April 2009  

COVER STORY RNZ Navy contract a coup for Bluewater Good things in manufacturing continue to happen in New Zealand. Bluewater Systems has won a contract to provide hardware and software to RNZ Navy at Devonport. Their previous experience with Telecom sealed the deal. read article

WEB EXCLUSIVE Survive and thrive through innovation TechNZ recently hosted a series of nine 'survive and thrive through innovation' research and development workshops throughout New Zealand to help businesses get ahead despite the recession.read article

WEB EXCLUSIVE Plugs and sockets with ribbed grips The Industrial Strength Options (ISO) range of IP 66 rated plugs and sockets are suitable for single and three phase applications. They feature extruded ribbed grips, which makes it easier to remove the plug from the socket and also assists when tightening.read article

FEATURE Racing improves the breed Races can be won or lost in pit lane, and many V8 SuperCar teams have made the savvy choice to run SP Air Race Guns.read article

COMPANY PROFILE Coastal corrosion protection – “simple” can be the best answer Established 15 years, Bay CAD Services Ltd is a limited liability company specialising in design and draughting using CAD. read article

WELDING EQUIPMENT & CONSUMABLES mepBLITz for better stainless steel weld finishing Just launched in New Zealand is the mepBLITz, an industrial mobile electro-polishing machine that is eight times faster than electrochemical weld cleaning machines and weld pickling machines. read article

NEWS- Where to with New Zealandness? How smart are we? Let’s do better what we do well.
By smart management we can indeed be the lucky country. read article

EDITORIAL Doug Green
Share the knowledge, benefit from the experience  One of the things we try to do with New Zealand Engineering News is bring to you case studies and product information to assist your company to run more smoothly, and win. read more