Meet Jürgen Inkoferer – our Welding Centre intern
We can hardly believe it, but Jürgen’s time with us at HERA is fast coming to an end! So we thought before he heads back to Germany we’d let you get…
Notice – Welding consumable levy increase due to come into effect 1 February 2019
We’re pleased to announce that the Heavy Engineering Research Levy Notice 2018 has now been published and listed on the legislation.govt.nz website. This means a levy increase from 5c to…
Update – Establishing new brittle fracture provisions for the Australasian steel structure standards
In order to ensure in-service safety of steel structures, design engineers need to select steel grades that will remain ductile under the imposed conditions that include in-service loadings, fabrication induced…
HERA’s qualification, training and certification services successfully achieve the highest standards in a recent IIW audit
In December last year, our qualification, training and certification services underwent an external audit by expert assessors from the International Institute of Welding (IIW). Attended by IIW’s Mr Henk Bodt…
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…
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…
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…
Assessing the NZ metals industry against the living standards framework
Oct32018 We’re proud to report that our NZ metals industry is an early adopter of the living standards framework in terms of assessing where we sit across the four capitals…
HERA offering welding productivity and automation assessments
Last month, our Welding Centre staff assessed welding productivity and automation capability for seven of our members. This was a feasibility study to test our Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and…
Page Macrae Engineering’s Peter Swan talks innovation!
Aug282018 We’ve been on a quest to help our members become more Innovation READY. Developing a bespoke course focused on arming them with the tools and understanding to implement innovation…
Know how disruption will challenge your business
Jul252018 We’re excited to share insights from Callaghan Innovation Future Insights Manager – Advanced Materials Kirsten Edgar. She lives and breathes innovation and disruption in her day to day work,…
Farewell to Peter Hayward: a HERA luminary
After a long history with HERA as our longest serving employee – we’d like to announce that our Welding and Inspection Engineer Peter Hayward is retiring at the end of…