Reflecting on 2018 – a year that covered a lot of territory!
2018 has been a big year for HERA. Firstly, we had a change of leadership from Wolfgang Scholz to myself – HERA’s first ever female CEO! We also had the…
Benchmarking New Zealand’s performance in innovation and R&D
New Zealand’s R&D and innovation performance – can we do better? The answer is yes! NZ’s expenditure on R&D is benchmarking alarmingly low. This is the key takeaway from MBIE’s…
What are HERA’s values?
That’s a good question and one we have been asking ourselves. So much so, that we’ve been working with our team to define them. Initially, by getting our lead team…
Notice –B1/VM1 Amendment 17 and B2/AS1 Amendment 10 published
Back in August we called for comments from our members on MBIE’s proposed changes to B1/VM1 and B2/AS1. Three months later – we’re pleased to report these amendments have now…
Exploring the latest materials trends for NZ’s metals industry
Nov282018 We were lucky enough to spend time at Victoria University to unpick some of the common misconceptions industry may have about working with academia. This is very important so that in…
Flashback project: pipe racks for Kupe Gas Field – Grayson Engineering
Pipe racks for Kupe Gas Field Client: Robert Stone Duration: October 2007 – August 2008 Location: Taranaki, New Zealand Project value: NZD $6 million Grayson Engineering successfully fabricated one…
Emerging innovation cluster opportunities in automation and defence
This month our CEO Troy Coyle and General Manager Welding Centre Michail Karpenko spearheaded a visit with five of our member companies to the University of Wollongong’s (UOW) Facility for…
Our library has gone digital!
Part of HERA’s role is to facilitate connection, collaboration and knowledge sharing for our NZ metals industry. And while we do this with vigour, we have to admit that access…
Cost effective fire solution presentation arms industry with valuable knowledge
At the beginning of the month, HERA was honoured to sponsor a presentation on cost effective fire solutions for steel structures in collaboration with the Auckland Structural Group. We’ve found…
Call for interest – tell us your problems you’d like us to solve with R&D!
It’s that time of year when we’re sending out our feelers for potential R&D project proposals from our membership. For us, it’s crucial that our chosen R&D focuses are industry…
HERA sponsors University of Auckland Final Year Mechanical Engineering Project Awards
HERA is proud to continue our support in fostering student education. Once again stepping up to support this year’s University of Auckland Final Year Projects for Mechanical Engineering. We’re able…
Call for attendance – free seminar for designers on cost effective fire solutions for steel structures
Fire design techniques for steel structures have progressed rapidly in recent years. Epitomised in the new Australasian multi-storey composite building design standard AS/NZS 2327:2017, where latest advances in fire design…