03 Oct: 14:47 | The Government has announced their final Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit policy, following consultation with the public and businesses. The Government has listened to some of the concerns of manufacturers and made some positive improvements to the policy.

Trevor Edwards, Managing Director of Superheat Ltd has been elected as the President of The Manufacturers’ Network (formerly NZMEA) at the Association’s 139th AGM.

Action Manufacturing has received Overseas Investment Office approval to lease land near Hamilton to expand its campervan manufacturing business.

Peruvian lubricants manufacturer, Vistony, will establish its Australia and New Zealand headquarters in Geelong, Victoria, with sights set on beginning operations in early 2019.

Rivers Carbon an Auckland company has come up with a way of making the miracle carbon fibre material available to all.

An offer from Matthew Weake  a member of the CADPRO Systems manufacturing team and right now is winging his way to the most significant manufacturing show in North America – IMTS 2018 .

Hello everyone, this is Sir Richard Elving talking from Markforged operating as the Asia Pacific Care Channel Manager.

In 2015, China announced its manufacturing strategy plan: Made in China 2025. Directly inspired by the German concept of Industry 4.0, the initiative is a roadmap for China to transform itself into a manufacturing powerhouse by focusing on productivity.

The opening of a new multi-million dollar production line in Waikato will see a significant proportion of the New Zealand’s still bottled water packaged in recycled plastic bottles, according to manufacturers.

Japanese-based SMC Pneumatics knew that in order to future-proof its business it needed to get on-board with Industry 4.0 especially with the push towards automation.