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N E W S WORLD BEATER TO PROMOTE KIWI MADE Two time world touring car champion and New Zealand icon Paul Radisich has been appointed as the new national and international ambassador for the Buy New Zealand Made Campaign. Appropriately, Radisich’s first appearance in his new role will be at the Speedshow two day event at the ASB Showgrounds in July, where the domestic motorsport and performance parts industry is showcased every year. “I believe that in this day and age, backing New Zealand companies that manufacture and produce on home soil – whatever sector of industry that might be from – is vital,” he says. COLLABORATION FOR WITH CHINA FOR ENGINEERING DEGREE Otago Polytechnic is launching a Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Mechanical Engineering) in China, which will eventually bring up to 120 Chinese students to Dunedin each year. The initiative has been approved by the Chinese government, and the qualification will be delivered in partnership with Dalian Ocean University in China’s Lianing Province. Three years of the four-year degree will be completed in China, with Otago Polytechnic lecturers traveling there for up to six weeks at a time to deliver some of this part of the programme. The students will then travel to Dunedin to complete their final year on campus at Otago Polytechnic. KIWI ROBOTICS COMPANY TAKES ON EUROPE Kiwi company Invert Robotics, which uses robotics to revolutionise the way industrial tanks are inspected, is raising capital to expand into the European dairy market, and is in partnership discussions with a multi-billion Euro turnover company over the use of its technology. Invert Robotics invented a climbing robot using a world-first patented attachment technology. It enables faults in industrial tanks to be found remotely, increasing inspection accuracy and significantly reducing the risk of workplace accident. The robot uses advanced sensors to monitor its condition and high definition cameras to feed detailed inspection data instantly to an operator, who controls the robot standing safely outside the tank. 12 July 2016 PM opens glass plant in christchurch Prime Minister John Key has opened a new purpose-built $10 million glass processing plant in Christchurch.  Stake Glass currently employs 20 full time staff, with potential for further expansion, and will meet a strong demand for processed glass in the construction industry. The Prime Minister was taken on a tour of the plant before officially unveiling ‘a stake’ that had been designed and commissioned to send a message that the company was putting a ‘stake in the ground’ with its investment in the plant. The messages about the continuing opportunities in the Christchurch market, and not just rebuild related, resonated with guests a release says. Stake Glass chairman Jamie Tulloch says he had expected only 30 to 40 guests, but more than 160 turned up for the opening. He saw this as “an early endorsement of what Stake Glass is doing here. It’s about having faith in one’s hometown. If Christchurch is good enough to live in, it’s good enough to invest in. Stake Glass has staked its future on orders from the local construction industry.” The factory location of Christchurch was chosen because of what the company described a ‘growing demand in Christchurch and also Queenstown and the Southern Lakes region’. Size: Site 4488 m2, 600-700 m2 for next stage development Features: Strengthened floors, 5-tonne full gantry crane front to back by Southern Cross Engineering Glass produced: Annealed, argon-filled, cut, decorative, double-glazed, laminated, low-e, shaped, and toughened Source of glass: World wide including St Gobain Daily glass produced: Up to 2,000 m2 Furnace operation: 650º Celsius Stake Glass operations manager John Cole, right, speaks with Prime Minister John Key. DESIGN WITH MAX All those design engineers out there, it’s time to grab a coffee and sit back with Max. In this episode MasterBond’s Max shows us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC9YpNAKnWs the Smart Bot, and provides the heads up about the mechanical and thermal properties that were needed to bring it to life. SUBSCRIBE TO THE DIGITAL EDITION FOR FREE, LIMITED TIME ONLY. www.engineeringnews.co.nz WATCH VIDEO


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