Dedicated volunteers, community groups, schools & businesses get together, or sew from home, to make re-usable ‘Boomerang Bags’ using recycled materials as a means to replace plastic bags.

Metro Performance Glass has installed Bystronic Glass’ new B’JUMBO IG production line in Auckland.

With the world facing up to feeding almost 10 billion people by 2050, a new joint venture, Global Pac Technologies, has launched a hi-tech automated robotic apple packer to help meet the global challenges of processing increasing quantities of fresh produce.

In what is believed to be a world first, AgResearch is about to begin a clinical trial to test the benefits of sheep milk for human digestion.

Graphic Packaging International (GPI), has enhanced its manufacturing capacity with the introduction of Bobst Masterfold 110 machinery.  The new equipment includes Easyfeeder/Batch/Inverter 4 and Cartonpack 4 at its Leeds facility.

State-of-the-art robotic technology is now operational at Alliance Group’s Dannevirke plant as the co-operative focuses on introducing processing innovation across its operations.

The Antwerp Port Authority and the Antwerp blockchain start-up T-Mining have developed a solution to make document flows quicker, safer and more efficient.

Airbus has cut the ribbon on a new A320 family aircraft production line at its Hamburg, Germany facility.  Hamburg joins existing A320 final assembly lines at Toulouse, France; Tianjin, China; and Mobile, United States.

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A seven-year high in sales volumes for transport equipment and machinery manufacturing helped boost the total volume of manufacturing in the March 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today.