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MSC unveils new Australasian headquarters

Container shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has unveiled its new Australia and New Zealand headquarters located in a recently renovated heritage building in Fremantle. MSC has been operating its Australasian business from Western Australia for the past 16 years. The company says the time zone of WA enables effective communication between its international headquarters in Switzerland and its Australasian business. MSC Australasia MD Kevin Clarke says the Fremantle headquarters offer a strategic gateway to MSC’s global network. "MSC moves more than 700,000 twenty foot equivalent units (TEU) through Australian and New Zealand ports every year," Clarke says. "We offer…

Manufacturing Director required

Are you an experienced multi-site Manufacturing Manager looking for your next position?Are you looking to join a leading global food company that is experiencing significant growth by developing new products and acquiring the licences for established household brands? We are looking for a Manufacturing Director to oversee 10 sites throughout Australia, New Zealand and The Pacific Islands. This is a global company with a regional headquarters in Australia and the majority of their manufacturing in New Zealand. The company is enjoying significant growth and to ensure that this continues, we are seeking a highly experienced and strategic leader for their…

Plasma Profile cutting machine ex Auckland adds value to merger

Perth based Transbeam Industries, welding and fabrication experts, and Bruce Rock Engineering (BRW), heavy road equipment manufacturers, recently completed a merger of their West Australian operations. For BRW one of the highlights of the merger and in which they saw considerable value was their access to Transfield's new plasma profile cutting machine that Transfield had purchased from Kinetic Engineering in Auckland, New Zealand which in consultation with a German company had modified to integrate the machine with stud welding. Pictured a 60 metre BRW manufactured long road train

Argenta celebrates 10 years in business

Argenta, the New Zealand company dedicated to the creation, development and manufacture of products for the health of animals, is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. Originally a small, South Auckland-based contract research company, Argenta is now a highly innovative and profitable international business with four locations in the US and New Zealand and 300 staff globally. Argenta was borne out of a vision to create a company that could both invent, research and manufacture products for the global animal health industry – something that no other company was doing at the time. This specialty remains unique 10 years on.…

Revolutionary cancer treatment engineered by Buckley Systems

Auckland precision electro magnets manufacturer, Buckley Systems is involved in the development and manufacture of the nuBeam proton accelerator machine for an alternative cancer treatment that has been announced overnight in Helsinki, Finland. Boron Neutron Capture Therapy is not a new treatment, but making it a practical proposition has only been possible as a result of co-operation between Buckley Systems and engineers who used to work for GT Advanced Technologies in Danvers, Massachusetts and a Helsinki medical team. A new company, Neutron Therapeutics, has been set up to make the technology viable as a compact, affordable and hospital ready source…

Manufacturing the powerhouse of the NZ economy

The latest research shows the strength of manufacturing inNew Zealand – earning $22 billion in real GDP, employing 250,000 New Zealanders and growing regional economies around New Zealand. Manufacturing media weekly earnings are $959 per week, compared with the NZ economy as a whole - $882 per week. Manufacturing is expanding – and manufacturing is hiring. Take a deep dive into the real story about manufacturing –recent growth stats... how NZ manufacturing is performing better than in Australia, USA, Europe and others... manufacturing is investing for future growth... manufacturing pumps over $12 billion in wages into NZ household each year...…

Transport and Utilities sector leads in hiring intentions

The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey shows Australian job seekers can expect to find the strongest employment opportunities in the Transport & Utilities sector as we head into the final quarter of 2016. Of the 1,500 public and private employers surveyed, 20 per cent of Transport & Utilities employers indicated they intend to increase their headcount over the October and December timeframe, while the majority (76 per cent) said they would not make any change to their current workforce. Continue to full article

Cranking into the Future of Making Things with CXP Racing

After purchasing a Haas TM1-P 3-axis CNC Milling Machine, Bruno Pfister contacted CADPRO Systems to find out about a product called Autodesk Fusion 360. His goal was to design and manufacture BMX components in New Zealand for competitive grassroots and professional riders. This webinar tells his story about the development of cranks and chain rings recently used at the BMX world championship in Columbia. Webinar DetailsDate : Wednesday 21st September 2016Time : 10:30 am - 11:30 am NZST Presenter: Scott MoyseMFG & CAM Technical SpecialistAutodesk Expert Elite– CADPRO Systems Ltd, NZ REGISTER RIGHT HERE

Significant investment to boost job numbers in the Gisborne region

A report in today's Gisborne Herald describes how a joint venture company known as WET Gisborne Ltd (WLG) has been formed between Wood Engineering Technology Ltd and the Eastland Community Trust (ECT) resulting in a wood processing plant being built which will manufacture a new style of building frame. This first ever plant to commercially manufacture the OEL™ framing for builders anywhere in the world is located at the former Prime sawmill site, near Matawhero. The new technology, developed and proven by Wood Engineering Technology Ltd, allows any logs — even one metre-long pieces can be used — to be…

ContainerCo weighs up funding options

ContainerCo (NZL) is weighing up options to fund "significant growth opportunities" to beef up the container depot operator's level of automated equipment and potentially see it expand overseas. The Auckland-based company hired investment bank Cameron Partners to advise on its options and spent $377,402 on initial public offering related costs in the year ended March 31, its annual report says. Since the March 31 balance date, ContainerCo has "commenced preparatory work to raise additional capital and list on the NXT board of the New Zealand Stock Exchange," it said. Continue to the full article

Havelock North Drinking-Water Inquiry established

Retired Court of Appeal judge, the Honourable Lyn Stevens QC, will chair an independent inquiry into the Havelock North water supply contamination incident, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced yesterday. Justice Stevens will be joined on the panel by NZQA CEO and former Director-General of Health, Dr Karen Poutasi CNZM, and local government and engineering expert, Anthony Wilson. “The members of the inquiry panel have the extensive legal, public health, local government and water management expertise required to conduct an inquiry of this nature,” said Mr Finlayson. The Inquiry will commence this week and report back by 31 March 2017. Under the…

Consumer packaging organisation pick up on UoA report

The CPMA (Consumer Packaging Manufacturers Alliance) warns of soft drinks plain packs following NZ report. The organisation has voiced its concern over potential plain packaging of soft drinks in New Zealand following the results of a study by the University of Auckland that suggested plain packaging and graphic warning labels could potentially reduce soft drink consumption amongst young people. A team of researchers surveyed 600 young people, aged 13-24, online to find out what impact plain packaging and warning labels would have on their buying habits. It found that plain packaging and warning labels had a bigger impact than price…