June 2009  

COVER STORY Rekindling the Ardmore spirit The Class of ’58 travelled from as far away as the United States and Malaysia to participate in their University of Auckland engineering reunion and relived the days when the faculty was based at Armore. read article

MEDIA RELEASE Announcing: The best new and used machinery site in NZ!  Just released, a new development that is the start of a completely new era in marketing your machinery to your potential clients - buyers of machinery and services. read article

EVENT SouthMACH 09 still manufacturing success The doors opened to a selection of some of the latest machinery and technology from around the world, when SouthMACH 2009; one of the largest specialised trade shows, was held in Christchurch last week. read article

THE LAST WORD Continue to improve, don’t stick to the knitting The current environment is challenging but there are a number of lessons I’ve learned from Kärcher that are applicable to manufacturers in New Zealand.read article

EDITORIAL Doug Green 'Commitment can be a nasty word':  It doesn’t matter how you look at it, manufacturing in this country is in need of a huge boost – or should that be stimulus package? read more