A multimillion dollar investment in high-tech automation is the grunt behind growth for a local manufacturing firm.

A gauge of manufacturing activity continues to point to moderate expansion.

New Zealand's unemployment rate has dropped to a five-year low as the nation's economic growth spurs firms to take on more staff.

The manufacturing sector has seen a significant decline in the number of people employed since 2006, according to a Royal Society of New Zealand Review.

For more than a century, US Steel's strategy was based on volume - make lots of steel, maximise production to minimise costs. Now getting smaller may help it survive.

Samsung said 59 suppliers failed to provide adequate safety equipment for workers as the smartphone maker struggles to improve labour standards in China.

The industry has pulled huge amounts of salt and sugar out of food but are fearful that consumers will see "low-salt" or "reduced sugar" as meaning "reduced flavour", writes Richard Archer.

One of Pink Batts' competitors has failed to convince the High Court the term "batts" is in common use in NZ and that Pink Batts' trademark of this word should be revoked.

Kiwi experts are not surprised a manufacturer of toe-sock running shoes has revealed there is no scientific proof that wearing its product has added health benefits.

New Zealand's unemployment rate was unchanged in the first quarter as the country's participation rate rose to a record.

The Government announced last week that 12 of this country's 13 baby milk manufacturers had to carry out changes at their production facilities.

A Labour Government would adopt an "unashamedly pro-kiwi'' policy to favour New Zealand suppliers, David Cunliffe said this morning.

Inside Toyota's oldest plant, there's a corner where humans have taken over from robots in thwacking glowing lumps of metal into crankshafts.

NZ's "buoyant" manufacturing sector expanded for a 19th consecutive month as domestic demand for goods fuels economic momentum.

Around $47,000 could be shaved off the cost of each new place built in factories under Labour's planned KiwiBuild 100,000-house scheme, an opposition spokesman says.

New Zealand manufacturing activity expanded for an 18th straight month in February with signs a buoyant economy is creating jobs.

A chair is a chair is a chair ... how could millions of R&D dollars possibly improve on the object where we park our backsides?

With the dairying and high-tech sectors routinely hogging the business headlines, you could be forgiven for thinking New Zealand's manufacturing industry was extinct.

Wellington's notoriously volatile weather is nothing compared with the climate Mary Quin faced in her previous home city.

Fisher & Paykel Appliances has unveiled plans for a state-of-the-art new research and development hub at its East Tamaki headquarters.

The country's small and medium-sized manufacturers have experienced a remarkable turnaround in the past year.

Any weakening in the New Zealand dollar would provide the "cream on top" for medical device exporter Fisher & Paykel Healthcare.

One of New Zealand's biggest unions yesterday voiced redundancy fears for Pacific Steel Group workers.

Manufacturing activity expanded for a 16th straight month in January, driven by new orders and production.

Toyota Australia has completed the demise of the Australian car industry, saying it will stop building cars in that country by the end of 2017.