The Palmerston North team will primarily concentrate on innovative dairy liquid product development, as well as supporting processes and technology.
“We’re very excited to be opening Synlait Palmerston North, which is home to our new Research and Development Centre,” says John Penno, Managing Director and CEO. “We have some major opportunities in front of us. With the strong team and partnerships we’ve got in place to lead liquid innovation within our business, we won’t miss […]
“There are some very clever young engineers coming out of New Zealand universities. We’ve found that if you show them the customer needs and give them the right equipment they can achieve amazing results.”
Jamie Lunam and Dr. Alistair Scarfe. Deal highlights demand for agricultural automation technology; follows recent investment from Yamaha Motor Co. to accelerate company’s growth Robotics Plus, a New Zealand agricultural robotics and automation company, has signed an agency and distribution agreement with GlobalPac Technologies which will see the company’s revolutionary robotic apple packers go global. […]
Prospects for construction in the ASEAN region is generally bright. According to the Global Construction 2030 Report[1], the ASEAN construction market is expected to exceed US$1 trillion by 2030, with growth predominantly driven by labor intensive light manufacturing industries moving to Asia’s emerging markets. The analysts also expect the construction sector of ASEAN members — Indonesia, Myanmar, and Vietnam — to show growth rates of 6% per annum or higher, up till 2030.
Spokesperson: CHEW Beow Kwan, Product Marketing Associate Manager, Asia Pacific, FARO Technologies Please tell us what BuildIT Construction is all about? The BuildIT Construction software leverages on FARO’s cutting-edge 3D metrology capability. FARO is to first to offer this fully integrated building lifecycle Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) management tool empowering construction […]
“The less human intervention the better, that’s what customers want to see,” says MSugar Managing Director Jay Spittal. MSugar relocated to premises in East Tamaki in mid-2017, and just last month commissioned a new, state-of-the-art fully-automated liquid sugar processing plant to serve customers in the food and beverage manufacturing and beekeeping industries. “Humans make errors […]
Business and private investors need certainty around these key anchor projects. This allows them to make their own investment decisions and bring jobs and growth to the Canterbury region.
The Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the announcement in the Budget of the delivery of Labour’s election promise of a $300m acceleration fund for capital investment in Christchurch rebuild projects, says Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce CEO Leeann Watson. “This funding is a welcome boost for Christchurch, with several projects strong candidates for […]
This new approach should be more broadly targeted and we hope it will accelerate business investment in R&D across the board.
"ExportNZ and ManufacturingNZ are working with industry and officials to ensure we get the scheme to be as effective as is possible for both the large and small businesses we represent.
The 2018 Budget’s allocation of $1 billion towards R&D tax credits will be welcomed by exporting and manufacturing firms. Catherine Beard, Executive Director for ExportNZ and ManufacturingNZ, said innovation support was particularly valued by exporters and manufacturers “Setting up a tax credit scheme in addition to the support available through Callaghan Innovation will increase the […]
Workplaces make excellent classrooms, and employers make excellent teachers" Mr Williams says. "Employers carry the bulk of the costs, subsidies are vastly lower, trainees and apprentices are taxpayers with jobs, industry gets the skills it needs, and every dollar supports training, not buildings and student loans.
The Industry Training Federation is disappointed to see no new investment in on-the-job training and apprenticeships in Budget 2018. Skills shortages are rampant, employment is high, technology is changing, the workforce is aging, and there are a lot of houses to build. Employers will need support to train workers in that industry and many others. New Zealand’s Industry Training Organisations are […]
"Large investments, in the Provincial Growth Fund and the Green Investment Fund, will also support the ability of businesses to grow and innovate using new technologies.
BusinessNZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope said some of the big ticket items in the Budget would help support business growth. “An investment of $28 billion over 10 years in Auckland transport will improve infrastructure in our largest city, helping support the ability of business to grow and employ more. “Large investments, in the Provincial Growth […]
It would force collective coverage on people who weren’t union members. For example, all it would take is two people in a retail store to join a union and this would let unions claim collective coverage of the whole retail chain.
The Employment Relations Amendment Bill is an attack on the rights of non-union workers, BusinessNZ says. Speaking to the select committee considering the Bill, Chief Executive Kirk Hope said it would give undue powers to unions with far-reaching consequences. “It would force employers and employees into collective agreements against their will. This is a breach […]
Behold the Bosch Robot! Transformed from toolbox to 4.8m titan with Bosch power tools. See this NZ Design award-winning marvel at NZ Safety Blackwoods stand 2030, EMEX 2018. How many power tools do you think it took to make?
