartered engineer, consultant and author whose strategies can help organisations foster a culture where people from all backgrounds are in positions where they can develop, where they are engaged, and where they are enabled to showcase their skills and talents. “There are potentially many, many competent people who have soContinueContinue reading “CAPITALISING ON UNTAPPED ENGINEERING POTENTIAL”
LASER CUTTING QUOTING SOFTWARE SLICES THROUGH WASTAGE
Laser cutting businesses often decide to use spreadsheets to develop and provide quotes, as a way to save money on specialised software. But does the maths stack up? In Bruce Thomas’ experience, product executive for Tempus Tools, it’s actually costing more than it’s saving – and here’s why. “Based on data from millions of lineContinueContinue reading “LASER CUTTING QUOTING SOFTWARE SLICES THROUGH WASTAGE”
TOP YOUNG AUCKLAND ENGINEERS RECOGNISED
From left to right – Naresh Singhal (ENZ Auckland committee member); winner – Dylan Maurice (Unitec); third place – Avinash Mistry (MIT); runner up – Michelle Delves (University of Auckland); David Brierley (ENX Auckland chair). Two outstanding young engineers have been recognised by Engineering New Zealand’s Auckland branch’s GT Murray Award for the best studentContinueContinue reading “TOP YOUNG AUCKLAND ENGINEERS RECOGNISED”
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