CR Automation raises the bar in post-harvest performance

Founded in 2002 as an automation contracting company CR Automation has a track record of supporting local and international businesses in post-harvest produce handling, water & waste water, food & beverage, and manufacturing. CR Automation director Peter Richards says in 2016 CR expanded into Turnkey Solutions with the establishment of a team comprising of mechanical […]

App technology sets to clean up the competition

The increased spotlight on hygiene and cleaning standards has led to a Hawke’s Bay based commercial cleaning business launching a world-first cleaning app. Following two years of development and trials, The Clean Crew has launched an app guides its cleaning team through a job, with photography and video evidence verified by supervisors and available for […]

Apple AI: The new tool helping Hawke’s Bay orchardists

From appraising the quality of freshly picked apples by hand to capturing a snapshot of the crop in second, a new AI tool is changing the horticulture industry. The new tool comes from Hectre, a New Zealand startup delivering orchard technologies to the fruit industry. Research and development manager Luke Butters explained their new tool, […]

App technology sets new benchmark for commercial cleaning standards

The increased spotlight on hygiene and cleaning standards has led to a Hawke’s Bay based commercial cleaning business launching a world-first cleaning app. Following two years of development and trials, The Clean Crew has launched an app guides its cleaning team through a job, with photography and video evidence verified by supervisors and available for […]

Industry hungry for tech-savvy EIT graduates

EIT’s Schools of Business & Computing are ready to kick off a new term, now accepting enrolments for the Master of Digital Business, the Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Business as well as the Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Business. These programmes are delivered at both Hawke’s Bay and Auckland campuses and have been a major draw […]

Meke Meter and Dominys set to dominate wellbeing market

Levi and Dana Armstrong have a strong desire to improve the mental, social and physical wellbeing of communities. For over five years, the Armstrongs have worked with a team of researchers at EIT to develop the Meke Meter, www.mekemeter.org. The Meke Meter is an indigenous quality of life self-assessment tool. By asking people to think […]

Rocket Lab Offers New Zealand’s First Aerospace Apprenticeship

The programme enables apprentices to receive a formal Aeronautical Engineering trade qualification for building Electron rockets and testing space hardware. Rocket Lab, the global leader in small satellite launch, has today announced it will offer an Aerospace Apprenticeship programme through which technicians can achieve a trade qualification in Aeronautical Engineering for the first time in […]