It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of a veteran of the engineering safety industry, John Martin Stark. John established Engineering Safety while still in the then-Ministry of Transport around 1989 to develop and administer legislation for land-based boilers, pressure vessels, pressure piping, lifts, cranes and passenger ropeways that used to…
Dr. Lei Chen is Turbine Research Engineer in the Industry Development division at HERA, and is leading AGGAT research on Turbine design, development and simulation. Lei graduated with a bachelor of engineering degree from Dalian University of Technology in Dalian and continued to gain a PhD degree in Turbo-machinery and Engineering from one of China’s…
HERA member Denis Cunningham Ltd is a family-owned and -operated business in Canterbury, established in 1975, in Sockburn. During 2015 they celebrate their 40th birthday. Current staff of fifteen includes many family members, and jointly has over 100 years of experience in welding equipment sales, service and hire. One of the staff members has been…
When Paul Raethel re-purchased HERA member AIE outright, the first thing he did was appoint a new CEO. Kelvin Wright came on board last August 2014, and the first thing he did was start calling and visiting customers to find out what their experience of AIE was like. He says it was very instructive. What…
Our member A-Ward Attachments Ltd recently won the Westpac ‘Best of the Best in Innovation’, which recognises the New Zealand’s Overall Innovator of the year and Milmeq Ltd the Supreme Business Excellence award. A-Ward Attachments Ltd A-Ward CEO and also HERA Executive member Simon Ward says “This award is special because our business fundamentally thrives…
Apr102015 HERA is seeking nominations for the HERA Industry Awards to be presented at the Industry Awards Gala Dinner in the Rendezvous Hotel Ballroom, 3rd September, as part of the Metals Week event celebrating the metals industry organised by Metals NZ. Every HERA member has a real chance to pick up one of these prestigious awards. The HERA Awards will…
Our member BBC Technologies unveiled its “CURO-16 Filling System” at the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference in the United States. The system claims to be the fastest fresh produce filling solution on the market. The machinery has proven to consistently pack up to 240 clamshells per minute, which is significantly more than competitor products.…
HERA member Beca has won International Project of the Year at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2015 in London recently for itswork on the $237 million integrated terminal project for the Christchurch International Airport. This is the latest of awards the project has garnered, the other being the Building and Construction category at the 2014…
As reported, HERA House is in last phase of an extensive $2m refurbishment which allowed us to catch up with long deferred maintenance, provide for a more efficient use of space, and give the metals industry a meeting place with a more contemporary and future-focused industry look. HERA has just received confirmation that the Minister…
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Dr Nigel Priestley, who was most well-known for his leadership of the investigation of the Canterbury Television (CTV) building collapse. Priestley gave evidence to the Canterbury earthquakes Royal Commission and chaired a panel that examined the collapse of the CTV and Pyne Gould…
This month we describe some of the economic aspects of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in metals and make the case for competitive solutions compared with more traditional methods. It is often mentioned that AM or 3D printing technologies are only suitable for prototyping parts that will eventually be manufactured by more traditional means. This is not…
Except for a few little details, the new improved HERA House is done! Our thanks go out to our members and industry partners for their contributions to the project. Nov172014