| 47 Waitaki Business Awards: AcuCut AcuCut has seen significant growth since managing director Matt Melton founded the business in his parents’ farm workshop in 2016. The workshop was built in an industrial park in Oamaru in 2018 and has since doubled in size. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Come in and see us for: • Structural Engineering • Plasma Cutting • Maintenance & Repair to farm equipment • Sheetmetal Fabrication • All your engineering retail needs, from Bearings & Oils to V-Belts & Welders 03 434 9084 | 3 Korora Road, North Oamaru Business Park General Engineering • Onsite 3.2-meter guillotine &4-meter brake press • Alloy & StainlessWork • Light &Heavy Fabrication • Irrigation • Structural Work • Heavy Transport 17 Roger Street, Cromwell | 0273540042 | hughesfabrication@outlook.com THE PREFERRED MILKING SYSTEMS PARTNER FOR DAIRY FARMERS Proud to support and work with Matt and the team at Acucut, using their custom made brackets in dairy sheds throughout Canterbury & North Otago. 0800 577 583 www.morrisonagri.co.nz info@morrisonagri.co.nz A strong investment in the up-skilling and training of dairy technicians ensures that Morrison Agri stays well ahead of the game when it comes to servicing and upgrading any brand of milking machine or rotary platforms. “Our competitive advantage really is our people, our knowledge and our skill set,” says Managing Director Paul Morrison. “Our people have a vast knowledge of the milking machine and rotary platform operation, how it should work, how it doesn’t work and what upgrades will add value to a farmer’s system, whether the farmer is using our Waikato machine or a competitor’s product.” Paul says it is simply not possible to hire skilled dairy technicians off the street and therefore staff training has become a critical success factor for the company. “We train our people in-house with a diverse range of skill sets including software, welding, machine testing, and low voltage communication lines - it’s very broad. We have trained a lot of people from different backgrounds, including school leavers. They just need the right attitude and aptitude.” While Head Of ce is in the farming service town of Ashburton, Morrison Agri’s Dairy Technicians are spread throughout the Canterbury and North Otago regions, providing support, when and as needed by the dairy farming community. Until 2015, Morrison Agri’s work was primarily installing new milking plant and rotary platforms, particularly with the large number of dairy conversions at the time. While Morrison Agri’s team still does that kind of work, in 2015 the focus shifted to becoming a market leader in repairs, maintenance and upgrades of existing plant and platforms. “The need for new installations tailed off, but also a number of the sheds were ten, fteen or twenty years old, so there was a growing demand for R&M and upgrades, carried out by skilled technicians, and we were able to meet that demand. We do an annual service on the machines. There is a huge amount of preventative work and plant breakdowns occurring during the season have actually reduced, through maintaining a really good service structure. In the last two or three years we have also developed our own wash chemical and teat spray, which is branded as Morrison Agri Fusion.” Part of Morrison Agri’s success story is relying on the businesses that support its operations - businesses like award winning precision cutter, Acucut. “We’ve used Acucut to custom make our bracketing systems for the last six years and have always been very pleased with their accuracy and ability to meet tight time frames.” Staying well ahead of the game
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