In 2011 Italian, Lucca Mucchi set up the iLD in-line devices assisted by a team of highly skilled technologists whose aim was to develop and produce hi-tech strategic sensing solutions named mOisTori / mOisTracker, for improving industrial production processes.The members of this team brought with them a vast wealth of experience in the field of non-intrusive sensing systems founded on microwave-frequency technology, and were well aware of the opportunities that the real-time non-destructive solutions now provide.This technology plays a vital role in the food industry which motivated Tony Rumbold, founder of SCANZ Technologies, to develop a relationship with iLD which culmulated in SCANZ becoming their NZ representative.
Of particular interest to industry in New Zealand would be the mOisTracker® product range. This is based on multi- parameter planar microwave sensors over a surface of which the material is made to flow, coupled to a digital control unit.The mOisTracker® Cylindrical family is suitable for measuring powder, granular material, coffee, maize, semi-finished cream, liquids food, starches and derivatives and can be installed, for example on a pipe; it is also suitable for use with ceramic powder, etc.
The mOisTracker® Planar and Cylindrical sensor family provides smart solutions for real- time measurement of moisture and density in solid raw materials (paper, cement, chips, granulates, breads, panels, pellets, tiles, powder and food products for the oven or kiln, ceramic powders and colours, etc.), liquids (food, slips, glues, etc.) and semi-finished products (garnishing and filling creams, etc.), on production lines of industrial processes.
To discuss your requirements with Tony you can reach him on:
Scanz Technologies Ltd.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Phone: 09 520 2544 www.scanztech.com
When a group of the world’s largest meat processors wanted to overhaul their quality assurance, they went to the world’s largest on-line and at-line gauge and analyser manufacturers, NDC Technologies.Now the requirements were very specific. The companies were sick of workers wasting time traipsing through the lab so the analyser had to live beside the line. Which meant it had to be IP65 and of industrial construction.
They didn’t want service schedules and they wanted it to be guaranteed never to drift which means no recalibrations. It had to be able to be networked.
NDC’s Meat Infralab met all those requirements, it has Ausmeat and other approvals and is well supported in New Zeaaland through Ganley Engineering.Call Simon Ganley at Ganley Engineering Ltd ph 09 42 83426. You can email Simon This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and the website is www.ganleyengineering.co.nz
If you are serious about meat quality and saving money, so are we.
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Last night, top-performing apprentices in New Zealand’s flooring industry were recognised at the annual Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) Flooring Apprentice of the Year Awards in Auckland.
The awards presentation event, held at Alexandra Park, is the largest annual get together of the flooring industry in New Zealand and serves to celebrate the exceptional work happening in the field, says BCITO chief executive Warwick Quinn.
“The awards recognise those who are making a valuable contribution to this industry; it gives them the chance to be celebrated by their peers. All this year’s winners are strong role models for those who may be considering an apprenticeship in the flooring industry.”
There is a vital need to address the drastic shortage of apprentices in the flooring industry, Quinn says. “The industry needs to train more people and they need to do it now.”
“New Zealand needs more young people to move into the trades and these skills are in high demand. School leavers who decide they want to start an apprenticeship can be confident they are making an excellent choice for themselves and the industry,” Quinn says.
“These events really are the culmination of everything we are about at BCITO. Celebrating excellence in our young achievers after years of dedication and hard work is heart-warming to us and really reflects what we want every apprentice under our wing to aspire to.”
The winners were selected based on the achievement and skills they displayed at their respective block courses. The 2016 top achieving flooring apprentices are:
Supreme Apprentice of the Year and Stage 2 , Flooring Apprentice of the Year - Jacob Paraha, Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay
Stage 1 – Flooring Apprentice of the Year - Sean Fletcher, Wellsford, NorthlandStage 3 – Flooring Apprentice of the Year - Ramil Mifrano, ChristchurchVillars Trophy - Mavi Leofo, WellingtonFlooring Planning and Design Trainee of the Year - Christopher White, Dunedin
Quinn says the event was only made possible by the generosity of its sponsors: Carr Group, Cavalier Bremworth, Dunlop Flooring, FloorNZ, Gilt Edge Industries, Godfrey Hirst Carpets, Handley Industries, Karndean International NZ, Look Floors, Robert Malcolm Ltd, Sleepyhead Manufacturing,Techspan Group.
A BCITO press release
Air New Zealand’s Grabaseat is poised to launch its biggest fare sale yet, offering one thousand $10 seats across all domestic routes operated on Air New Zealand’s network to celebrate 10 years of the Grabaseat website.
The promotion also includes thousands of cut-rate fares for international destinations and thousands within the country for less than $39.
General Manager Market Development and Retail Sales at Air New Zealand Annabelle Fowler says Grabaseat has experienced phenomenal growth since its creation in 2006 with over 28,000 people visiting the site on average each day.
“Customers have taken up more than 1.8 million Greenlight Deals over the past 10 years, covering some 840 million kilometres. That’s equivalent to more than 1,000 return trips to the moon or 23,000 return trips between Auckland and London.
“The spontaneity of Grabaseat resonates with people. We’ve had seats sell out in minutes and know the deals have inspired thousands of impromptu getaways and have given many people the chance to see more of family and friends.”
Earlier this week Grabaseat took to the streets to celebrate its milestone birthday, planting a supersized cake in Auckland’s Takutai Square in Britomart where punters could burrow for birthday surprises including return international and domestic flights for two.
Grabaseat is famous for its inventive promotions, previously pranking customers on April Fools’ Day with its ‘grab a seat’ deal where the website advertised actual furniture including cane chairs and ski lifts, ‘Septemperature’ where Grabaseat fares were determined by local temperatures during September last year, and offering a range of themed packages with flights as low as $1.
Source: An Air New Zealand press release July 15, 2016
The International BoatBuilders' Exhibition & Conference will offer thousands of the newest products and innovations expanding over three floors and two sold out exhibit halls for 7,000+ marine industry professionals to explore in three days from Tuesday, Oct. 4 – Thursday, Oct. 6 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla. IBEX, the largest North American trade event for boat building, design and maintenance, will offer 550+ exhibiting companies – of which over 100 are new, as well as valuable networking events and educational opportunities.
"Two expanded exhibit halls will offer our attendees thousands of new products in four distinct areas within the Tampa Convention Center, and we encourage those registering to stay for all three days, as there will be more ways to explore, learn, and connect than ever before," said Anne Dunbar, IBEX show director. "The show has expanded in every way and since we will be back in Tampa we will once again be offering the IBEX Docks full of boats and the interactive outdoor demonstration area." For access to the exhibit list and floor plans, click here.
For the first time, over 150 exhibitors, including Rockford Fosgate, Clarion, Hardin Marine Inc., Veco NA and others will be located on the first floor of the Tampa Convention Center, which will open at 9 a.m. each day of the show, one hour earlier than the third floor exhibit hall. The first floor exhibit hall is new for 2016 and will feature many new companies and products to the marine industry. The first floor will also feature Registration, the IBEX Café & Lounge, the press room, the Seminar Series and Speaker's Lounge.
The second floor of IBEX will feature the NMMA Lounge, the 2nd Floor Lounge, as well as the Tech Talk Theatre – the schedule for which can be accessed here.
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Michael Heron’s Passion Project A love of what the digital world could offer those seeking justice and a successful digital entrepreneur living next door have inspired former Solicitor General Michael Heron QC to set up an online dispute resolution service that can provide great access to experts in the dispute resolution area.
Mr Heron, who resigned as Solicitor General last year, was excited by the ability to combine legal collaboration with digital delivery when he worked as the Crown’s senior legal officer.
“Primarily, I wanted to do something to address the problem of access to justice that is much talked about. In particular, a collaborative digital offering has the potential to offer fast, effective dispute resolution in a more cost effective way, he told LawFuel.
He said his time at Crown Law demonstrated the potential to harness the power of collaboration, such as with the Government Legal Network which provides a collaboration of government lawyers, together with a digital business that fascinated him.
The result is Complete Online Dispute Resolution (CODR), which provides parties in dispute with the ability to gain online access to a growing list of arbitrators and mediators to facilitate a cost effective and speedy resolution.
Source: LawFuel
New Zealand’s home builder Lite Green Projects is collaborating with Melbourne, Australia-based modular builder Habitech Systems to deliver super-insulated modular houses across the Tasman District, an area at the northern end of South Island of New Zealand.
Andrei Martin of Lite Green said Habitech’s panel system provides high performance energy efficiencies and construction methods that reduce build time. He hopes the Habitech system will catch on in New Zealand because it is more economical than most sustainable and eco-friendly homes, as architectureanddesign.com.au tells MHProNews.
Remembering the earthquake that devastated Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011, Habitech wants to demonstrate to New Zealand builders that it’s possible build new homes that are not only earthquake resistive, but also affordable, attractive and sustainable.
Of particular interest to Chrischurch residents is that the Habitech wall panels have been proven to have 800 percent more bearing capacity, 580 per cent of the bending strength and 200 per cent of the bending stiffness of traditional framed construction.
Source: MHproNews
Air New Zealand’s Grabaseat is poised to launch its biggest fare sale yet, offering one thousand $10 seats across all domestic routes operated on Air New Zealand’s network to celebrate 10 years of the Grabaseat website.
The promotion also includes thousands of cut-rate fares for international destinations and thousands within the country for less than $39.
General Manager Market Development and Retail Sales at Air New Zealand Annabelle Fowler says Grabaseat has experienced phenomenal growth since its creation in 2006 with over 28,000 people visiting the site on average each day.
“Customers have taken up more than 1.8 million Greenlight Deals over the past 10 years, covering some 840 million kilometres. That’s equivalent to more than 1,000 return trips to the moon or 23,000 return trips between Auckland and London.
“The spontaneity of Grabaseat resonates with people. We’ve had seats sell out in minutes and know the deals have inspired thousands of impromptu getaways and have given many people the chance to see more of family and friends.”
Earlier this week Grabaseat took to the streets to celebrate its milestone birthday, planting a supersized cake in Auckland’s Takutai Square in Britomart where punters could burrow for birthday surprises including return international and domestic flights for two.
Grabaseat is famous for its inventive promotions, previously pranking customers on April Fools’ Day with its ‘grab a seat’ deal where the website advertised actual furniture including cane chairs and ski lifts, ‘Septemperature’ where Grabaseat fares were determined by local temperatures during September last year, and offering a range of themed packages with flights as low as $1.
Source: An Air New Zealand press release July 15, 2016
Napier, MSCNewsWire, Thursday 14 July 2016 - Two historic pillars of the Hawkes Bay economy are evaluating a joint approach in developing Napier as a focus for ship repair in the South Seas. They are the Port of Napier itself and Napier Engineering and Contracting whose 150 year history has been closely linked to the progress of the port.
Napier Engineering is the east coast’s major heavy engineer and in association with the port undertakes vessel repairs while the ships are wharfside. The company specialises in rapid deployment repairs begun and completed while vessels are loading/discharging. Last month such repairs were carried out on the French-owned container vessel Lavender. In recent months the company overhauled the safety systems of the United States Scripps Institution research vessel Roger Revell (pictured).
The joint evaluation in promoting the port for repairs follows a study by Napier Engineering’s management indicating that European trade re-alignments in the medium and long term will be to the benefit of the Hawkes Bay region (see current article.) Another factor considered in this was the pending US-led Trans Pacific Partnership trade treaty.
Such a repositioned alignment pivoting on New Zealand offers greater opportunities for South Pacific ship repairers simply because Asian routes are already well-supplied with transit repair dock workshops.
Portside repairs on cargo vessels during voyages are required when heavy seas have damaged ships- own- gear and other superstructures. Also when vessels have sustained grab or crane loading damage to cargo hatches and coamings.
According to Napier Engineering management the immediate scheme was to alert vessel owners, charterers, and shipping agents of the port’s advantages in rapid-turnaround repairs on voyage.
Liner service operators and management would benefit by being informed of the rapid turnaround voyage repairs that could be performed at Napier with no interruption to their schedule.
Tramp vessel management operating vessels on an on-demand non-scheduled basis would similarly profit through using Port of Napier in that rapid repairs were available there as an addition to the numerous other benefits of using the port.
Napier Engineering said it would now re-position its ship repair business to what it described as a “priority” divisional activity.
During the heyday of Commonwealth Preference trade between New Zealand and Britain, Napier Engineering specialised in servicing the conference lines of that era by deploying its mechanical specialists at the Napier port of call. They would remain on the vessel until the contract was completed and then disembarked at the next port of call – wherever it was.
The company is the leading New Zealand precision production engineer in food processing equipment, notably of the Niven Series.Port of Napier which is municipally-owned within Hawkes Bay traces its history back to 1855.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific and DuPont Nutrition & Health have announced three new distribution agreements for the DuPont BAX System Q7, covering the regions of Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and Canada.
Under the terms of the agreement for Western Europe, Thermo Fisher will retain exclusive rights to distribute the PCR-based food safety testing platform for three more years. Under separate agreements, Thermo Fisher will also continue to supply the platform in Australia and New Zealand on an exclusive basis and in Canada on a non-exclusive basis.
Financial and other details of the agreements were not disclosed.
"Thermo Fisher's office-based and in-field specialists have a long history of supporting the BAX System Q7, and the technical expertise and experience they can provide our customers in these regions is unparalleled," George McVay, diagnostics global business and integrated operations leader at DuPont Nutrition & Health, said in a statement. "We look forward to continuing our current arrangement to serve and support our food manufacturing and contract laboratory customers."
The deals renew a 14-year partnership between the partners in those regions. As reported by GenomeWeb, VWR holds exclusive distribution rights to the BAX System Q7 in the US.
Source: NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – July 13, 2016
Palace of the Alhambra, Spain
By: Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923)
From the collection of Sir Heaton Rhodes
Oil on canvas - 118cm x 162cm
Valued $12,000 - $18,000
Offers invited over $9,000
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242
Mount Egmont with Lake
By: John Philemon Backhouse (1845-1908)
Oil on Sea Shell - 13cm x 14cm
Valued $2,000-$3,000
Offers invited over $1,500
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242