Welcome to the February issue of the PowderHandling newsletter. January 2007 has been and gone and for my family and I, it was a time for reflection. It marked the 20th anniversary of our departure from the UK and arrival in New Zealand. Apart from then moving on in 1997 and settling in Australia, a lot has happened in those 20 years!

Having proudly spent the last 20 years in this industry in the Australasian region, this anniversary also got me thinking about what changes the industry has seen in that time. When you look at where the world was technologically 20 years ago, we have come a long way. The fax machine was the latest "must have" communications tool. How often do we send a fax today? Today, we can't live without our mobile phones, PDA's, Note Book Computers and if we can't communicate with someone by email, we are at a loss! All of these were in their infancy 20 years ago.

But back to our industry, what major technological changes have we seen? Obviously, we've ridden on the back of the electronic era and seen incredible improvements in how we control the equipment and systems we use. This itself has given massive improvements in safety, productivity, product integrity, hygiene and so on.

We have also seen dramatic improvements in manufacturing techniques, which have improved the quality of the equipment we use. We can now produce machined parts with much improved tolerances for example, or offer fabricated stainless steel equipment with a much higher standard of finish, more economically than we could previously.

However, despite these technological advancements that have offered fantastic improvements for the industry, the nuts and bolts hardware has changed very little for many, many years. There is no doubt that equipment has been "improved" or "redesigned" to better suit the needs of today’s modern industry. But what was the last absolutely uniquely new piece of equipment that was introduced to the Powder and Bulk Materials Handling Industry?

That is my question to you. Please email me with your thoughts, comments or suggestions and we'll post these on the web site and in next month’s newsletter.

I hope you enjoy this month’s newsletter. If you have any comments or suggestions on how we could improve this industry resource, please email me and let me know.

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Supplier Search Results – This lists all suppliers whose name contains the search phrase used. Clicking on the suppliers name will then take you to their listing on PowderHandling.com.au.

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Februarys Featured Company is supplier of innovative bulk handling solutions, Kinder & Co Pty Ltd. Kinder & Co is a privately owned Australian company, highly respected by its customers and business partners alike, who has been offering industry solutions to the local and global bulk materials handling market since 1985.

Central to the ongoing success that the company experiences, is the continuous introduction of new and innovative products and ideas to the market.

In a rapidly changing world, companies that don’t keep up with the changes in technology, quickly fall by the wayside. Throughout its history, Kinder & Co has strived to bring the latest innovations to the marketplace and, as recently experienced at the inaugural “Bulk Handling Awards” in Melbourne, the company has been recognised for the contribution that they make to innovation in the industry.

Click here to read the full article.

Kinder & Co are offering an exciting opportunity for a New Zealand based company, preferably already operating in the bulk materials industry, to act as a sole agent for the New Zealand territory.

We are please to announce that our first New Zealand Powder Handling & Processing Seminar will be held in Auckland on the 24th May 2007. (Location to be confirmed)

This is a one-day seminar. The cost for attending is NZ$299.00 (plus GST) per delegate, which will include morning and afternoon tea, lunch and full seminar notes.

Places will be strictly limited. So to avoid disappointment, register your interest now to get booking priority once all details are finalised and released. Delegates who pre-registered their interest, also receive a 10% discount off the attendance cost.

Registering your interest is NOT a commitment to attend; it is your guarantee of getting priority notification and first refusal of available places. Register your interest now!

Click this email link to register your interest for the NZ seminar

* This seminar will include two of these four options. Details are still being finalised.

Planning is also underway for an event in Perth, WA on the 25th July 2007. Further details of this event, including agenda and costs, will be released on the web site soon.

Places will again be limited for this one day seminar. So to avoid disappointment, register your interest now and get booking priority once all details are finalised and released. Delegates who pre-registered their interest, also receive a 10% discount off the attendance cost.

Registering your interest is NOT a commitment to attend; it is your guarantee of getting priority notification and first refusal of available places.

We are also offering limited sponsorship opportunities for both these events. These include sponsorship of the lunches, breaks, delegate seminar packs, etc and start for as little as $250. This is an opportunity to gain exposure for your company as a sponsor both during the event and during our event marketing activities.

New Zealand based specialty stainless steel manufacturer, NDA Engineering Ltd., is pleased to announce the opening of its new purpose built facility in Shanghai, China. The Honourable Mr. Phil Goff, NZ Minister for Trade, officially opened the facility at a ceremony on the 9th November 2006.

Originally founded at the end of 1998, Shanghai NDA Stainless Equipment Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of NDA Engineering Ltd. Currently employing approximately 130 staff in China, the company is projecting that by the end of 2007 that number will have grown to 200.

With the opening of the new facility, which occupies a total area of 14,600 sq.m., with 6,700 sq.m. of workshop area, the company is well equipped to add to its already impressive list of “blue chip” clients, who include companies such as Nestle China Ltd., Shanghai Squibb Pharmaceutical Ltd., Johnson and Johnson China Ltd., Dupont USA and Bayer China Ltd.

Shanghai NDA has the capability to design and manufacture, standard and customised stainless steel and alloy equipment for the Dairy, Food, Beverage, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Neutraceutical, Chemical and Fine Chemical Industries.

We are very pleased to welcome The Davey Group, JW Industrial Instruments, Kockums Bulk Systems and Control Automation as elite GOLD Members on PowderHandling.com.au. Click on their logo to view their profiles.

We are also very pleased to welcome Polex Environmental Engineering and Australian Dust Control as SILVER Members on PowderHandling.com.au. Click on their logo to view their profiles.

Interested in receiving the additional benefits of one of our GOLD, SILVER or BRONZE enhanced memberships? Email us and we will forward a Membership Upgrade Order Form to you.

That’s the key to one of Australia’s most versatile companies: Transmission Supply and Service Company Pty. Ltd. (TSS) whose products are installed in mining, quarrying and other extractive industries in Australia and overseas servicing bulk materials handling facilities for over 38 years.

TSS has won a reputation for quality cost competitive conveyor components, which include tramp iron metal detectors and conveyor pulleys designed and manufactured in our product divisions DETEC Australasia and C.P.A Conveyor Pulleys Australia.

With an ongoing commitment to research and development new products can be expected to add to the companies’ impressive line of engineered products.

Regular articles and news items are always being added to the PowderHandling.com.au web site. Click on the links below to read some of the recent additions, or click here to go to the articles page and read all currently available articles.

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