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DAIRY ENGINEERING » Hotter Engineering
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roots in ‘Naki Installation crews, trained for high-quality platform installations, are rotated between domestic and overseas work. In the last two years, Hotter Engineering has exported rotary platforms to Australia, Asia, Europe,
PHOTOS: Above: Matt and Russell Hotter and Jill Bevins with the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce business excellence award. Far/centre left: Hotter Engineering manufactures and exports DeLaval milking platforms.
North and South America...19 countries in all Hotter Engineering has been at the forefront of the rotary market since the 1970s, and its specialist technicians cover the full range of milking platforms – going back to the original 16-bail platform installed on Merv Hicks’ farm. As well as building the first rotary platform in 1969, the company built the first 60-bail rotary platform in 1980. “At this time, this was seen as the biggest that they would ever be,” says Russell Hotter. “In 2015, the biggest platform we manufacture is 106 bails – and we are being asked regularly for bigger, up to 120 bails.”
In 2013, Hotter Engineering received the Westpac Taranaki Chamber of Commerce supreme business excellence award. As well as being a major employer, the company supports community projects, and has sponsored engineering design projects at Canterbury and Massey universities this year. The ground-breaking contribution of Tom Hotter and Merv Hicks has not been forgotten. Merv has received a Dairy Industry Lifetime Achievement Award. “Tom and Merv were absolute pioneers,” says Russell Hotter.
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