Food and Beverage stories
NSW’s near GBP £47 billion infrastructure pipeline is expected to lift property values and spur development around three Sydney rail projects.
Small businesses can now access safer, cleaner warehouse lifting gear as a new electric forklift range promises lower running costs and more uptime.
Hygienic cabling and sealed components can cut contamination risk, reduce shutdowns and help food makers meet strict cleaning demands.
Customers could cut forklift downtime to minutes as hydrogen fuel-cell models promise cleaner operations and quicker refuelling at Australian sites.
Retailers are holding out for the right spaces in Auckland and Wellington, keeping prime CBD strip rents unchanged despite tight vacancies.
Its impact resistance and fire-safe properties are making polycarbonate a go-to shield for machinery guards, glazing and vandal-prone sites.
Workers are more likely to keep respiratory protection on all day as the AVIVA half-mask aims to improve comfort, fit and speech.
Public voting is open as finalists for New Zealand’s innovation awards include solar-powered cow collars, quiet drones and Te Reo Maori smartphones.
Site operators could cut accidents and downtime as Enerpac takes its Goal Zero safety training directly to workplaces across Australia, New Zealand and PNG.
The 2020 opening is set to bring more than NZD $320 million in economic benefit to Canterbury over eight years and support local events.
Retail centres are shifting towards food, social spaces and experiences as shops fight to lure people away from online shopping.
Trials in Auckland could speed Hydroxsys’s push to commercialise membrane technology for dairy, mining and wastewater users by year-end.
Consumers could soon see fully renewable water bottles as Danone, Nestle Waters and Origin Materials race to commercial scale.
A shortage of prime CBD space has pushed Auckland retail rents to record highs and kept conditions tight until new supply arrives.
Tighter bank funding and rising borrowing costs could curb deals and pressure prices in New Zealand's commercial property market this year.
