• Robotics in a connected world
    The world has become increasingly connected. Almost 60 percent of the entire world’s population and more than 90 percent of the developed world is now online. It is hard to imagine life without the...
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  • World’s smallest wireless Class 1 energy sensor
    Schneider Electric has grown its PowerLogic PowerTag Energy range, which now includes what the manufacturer states is the world’s smallest wireless Class 1 energy sensor.
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  • Tech start-up renamed
    New Zealand’s largest and fastest-growing hub for deep tech start-ups has a new name, with LevelTwo becoming Outset Ventures. CEO Imche Fourie says the new name reflects the evolution of Outset...
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  • From the Editor May 2021
    Lonnie Johnson has a degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s in nuclear engineering. He did thermal analysis of plutonium fuel spheres at the Savannah River National Laboratory and developed...
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  • Recycled plastic mudguards avoid landfill
    A collaboration between some of the country’s leading manufacturing and transport companies will mean hundreds of plastic truck mudguards will not be going to landfill this year – and instead will be...
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News
Kaeser Compressors becomes a Capricorn Preferred Supplier
Wednesday, 09 June 2021

Kaeser Compressors NZ is excited to announce that it recently became a Capricorn Preferred Supplier. Established almost 50 years ago, Capricorn is Australasia’s largest automotive cooperative.
 

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Automation and Control
Collaborative Robots Optimise Ford’s Assembly Line
Wednesday, 09 June 2021

Naturally, constant productivity, improved quality and zero room for error is the name-of-the-game for this industry giant and as such, the company’s major production site in Craiova, Romania looked to enhance its processes.

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News
Manufacturing scores highest in Work Wellbeing Index
Wednesday, 09 June 2021

Kennelly is fronting a new Work Wellbeing Index, the first of its kind for New Zealand

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Automation and Control
Formula 1 feeling for the VacuMaster Comfort from Treotham
Wednesday, 09 June 2021

With the new control unit for its tried-and-tested vacuum lifting device VacuMaster Comfort, J. Schmalz GmbH shows that good, well thought-out design is not just for looks

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News
Metal merchants merge to maximise sustainability
Wednesday, 09 June 2021

One of New Zealand’s fastest growing metal recyclers, Phoenix Metal Recyclers...

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Robotics
Could your robot be spying on you?
Wednesday, 26 May 2021

Researchers led by the National University of Singapore recently demonstrated that household robot vacuum cleaners could be hacked to act as listening devices that spy on their unsuspecting owners.

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Health & Safety
Rising demand puts particular pressure on hazardous area operations
Wednesday, 09 June 2021

As industry prepares for recovery from supply chain disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, companies face the prospect of rapidly expanding demand on lifting equipment vital to their business. 

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General
Negotiation in the Digital Age: Getting the (Virtual) Upper Hand
Friday, 21 May 2021

Mastering the art of negotiation is a daunting prospect - even at the best of times.

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Product Watch
Future-proof plug-and-play solution for lower power ranges
Wednesday, 12 May 2021

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS is further expanding its modular product range of decentralised drive electronics.

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Food & Beverage
SMC to Showcase at Foodtech Packtech 2021
Friday, 19 February 2021
Following a year of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand’s leading trade exhibition will once again resume from 13 to 15 April 2021.
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Food & Beverage
Keeping the coffee coming
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
From a long black to a flat white and everything in between, whatever your coffee preference may be, the majority of us will enjoy a coffee or two every day. Suntory Coffee has been roasting,...
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Food & Beverage
Keeping the coffee coming
Thursday, 03 December 2020
Suntory Coffee recently completed the build of New Zealand’s largest fresh coffee roasting operation and selected a Kaeser Aircenter all-in-one compressed air station...
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Product Watch
element14 now stocking new Rohde & Schwarz NGA100 power supply series
Friday, 21 May 2021
Easy-to-use general purpose power supply units ideal for various bench applications requiring stand alone or system use.
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Product Watch
Formula 1 feeling for the VacuMaster Comfort
Friday, 21 May 2021
Schmalz has thoroughly revised the proven vacuum lifting device VacuMaster Comfort for loads up to max.
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Product Watch
Future-proof plug-and-play solution for lower power ranges
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS is further expanding its modular product range of decentralised drive electronics.
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