Company Profile: Mach 3 Engineering, Christchurch
Health & Safety (H&S) has seen renewed focus in recent years and manufacturers have been adapting to new policy, advancing the safety of their businesses. Mach 3 Engineering, based out of Christchurch, have worked to put H&S towards the heart of their business, improving their own processes to get achieve better safety outcomes for their staff and using their expertise to offer engineering solutions that can help other manufacturers improve their safety. Mach 3 is a locally owned business that started in 2007, which manufacturers custom made goods and offers fabrication and engineering services, employing around 20 staff. The team is led by directors Anna and Jeremy Chapman. Anna has been a leading force to better understand how to improve H&S outcomes in their business, seeking out further education in the field. Their work in H&S has even earned them the ACC Workplace Safety Award at the Champion Canterbury Business Awards in 2016. “We have a diverse range of skills in the business, and we have had to diversify as the economy has changed – for a while, we focused largely on dairy modifications as that sector was going through high growth. The reason we are here is because we diversified our business.” Said Anna. Mach 3 saw these H&S changes coming, highlighted by the Christchurch Earthquakes, and moved their business more in that direction, looking to extend their own knowledge in H&S, while using this to offer solutions to help other businesses. “The more we learn about H&S and apply it to our business, the more we see it has so much value. You feel better and see positive outcomes knowing you’re doing the best you can, and have looked into it.” “It’s about changing culture, and it has to start at the top. But it can’t be a […]