[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” content_placement=”middle” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1558913062224{margin-top: 100px !important;padding-right: 80px !important;padding-left: 80px !important;}”][vc_column css_animation=”none”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558912894686{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}” el_class=”font-24 blue-highlight font-uppercase”]Engineering & Manufacturing[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558912879870{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”]
South Waikato Precision Engineering
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1558048027878{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 100px !important;}” el_id=”contentsection”][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1558048131408{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913124145{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”font-30″]South Waikato Precision Engineering (SWPE) is a classic example of one of those businesses that has stayed local and grown big.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913132573{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]In 1997, Jeff Mossong and Frank Aerts set up a breakdown and repair shop in Tokoroa. Back then the business employed the grand total of four people – and that included the two directors.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913175418{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Being close to clients helps. SWPE does a lot of work for the forestry sector, for example, coming up with clever ideas for products and then manufacturing them in their workshop.
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913186185{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]But being strategically placed to service a broad range of clients is just part of the story behind SWPE’s continued expansion. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913197089{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]There’s the ready access to a skilled workforce – industry has long been part of the region’s DNA. And then there’s what Jeff and Frank call “innovation through collaboration”.
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Skills hub aids expansion
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913266033{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]The South Waikato is home to a number of engineering firms who are always sharing ideas – so much so that the region is starting to get a name as a centre for innovation.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913281410{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]SWPE is heavily involved in a unique skills pipeline called South Waikato Trade Training.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913288971{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]This collaboration between the South Waikato Engineering Cluster, the South Waikato District Council, Toi-Ohomai (one of the largest tertiary education providers in the country) and other key stakeholders was created to help ensure local industries continue to have a strong skill base to draw from.
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913298613{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]The model encompases the engineering, automotive and logistics sectors and plans are afoot to roll it across other sectors.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913306073{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Frank Aerts is proud of the way that SWPE has evolved over the years and sees exciting times ahead. He laughs at any thoughts about moving.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913314260{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]“Why would I go anywhere else?” he says. “The infrastructure, the resources, the lifestyle. It’s all here!”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”788″ img_size=”full” image_hovers=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1561613589116{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1579474297848{margin-top: 100px !important;margin-bottom: 100px !important;}” el_id=”contactus”][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” el_id=”contactus” css=”.vc_custom_1552109065026{margin-top: 100px !important;margin-bottom: 100px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1552464792885{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”]
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