Small BusinessSmall business: Jan Harrison - Cactus EquipmentCactus Equipment began making packs and bags for mountaineers and trampers back in 1992 in Wellington. We moved to Christchurch in the late 90’s so that the owners could be closer to the Southern Alps.12 Mar 12:30 AM
Small BusinessSmall business: Helen and Dave Morgan - ScooterackHelen and Dave Morgan, based in Pt Chevalier are the entrepreneurs behind the scooterack, a rack for parking scooters.11 Mar 01:00 AM
Small BusinessSmall business: John Wyma - CRONZJohn Wyma, managing director of CRONZ (Carpets and Rugs of New Zealand) based in Christchurch, make boutique carpets and rugs for high-end domestic and commercial use. All their products are one-offs, mostly commissioned by architects and designers.11 Mar 01:00 AM
ManufacturingInnovation, focus on customers keys to successManufacturing in New Zealand has its challenges but advantages too, writes Catherine Beard.10 Mar 04:30 PM
Small BusinessSmall business: John Beeson - Corporate cultureJohn Beeson, expert in leadership development and leadership coaching at Beeson Consulting, based in New York.07 Mar 01:45 AM
OpinionNoel Davies: Customer key to successful innovative developmentAs nations struggle to pull themselves out of the economic malaise created by the global financial crisis, innovation appears to be an enduring theme.20 Feb 04:30 PM
ManufacturingMajor Rakon shareholder cuts investmentOne of Rakon's largest institutional shareholders has almost halved its investment in the high-tech electronic components maker.17 Feb 11:15 PM
BDBDBanking and financeManufacturing grows at fastest pace in 8 monthsManufacturing grew at the fastest pace in eight months in January but employment in the sector is shrinking.13 Feb 10:15 PM
AgribusinessRakon shares plunge 24pc on guidance cutRakon's share price dropped by nearly 24pc to an all-time low today after the high-tech components maker cut its earnings guidance for the second time since December.12 Feb 10:20 PM
OpinionDamien Grant: Economic tide has hit manufacturingDavid Shearer and his cohort of prospective coalition partners, the Greens, Mana and NZ First, are holding a show-trial into who killed the manufacturing industry.09 Feb 04:30 PM
ManufacturingDollar drops on unemployment fall newsThe New Zealand dollar fell by more than half a US cent today after labour data showed that the employment rate fell to its lowest point in 10 years.07 Feb 12:00 AM
BDBDEmploymentUnemployment down 0.4pc (+video)New Zealand's unemployment rate fell from a 13-year high in the last three months of 2012 as people stopped looking for work and the participation rate shrank.06 Feb 09:55 PM
OpinionPeter Lyons: How we go about inflationI pity manufacturers in New Zealand. They are the collateral damage of our narrow approach to controlling inflation.05 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionBryan Gould: NZ swims against exchange rate tideThat dwindling band who continue to deny our economy is being hurt by an overvalued currency will usually - in the face of the indisputable evidence - take refuge as a last resort.05 Feb 04:30 PM
BDBDManufacturingLabour costs up 0.5pc as quake rebuild quickensNew Zealand labour costs rose in the final three months of 2012 as the gathering pace of Canterbury's reconstruction effort saw the building and construction sector underpin gains.04 Feb 10:30 PM
ManufacturingProspects 'limited' after job lossesWorkers who will lose their jobs when the Summit Wool Spinners' Oamaru plant closes could struggle to find work and may have to move, the Otago Chamber of Commerce says.31 Jan 07:25 PM
OpinionEditorial: Calls to focus on exchange rate should be ignoredTimes are very tough in manufacturing. The global recession has merely contributed an additional woe to a sector whose share of economic activity has been declining for more than two decades.29 Jan 04:30 PM
ManufacturingManufacturers threaten to quit NZMore leading export companies are on the verge of moving overseas due to the high dollar, Opposition MPs were told yesterday by manufacturers.28 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionJohn Armstrong: Inquiry exposes Govt vulnerability on exchange rateA lot of exporters of manufactured products had been waiting for an opportunity to vent anguish over the high exchange rate, writes John Armstrong. The targets of the anger - John Key, the Reserve Bank, Steven Joyce and the Treasury - were absent.28 Jan 04:30 PM
Banking and financeProduction barely expandsThe manufacturing sector ended 2012 much as it had spent the whole year, just barely on the right side of the line between expansion and contraction, the BNZ-Business New Zealand performance of manufacturing index (PMI) indicates.24 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionBryan Gould: Crisis in manufacturing goes unheededAn uncompetitive economy like ours becomes more and more dependent on those fewer and fewer sectors that can compete in international terms, writes Bryan Gould.22 Jan 04:30 PM
