April 09 Features

COVER STORY
Another step change is required to maintain the competitive advantage A recent cartoon in the New Zealand Herald showed SuperLamb (the agricultural sector), rushing to save the average New Zealander (female and 36 years old, according to recent research) as she dangled over a cliff in depression and imminent danger of plunging to her death.read article

FLOORING
Wadding Solutions – big or small, ‘cap off’ your project with a Sikafloor solution
Wadding was originally a disc of material used in guns to seal gas behind a projectile or to separate powder from shot (www.wikipedia.org). read article

LABORATORY & ANALYTICAL
New cost effective and reliable methods for vitamin B analyses. As the development and formulation of functional foods becomes more complex, so too are the analytical analyses required to identify and verify the micro nutrients in these particular foods. read article

EDITORIAL
This recession currently feels very much like the ‘Phoney War’ must have, before fighting really commenced for British forces in Word War Two. It’s either the lull before the storm or a big fuss about nothing. One would be hard pressed to even find someone who could explain the determining factors for the recession that made any degree of sense. read more

NZPACKAGING
Regional printer sets global benchmark
A Hamilton print and packaging operation has achieved “world’s best” standards in hitting the global printing benchmark for its customer.read more

NEWS
Rapid chilling can actually maximise the eating quality of meat The chilling process is critical when producing safe, high quality meat. Muscle, initially at almost 40 degrees Celsius, must be cooled down in order to preserve it and allow it to be transported to consumers. read more