Unscheduled stops, downtime and a loss of productivity are constant challenges for many factories and plants. Here’s how EQM rectified a common cause and not only restored, but increased productivity for one business. Challenge: Unplanned downtime and output decline was a daily occurrence for a Hastings-based honey processor. The motor that ran the business’ honey-filtering…
To maintain productivity, factories in any industry need spares of critical components. This is even more important for those involved in harvest-critical production. The experts at EQM Industrial have been pushing this message for decades now, having seen too many examples of enforced down time and lost productivity due to delays in accessing replacement parts.…
In 2020, Lunch By Libelle was welcomed as a preferred supplier for the Government’s new Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches programme. Phil Llewellyn from PDC was appointed to project manage the addition of a new automated facility at their Hamilton site to meet demand. The new packing room needed to produce tens…
Resene is a household name and an industry leader in paint and coating products. The company continually grows its product range and production capacity to keep pace with our desire to keep our surroundings looking fresh and new. Michael McInnarney, Resene’s Manufacturing Manager, oversees the production of more than 12 million litres of paint a…
NZ health and safety requirements Solving Pallet Strapping Challenges……Reisopack – our solution to this challenge. Having limited space in his new avocado packhouse, Nathan Henderson from Southern Paprika Limited was not wanting to strap 40-plus pallets a day by hand!! The client: Southern Paprika Limited (SPL) was formed in 1998 with the construction of a…
Scaling Up Production by Eliminating Congestion The global popularity of manuka honey forced a honey producer to continually expand and alter its production line to keep up with spiraling demand. The business Manukora Honey, is based in Te Aroha and was founded by blind beekeeper Bryce Hooton. This, along with his sustainable honey-harvesting practices, made him…
Future Proofed Conveyor Systems One of New Zealand’s largest fresh fruit and vegetable producers came to EQM for design advice. The company needed to bridge the gaps in its planned production lines without compromising hygiene. We worked with them and their key equipment suppliers to design a Hygienic Conveyor System layout. All components came from…
Increase Efficiency with Packhouse Automation Whether you want to go all out or just change a few sections of equipment, automation is playing a bigger role in packhouse operations than ever before. Automated packhouse equipment is now being designed with the “lights out” notion in mind, requiring only production planners to create and schedule production,…
Known for their fruit preserves, jams, pickles, and even wine, Barkers New Zealand was established in 1969. The small family hobby has come a long way in the last five decades, becoming one of New Zealand’s well-known brands. So, when they approached our team with a new inquiry in February 2021, we were excited to…
A brand new packhouse for a brand-new year, well almost! The Kea Fruit LP apple packhouse opened on 11th February 2022 to much fanfare. While the growers involved in the project are by no means new to the industry, this packhouse location is a brand-new fit-out that came with its very own set of challenges.…
Did you know that the Hastings Health Centre is a cornerstone accredited which endorses quality care across their medical and health services? This health centre provides an array of services from general practitioners and a fracture clinic to physiotherapy and therefore has a very busy pharmacy. Being only 3-years-old and purpose-built, the staff and management…
When you think of hygienic parts, you probably think about stainless steel bearings and housing units or antimicrobial belts. And what about industries? Meat and seafood, right? Well, of course, they’re the most obvious, but what about bread or more specifically breadcrumbs? Honestly, it is quite easy to make a mess with breadcrumbs. Whether it’s…
It’s a peach, but like no other. This popular fruit now has a strong and loyal following.
A task that was heavily labour intensive has once again been assessed and re-evaluated by EQM Industrial. Pre-erected boxes were required as part of the packaging process, however…
The physical product purchased was a standard N-Track conveyor. However, for a specific blueberry grower and packer, this conveyor did so much more.
A New Zealand coffee bean company is going full steam ahead thanks to EQM installing two conveyors that have blended in perfectly with the full packaging process.
The idea of branded fruit is a hot topic in the horticulture industry, with both of New Zealand’s leading supermarket chains saying the future for fruit marketing was branded produce.
Plucking machines have a lot of motors close to where the plucking occurs, and as you could imagine that means feathers fly everywhere!
New Zealand fruit and produce companies now have a pallet strapping solution that increases productivity, reduces risk of injury and improves the shelf-life of their quality products.
Faced with a tricky situation of making a process work for a ‘one fits all’ range of products has reaped dividends for a plastics manufacturer.
A landscape supply business is working at optimum performance and accurately grading its bark thanks to EQM.
At 5am on a cold winter morning, the last thing a dairy farmer wants is a gate gearbox breakdown.
To ensure strawberries, raspberries and boysenberries get to their fans throughout the country in tip top condition; a berry producer has created a new packing system.
EQM has come up with a solution for many apple packers who have aging carton glue machines, some having being used in packing facilities throughout New Zealand for 30 years.
There is over 400 hectares of blueberries grown around New Zealand, predominantly in Waikato and Hawke’s Bay. As popularity continues to increase for these delicate berries, so do the demands on growers.
One of Hawke’s Bay’s largest packhouse operations has installed a conveyor that has paid back its investment in super quick time.
It’s quite easy to make a mess with breadcrumbs but that’s no longer a problem for one of New Zealand’s leading bread companies thanks to our ultra-smart N-Track conveyor system.
It’s not a leaking rotary table but a rotary table that is used in the processing and packing of leeks.
Ready to eat or snack products are a growth market and EQM has been involved in an exciting new food product that is set to hit supermarket shelves.
The packing line used for a wide range of fruit has increased productivity substantially but more importantly eliminated the risk of under-weight product being sent to market.
When it comes to the large scale production and creation of mixed salads such as lettuce, carrots and many other vegetables, it’s not a case of throwing everything together in a large bowl.
Clean and ready to eat is the verdict of the upgraded brushes used to clean fruit and vegetables for an produce grower.
Crate fillers improve accuracy of box and crate weights which in turn has lifted pack out performance saving money.
Rotary Tables are being used for a diverse range of uses.
A Packhouse manager who installed Dix High Speed Automatic Fruit Labellers couldn’t be happier with their performance.
So you think you’ve got an idea of how to improve your production processes but you’re unsure whether the equipment will fit or that the footprint is right.
Operating a milk powder bag filling system in a tight confined space is now a lot easier.
Nothing is sweeter than coming up with the right solution to a sticky problem …
EQM has designed a new conveyor for the moving of beverages and bottles.
EQM has the know-how to put together and design the best solution.
What started out as designing one conveyor line solution for a food producer, led to much more.
The New Zealand pipfruit sector is riding a wave of success.
One of New Zealand’s largest fruit packing operations has had a triple whammy of benefits from using Challenge Triple Seal Bearings.
EQM offers the TECO range of Speed Controllers, which help regulate exact performance of machines and other functions.
Getting a consistent spread is vital for New Zealand’s leading manufacturer of aerial spreader buckets.
Like great cheese – that only gets better with age, the same is hoped for the new stainless steel gear drives installed at a dairy plant.
A fruit marketing company at the forefront of innovation turned to EQM when it was looking for the right equipment to drive their leading edge packing system.
