November 2008
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COVER STORY Productivity, Productivity, Productivity Our Treasury’s view is that our country’s long-term trend of productivity under-performance is the biggest economic challenge for governments of any political persuasion in New Zealand. read article

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY WaikatoLink opens commercialisation pathway into China The commercialisation and technology transfer company of the University of Waikato, has entered into a partnership with China’s Tsinghua University. read article

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY Do you measure up? The answer to that question is: very likely! Successful manufacturing operations are profitable – and accountants measure profit regularly. Yet many good enterprises are flying blind read article

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY Autodesk drives a 2008 Bathurst 1000 winpositioning systems The Triple Eight Race Engineering, the team behind the Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup winning car at the Bathurst race yesterday, used Autodesk Inventor software read article

PROCESS ENGINEERING - Sumitomo double shot machine for packaging applications read article

PROCESS ENGINEERING - MH15V series photoelectric switches read article

THE ENERGY REPORT- Solar paint turns steel panels into power panels Scientists are looking of ways of painting solar cells on to flexible steel surfaces commonly used for cladding buildings. read article

THE ENERGY REPORT- Science Parks: Global hub for energy technology Any company that has money to invest in the energy industry should look to one part of the United Kingdom that promises to become “a global hub for energy technology development”. read article

BEARINGS & LUBRICANTS Orkot bearings fitted to rudders of world’s largest LNG ship Orkot Marine TXMM and TLMM rudder bearings have been fitted to the world’s largest LNG carrier, the Mozah. read article

BEARINGS & LUBRICANTS - Hi impact bearings lower maintenance costs The Can-Am 2500 Series bearing was originally developed to meet the harsh demands of log handling areas on log decks. read article

LAUNCHPAD - Mill faster The new Helido 600 Feedmill combination of inserts with 6 cutting edges combines strength and special geometry to enable you to mill at a very high feed rate; read article

CASTINGS & METALLURGY - Foundry defying the gloom Thames-based foundry A & G Price Ltd is one New Zealand heavy engineering company that is defying the doom and gloom of the current economic downturn read article

CORROSION CONTROL & INDUSTRIAL COATINGS Altra~Max – a unique product For the past 54 years Altex Coatings has been manufacturing industrial and marine coatings tailored to the New Zealand maritime climate and specific industrial environments such as read article

CORROSION CONTROL & INDUSTRIAL COATINGS Protecting Emsworth Locks and Dam on the Ohio River Metallisation’s Arc170 equipment has been used
in a challenging project to protect the Emsworth Locks
and Dam on the Ohio River from corrosion. read article

EDITORIAL Doug Green
'We need to riase the bar'  
We have a minister for racing. Why don’t we have a minister for manufacturing? The single biggest challenge facing New Zealand is to increase productivity. read more

NEWS Acquisition of harbour works retains heavy engineering capacity in Westport  Kathleen Reynolds Rea co-proprietor of Rea Engineering of Westport with husband Jim Rea, stepped in “at the 13th hour” to save the port’s marine engineering plan read article

THE LAST WORD The importance of patent protection  "One of the reasons I believe that it is important to have this patent protection is that buyers or potential buyers in foreign countries realise that what you are doing is unique" read article