Weighing and packing line equipment specialist, Ishida Europe, has introduced a unique remote customer care software solution, that combines machine performance monitoring, with comprehensive data capture and in-depth analysis. This enables food manufacturers and packers to operate their lines to maximum performance and efficiency, and avoid unnecessary and unwanted downtime. The new Ishida Sentinel™ software connects compatible Ishida machines, anywhere in the world, to a central system manned by Ishida engineers. This provides complete monitoring of machines, however widely distributed, with Ishida experts on hand to identify and rectify any faults or poor performance. With a number of different Sentinel™…

Statement by Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler: The Reserve Bank today reduced the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 1.75 percent. Significant surplus capacity exists across the global economy despite improved economic indicators in some countries. Global inflation remains weak even though commodity prices have come off their lows. Political uncertainty remains heightened and market volatility is elevated. Weak global conditions and low interest rates relative to New Zealand are keeping upward pressure on the New Zealand dollar exchange rate. The exchange rate remains higher than is sustainable for balanced economic growth and, together with low global…

Odds Favour Melania Trump as next United States First Lady Will bring much needed internationalism to White House we reported back in February MSCNewsWire, 26 February 2016 -  The permutations in the Republican Party selection process in which some delegates carry more value than others indicate that Donald Trump will be the party’s presidential nominee. The polls indicate too that he has at least a 50-50 chance against a Democratic ticket.These favourable odds are not reflected by the international media and hardly surprisingly. The Republican front-runner routinely describes his media entourage as being comprised of the “worst people in the…

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Cheap Chinese imports has forced a longstanding Masterton factory to close down.  In September, Sliderite owner Dave Revell bit the bullet and shut his Ngaumutawa Rd business. He said he was left with little choice.  “Basically most of the things we used to make, a lot of zips and bits and pieces for clothing, well of course most of that comes in already made up from China these days,” Mr Revell said.  “In the early days of course everybody wanted quality, but in the end price rules.  “And like a lot of manufacturing in New Zealand, in the end you…

Tesla's Tuesday morning announcement that it is acquiring German engineering company Grohmann Engineering and forming Tesla Advanced Automation Germany puts more substance behind Tesla's ambition with manufacturing being seen as the company's top priority. However a big vision, Tesla has moved its ambitious production target for achieving a 500,000 annualized build rate two years earlier, from 2020 to 2018, requires significant talent.  "After increasing our output target to 500,000 cars per year by 2018, we began searching for the best engineering talent in automated manufacturing systems," Tesla said in a Nov. 8 blog post. "Today, we are excited to announce that…

The Chicago based private equity firm Liquid Asset Brands who last year aquired a majority stake in New Zealand rum company Stolen Spirits is in the process of establishing a new craft distillery, Blind Pig Distilling.  The distillery  will be located in one of the city's planned manufacturing districts, areas that have proven useful to breweries and distilleries in part because they prohibit residential use. The city is assessing the future use of its 26 industrial corridors, which encompass 15 planned manufacturing districts. The Stolen Rum Story      

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As an illustration of the wide range of tapes available from the CHR tape range, SWF Distribution are highlighting the Strip-N-Stick rubber silicone tape. This product is easy to apply is a pressure sensitive adhesive with will outperform other elastomer tapes. Whether it be for gasketing cushioning, thermal insulation and vibration dampening applications this tape offers many long term solutions. It can even provide electrolysis reduction between dissimilar metals. SWF Distribution see this product as another example of the breadth and depth of what is on offer from the CHR Tape product range . Being a company that prides itself…

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Heavy Haulage a division of Machinery Movers ltd, succesfully swapped out a small CD 160 drier for a larger TST 70 drier which will enable an increase in production for Taranaki By Products. Ken Evans of TEKAM NZ Ltd said it was impressive work by the heavy haulage team using very sophisticated lifting and transporting gear along with   Hawera based Croucher and Crowder who carried out the dis-assembly of the CD 160 long with the rebuild and commissioning of the TST 70.  A great job in a short time frame. The CD 160 is now scheduled to be installed in…