ManufacturingNZ

Connecting Manufacturing and Business

ManufacturingNZ Election Manifesto 2020

New Zealand manufacturing contributed to 10% of real GDP in 2019 ($23 billion) and is a large employer at over 242,000 people. NZ manufacturers contribute as much to the economy percentage wise as manufacturing in the USA and nearly double that of Australian manufacturing.

COVID-19

Read the latest information for Business about COVID-19 at BusinessNZ

PMI

Performance of Manufacturing Index

BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) is a monthly survey of the manufacturing sector providing an early indicator of activity levels.

Newsletters

Newsletters from ManufacturingNZ

Reports

Find various reports regarding New Zealand Manufacturing

Regional Organisations

Join Your Regional Organisation

ManufacturingNZ is a division of BusinessNZ. Through our nationwide network we can provide the knowledge, information, contacts, training, support, and services to help you grow your manufacturing business.

Contract Manufacturing

Contract Manufacturing Directory

The aim of this directory is to allow businesses to find contract manufacturers who may be able to assist them with a particular project.

University R&D

University R&D

Find out how researchers at New Zealand’s universities are able to help with prototype development, renting specialist equipment and commercialising projects.

News & Info

Manufacturing News – March 2023

Manufacturing News – February 2023

I hope you all had a fantastic start to 2023. We are in for a big year, and with an election nearing, we will be taking the opportunity to engage with you all in person to hear your views and develop our election manifesto, so keep an eye out for more details.

Manufacturing News – March 2023

Message from the Director, Advocacy

New Zealand Manufacturers have shown great resilience over the last three years, working through some very difficult challenges because of the pandemic. Despite a difficult operating environment, we see the wonderful, innovative and customer tailored solutions that...

Manufacturing News – March 2023

Manufacturing News – September 2022

The latest PMI shows that New Zealand's manufacturing sector has had a return to expansion, while this is a positive step forward, the numbers behind the figure show a sector that is still struggling to gain traction.

Resources & Tools

Struggle street | August 2023

Struggle street | August 2023

New Zealand’s manufacturing sector continued to lose momentum in August, according to the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI).

Struggle street | August 2023

Slipping away | July 2023

New Zealand’s manufacturing sector slipped further into contraction during July, according to the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI).

Struggle street | August 2023

Tough Times | June 2023

New Zealand’s manufacturing sector showed further contraction in June, according to the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI).

Struggle street | August 2023

Under the weather | May 2023

New Zealand’s manufacturing sector continued its contraction in May, according to the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI).

Harward & Son Ltd

Harward & Son Ltd

Company Manufacturing Capability: Welding, fabrication & precision machining of steel, aluminium and stainless. - Bespoke design. - Contract manufacturing. - Production welding. - Heavy & light manufacturing. - Sheetmetal. - Plate & Profile cutting. -...

Struggle street | August 2023

Little momentum | April 2023

New Zealand’s manufacturing sector experienced another decline in activity during April, according to the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI).