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.

A local icecream firm won't rely on foreign contract manufacturers or long-range shipping when it expands overseas this year.

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.

At 49 years old, Glenn Bratton didn't expect to be looking for a new career.

NZ's biggest toilet paper supplier expects a $60m upgrade of its Bay of Plenty manufacturing facility to fight competition from growing Asian imports.

Auckland's economic prospects look the best in seven years, based on labour, housing construction and manufacturing activity.

Twelve Chinese-manufactured sleepouts, designed to be cheaper than renting for Aucklanders.

Sanitarium's much-publicised Marmite shortage failed to stop the food manufacturer's owner, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, from reporting a rise in revenue for its tax-free NZ businesses in the last financial year.

The Government has defended its decision to award an $8 million ferry contract to a Bangladesh company rather than a local boat builder.

Govt defends decision to award $8m ferry contract to a Bangladesh firm

A multimillion-dollar claim brought by the Ministry of Education over leaky schools has been settled.

Bedmaker Sleepyhead Manufacturing is investing $45 million in a new Auckland facility as it looks to boost exports to Asia.

Rebounding dairy production has driven the biggest gross domestic product (GDP) increase since the December 2009 quarter.

Up to 50,000 jobs are at risk as General Motors says it will stop making Holdens in Australia by the end of 2017.

GM looks set to shut down its Holden plants in Australia from 2016, joining Ford in pulling out of the country.

New Zealand manufacturers are increasingly moving offshore to stay afloat, but there are other options, says Steve Nicholson