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Hunter Filling Systems - Limited
Machinery in Hamilton

www.hunterfillers.com
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11 Maxwell Place. 1003, Hamilton, Waikato.
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Hunter Filling Systems specialise in the design and production of liquid filling systems and associated packaging equipment, for the New Zealand market as well as exporting to Australia, USA and south East Asia. Specialists in custom filling machines to meet specific production or product requirements, with over 50 years’ experience. Hunter Filling Systems are also the New Zealand agent for USA based All Fill Inc. With over 20 years’ experience as a qualified engineer and knowledge of filling technology, his passion and expertise has made him an industry leader. Neil has 35 years experience in design, drafting, manufacturing and project management.
With a wealth of experience in large production environments, Bruce heads the workshop team. Brian, with his 40 years of experience in building and servicing filling machines, leads the Hunter Filling team of skilled tradesmen. The company was established in 1963 by Mr John Hunter to satisfy a life long desire to operate his own engineering business. The following year the original factory was built in Bryant Rd, Te Rapa with the assistance of Tom Honey, a good friend and neighbour who had helped with the construction of the Fairfield house.
Initially the factory was shared by two other businesses with which John Hunter had connections CDF Manufacturers occupying the front third of the building and Hamilton Industrial Spray Painters the rear section. Frank Hunter joined the company at this time, having previously worked part time in the business during his apprenticeship and NZCE studies. This work also included a contract to manufacture filling machines for Plastic Products Ltd, an innovative company that wanted to offer equipment suitable for filling the plastic bottles they produced. Although volumetric filling technology was not new, there were no local manufacturers of suitable equipment of the type which was to become the company’s niche market.
By then John R Hunter Ltd needed extra space and was able to take over the front section to expand the business. About this time the company was expanding into production contracting and acquired the services of Arthur Riddell and Bruce Evemy as Office Manager and Works Foreman respectively. During this period it was purchased by an overseas company for which it was doing a significant amount of contract work. It then subsequently entered a stagnant phase due to the parent company being taken over almost immediately by a larger international company that was not really interested in the small NZ backwater it had acquired.
A management buy out followed with John and Frank Hunter regaining control with the support of Bruce Evemy and Arthur Riddell as minor shareholders. In 1984 Tech Pack NZ Ltd was set up as a wholly owned subsidiary with a view to expansion into the importation and marketing of packaging equipment not manufactured by John R Hunter Ltd. From this point the business concentrated on developing its range of volumetric liquid filling machines and was fortunate in forging a link with an American company looking to expand its own range of powder filling equipment. The retirement of Arthur Riddell in 1990 saw a new phase with emphasis on exports and the importing arm Tech Pack became effectively a local representative. Following the death of his wife in 1986, John Hunter retired and moved to Auckland and set up his own consulting company which also operated as a local representative for a number of years until his move to Whangarei.
Niall Fuller joined the company in January 1998 after returning from a world trip during which time he had gained some valuable overseas work experience. A graduate mechanical engineer, Niall had previously completed an apprenticeship in fitting, turning and machining together with NZCE Mech and was ideally qualified to take up the position of design engineer and before long, technical manager. A further planned succession move saw the retirement of Frank Hunter in June 2007 with Niall Fuller taking over as Managing Director, supported by Neil McConnell as Engineering Manager

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