Kimberley Tool & Design (NZ) Limited

Welcome back to 2022. We kick off at work tomorrow and are excited to get started on the New Year. Trust you all had an excellent break if you were lucky enough to get one.

The stock car we support all dressed in its new livery. We've got a smaller piece of it this year, but it still looks awesome!

Done some shopping today. Out of the office collecting some of the gear for our planned tool room upgrade. It's literally under wraps, but going to add capability and capacity for our customers. That's about quarter of it.

It's been a huge year and it's gone really fast. Hoping you and yours have an awesome Christmas Day and have some quality family time planned

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Southmac today. Seeing some interesting equipment that will add to our capacity. I see shopping in the near future

Our product, from the town where so many of the tunnelers were from now in France for the centenary.

Hundreds of school children come down to place their messages as part of their English classes.

Giant Poppy Art Project

Our work, all the way to France!

The spirit and bravery of the tunnellers from Waihi will be remembered in Arras, France in April

The next manufacturing revolution is here

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Off to Stanztec in Germany this week check out the leading metal pressing trade show in the world. A long but exciting week ahead, learning about what's new for our and seeing some suppliers too.

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The view from my office today, down in Manawatu and Hawkes Bay visiting customers.

At Southmac today in Christchurch. Seeing what's new in the industry, equipment and suppliers. Always interesting seeing new innovations thoughts an ideas. A 1pm seminar on fabrication and welding for me!

Giant Poppy Art Project

Notes from Gallipoli from friend of the Giant Poppy Mary Taylor who is leading a group to Turkey.
"Very moving day yesterday at Gallipoli- the power of the petal- one found it’s way onto the gravesite of Steve’s great grandfather, another was placed at Chunuk Bair, another will be placed on the day."

Well its done. A pleasure to be part of it too, and doesn't it look amazing - 59000 red discs. Quite a feat!

Brian Parker, our Technical Director with Tony McNeight, creator of the Giant Poppy during an interview at Gold FM yesterday in Waihi. Podcast of the interview is available here: http://goldfm.podomatic.com/entry/2015-03-23T14_04_09-07_00

There’s a Waihi connection to the world’s largest poppy.
Kimberley Tool & Design has been commissioned to create 59,000 red metal discs, the number of New Zealand men and women who were wounded or killed in World War 1, for The Giant Poppy Art Project, which will be built over nine days on the Auckland Domain to honour the memory of the Anzacs.
Artist and creator of the Giant Poppy Art Project Tony McNeight said the idea came to him after attending the Anzac Dawn Parade last year. He also had multinational colleagues who had no idea about Anzac Day and what it symbolised. “Some of them came from countries where freedom and democracy is not a given and I believed an installation such as this would highlight those rights we take for granted and acknowledge those who protected them.”
People in Auckland will be able to visit the Auckland Domain and in return for a donation to support the RSA they will receive a disc which a personal message can be written on and then place it as part of the poppy build.
People outside Auckland or overseas will be able to donate to support the RSA online and in return a poppy will be placed on their behalf.
Kimberley Tool and Design were approached by New Zealand steel to create the discs and Brian Parker got straight on to the job of adjusting one of his machines for the project.
The Waihi company owned and operated by the Parker family has arguably the largest press shop in New Zealand, with a spread of machines from 2 to 150 tonnes and founder Brian Parker said Kimberley Tool & Design is delighted to be able to create the discs for the largest poppy in the world, which will cover the sports ground below the Domain from April the 16th to the 24th.
Anyone wishing to have a disc with a message placed on their behalf can visit www.giantpoppy.co.nz
Listen to what Tony McNeight and Brian Parker had to say about the Giant Poppy Art Project when they came into Gold FM’s studios in the interview above.

Giant Poppy Project - Giant Poppy

Whats new and exciting in Waihi? Wonder who's making these?

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The equipment we picked up today, a significant increase in capacity in our decoiling capabilities. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday!

Palmerston North for us today, off to get some new equipment. Breakfast time

Greetings from a stunning Palmerston North. On the road again visiting customers, lawn mowers, garage doors, roofing tiles and spouting products, all in a days work at KTD

On the road the next couple of weeks seeing customers, sunny Hawkes Bay last night.

Welcome back to 2015! Hope you all enjoyed the amazing weather and are ready to make 2015 a great year.

If you need us, we're now back on deck with an almost full compliment of staff, hope to speak to you soon

We've reached the end of 2014 working year. Been full of challenges but we've come through it well and we're excited about 2015. Wishing those staff moving on at the end of this year the best for future endeavours, take care all, see you next year!

Visiting customers

An export job ready to to Australia, all packed wrapped and waiting on a pick up.

Just realised September is here already. Time to start thinking about pre Christmas orders. Looking forward to the sun!!

What a funny old month its been, both really busy and a bit slow! Huge July looming though, and with that we're into the third quarter of 2014, what a great year so far!

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Happy Easter to all of you from the team at Kimberley Tool & Design (NZ) Limited. Take a break, have some chocolate, and enjoy yourselves!

Kimberley Tool & Design (NZ) Limited is your one stop for the solutions to all your metal pressing and press tooling headaches. Give us a call today!

An exciting day today in the history of KTD - while we've run our Turret press a few times for little jobs, it starts today on a large (for KTD) export job for us, and with it signifies the start of a new way of doing business for KTD and its customers. Are we excited? YES!!!!!!!!!!!

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ktd.co.nz Below are just a handful of areas we have helped customers like you reduce their costs. While some of been comparatively simple to do with a small cost, others have been significant changes to the way product was made, and in some cases even if the project would get off the ground. Can we help you?…

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Here's a look into the workshop here at Kimberley Tool & Design Limited. Lots of heavy machinery!

Happy Waitangi Day!! What a great day to reflect on our unique Kiwi heritage!

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If you're having trouble finding the right team for your metal pressing or press tooling needs, get in touch with Kimberley Tool & Design Limited. We're creative and don't like to say no!

ktd.co.nz Brian is a Toolmaker by trade with almost 50 years experience in all aspects of Tool, Component and Special Purpose Equipment Design and Manufacture. He also has a solid background in R&D and specialises in and enjoys working closely with our customers design teams on new products. Imagine what you...

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Remember, KTD can make you any product that needs stamping - we work for you to give you what you want.

Let’s make 2014 the best year ever! Happy New Year, everybody!

Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! Have a great time tonight and bring on the New Year!!

It's Christmas eve!! 1 more sleep to go! . . Happy Holidays!