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·      Make │ NZ is a tightly knit community, wholly focused on improving what we do in manu­facturing. ·      We care about manufacturing – each of us in our own factory, and across New Zealand. We improve what we do by learning from others, sharing what we know, and using our international connections - because … no one knows everything, but together, we know a whole lot more. ·      The strength of Make │ NZ is in the people who form its community. Their knowledge and insights are shared with confidence, and in-confidence, in the networks created by Make │ NZ. ·      We are a community, not a ‘membership organisation’. That’s what makes us different. We express our commitment through participation and contribution, not through paying a membership fee. ·      Our community is made up of leaders in manufacturing at all levels – from Team Leader to Managing Director. It is open to manufacturing leaders across New Zealand through its online platform; in-person events will for now be offered in Canterbury only. ·      Our online platform, launching soon, will provide a forum for learning and sharing - at a generic level, and in subgroups where manufacturing leaders with a particular interest, or those with similar operational roles, can come together. ·      We keep Make │ NZ’s community up-to-date and informed about latest developments in manufacturing in New Zealand and abroad. We encourage and welcome contributions from the Make │ NZ community, including short video clips describing smart solutions to common problems, for example. ·      We are the dedicated voice of manufacturing for Canterbury and beyond through our participation in the Manufacturing Alliance – a broad group of manufacturing industry associations.

And that's a wrap on MAKE│NZ events for 2024! Thank you to Benjamin R. from HamiltonJet for talking to us last night about what you've learned in your travels this year, it's certainly sounds like it's going to be an interesting few years to come. And thank you to YOU, our community! As an early Christmas gift you've helped us reach a 400 follower milestone. We're excited to keep growing our community and we're so thankful for your support! #makenz

Congratulations to Paul Dryden from Kovacs Design Furniture Ltd for being 2024s last GuessMasters® Champion! This week we reveal the winner of the last question of the year, We look at the review of electricity market performance, and we check in on de-industrialisation in Europe, and . All this and more in 2024s final Tuesday Top-Up! https://lnkd.in/gEBSeGK8

Congratulations to Tom Thomson for being last weeks GuessMasters® Champion! Issue 20 of the Tuesday Top-Up is here! We’ve got a new question, a report back from the first Hardware Meetup NZ to take place in Christchurch, and part two of our interview with Alastair Crawford, a director of LMAC Group, looking at the outlook for labour and skills required to grow in UK manufacturing. All this and more in this weeks Tuesday Top-Up! https://lnkd.in/gpqtF59S

Congratulations to Steve Lockhart for the first to correctly guess last weeks GuessMaster® question!  This Tuesday there’s a new question, we share the details for our last Fireside Chat of 2024, we bring back the myth of the month, and we share the first half of our interview with Alastair Crawford, a director of LMAC Group, comparing SME manufacturing between New Zealand and the UK. All this and more in this weeks Tuesday Top-Up! https://lnkd.in/ghe-ctb3

Make sure to check out this awesome event, either in person or on-site in Christchurch!

This Tuesday we've got a new question for you after Roland Sommer successfully guessed last week! We also share the details for the Hardware Meetup NZ in Christchurch, we examine why humanity leans towards new bandage fixes over root-cause solutions, Dieter had the chance to attend the expansion event for the Christchurch Engine Centre, and we look at productivity in the US. All this and more in this weeks Tuesday Top-Up! https://lnkd.in/gRPscZDF

This Tuesday we've got a new question for you, we say thank you to Doug Maarschalk (AGLX) and Chris Grant (5R Solutions Limited) for presenting at last nights Fireside, we take a walk down memory lane, and we check in on freight in the Panama and Suez Canal. All this and more in this weeks Tuesday Top-Up! https://lnkd.in/ghNfc9jF

Congratulations to Jonathan Prince for being the first to get last weeks GuessMasters question first! This Tuesday we've got a new question for you, we look at the story of Metalcraft Engineering Ltd., we delve into our GDP in relation to "building more houses", we check in on global educational levels, and we answer last weeks question. All this and more in this weeks Tuesday Top-Up! https://lnkd.in/g6ncawSt

This Tuesday we're introducing our question of the week! (And no googling - that's cheating 😉 ) "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱’𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲, 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀?" Make sure to get your answer in to be at the top of next weeks leaderboard. We also shared a little about our recent event with Swell, some updates from the Manufacturing Alliance, and looked at Australia's approach to affordable clean energy for manufacturing. All this and more in this weeks Tuesday Top-Up! https://lnkd.in/gb4v8ZB8