Selecting and implementing a CMMS for improved maintenance performance

A QUESTION for you. Could a business be financially successful if its financial accounts were managed out of a notebook or based on the information in someone’s head? Just imagine the difficulties in trying to complete the end of year tax returns and financial statements.

Protective coating has many applications

RUST-OLEUM Industrial Coatings, based in the US, manufactures anti-corrosion coatings specially formulated to speed up maintenance painting when time is against the applicator – due to factors such as factory closure time, weather, restrictions put in place regarding hazardous materials as well as other constraints.

RX chemical tanks tick all compliance boxes

THINK water reticulation products, water storage tanks and effluent disposal systems, and you’ll probably also think of RX Plastics.

The 36 year old company was privately owned by Hank and Kate Murney and Gavin Douglas up until 2008 and has a history of product and market innovation which has been a major factor in its rapid growth – growing from 30 staff and just one factory to 180-plus staff and three factories in a ten year period.

Birth of a maintenance department

The Huhtamaki New Lynn team believes in taking good care of the goose that lays the golden eggs. This shared objective drives the relationship between the production and maintenance departments. Jenny Baker reports.

Taking it to the world

ECLIPSE Valves has released its latest range of non return valves (also known as check valves or one way valves).

Kordia launches new business-critical, digital two-way radio network

NEW Zealand mobile workforce managers can now access the very latest in team communications with the launch of the new ‘KorKor’ digital two-way radio network – a system that is rapidly replacing the old analogue radio telephones (RTs) overseas.