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By Charles Willmot
director – engineering, Ipenz. One of the first things I get asked when introducing myself is, "What does the director-engineering do at IPENZ?"
As this is a new column for Engineering News, it seems appropriate that I should address that question first. Read More »
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A picture is worth a thousand words
As we try and make sense of what happened to our industry in the past year, it is worth remembering that the decline actually started to be felt in mid 2007 when in the face of massive housing inflation, loans were becoming less affordable and riskier loans were being made. The resulting financial turmoil of 2008 created a loan drought as banks became risk averse and money to loan was harder to acquire. But what did this mean for global crude steel production? Read More »
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Status quo equals
no export investment
A high dollar, continuing weak demand, and an unbalanced tax system are squeezing profit margins for those involved in the tradeable economy: investment has dried up. The decision by the Government to largely ignore the findings of the Tax Working Group and a continuing unwillingness to deal with a highly volatile exchange rate are accentuating problems caused by weak international markets.Read More »
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Solving problems and new solutions
Zecante is a research and development company set up to market inventions based around improvements to existing products. The talent behind these inventions is company director, John Vazey, an engineer with an extensive background in the oil and wine industries. Read More »
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From old world to high tech
New Zealand-based A & G Price Ltd built its first steam locomotive way back in the 1870s – a small engine for local gold miners. It was so well made that the government of the day ordered ten bigger locomotives for the national railway, thus ending a dependence on imported steam locomotives.
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