Engineering Leadership: Driving Industrial Innovation

Engineering leadership is about innovative thinking, constantly seeking ways to improve, automate, and optimize processes. While the tools and methods change, the core essence of this leadership remains constant. Engineers have always been at the forefront of industrial revolutions, and today, leading the charge means coupling industrial automation with forward-thinking ideas.

Are you confident your manufacturing process is fully optimized, or is there still room for improvement? Are you 100% sure your operation can't be streamlined further?


John Brooks: Your Partner in Industrial Automation

For nearly 60 years, John Brooks has been a leader in supporting industrial automation in New Zealand. From the earliest days of the industrial revolution, manufacturing has consistently demanded greater efficiency and effectiveness, which naturally leads to more automation. And believe us, there's always more you can automate.

Today, we want to inspire you to take a fresh look at your manufacturing processes – your conveyors, your assembly lines – and identify opportunities for automation or even challenges where you wish an automated solution existed.

Our team has the experience and expertise to help you automate your manufacturing process beyond your current capabilities, and quite possibly, beyond your expectations. We know our equipment inside and out and are dedicated to your success.


The Continuous Journey of Optimization:

Optimizing manufacturing processes is an ongoing journey because there's always something new. While large international brands invest millions in new innovations, John Brooks specializes in helping you choose the right, readily available equipment for your plant.

Let's be realistic, most of the time, there's room for improvement. Many manufacturing engineers need expert advice to help with:

  • Choosing the right equipment with controls in place: You can trust the John Brooks team to select the best motors, controls, gearboxes, drives, and accessories – we simply know what works!

  • Committing to regular maintenance: Setting a maintenance routine is crucial to ensure your equipment performs at peak condition and lasts longer.

  • Proactively seeking further optimization opportunities: Often, an outside perspective can spot opportunities you might miss because you see them every day. You can always call on the experts from John Brooks to act as an independent third party, review your plant's performance, and provide expert advice on how it can be improved.


Fluid Handling: A Game-Changer with John Brooks

Do you work with fluid? John Brooks offers world-leading European-designed fluid handling equipment, providing the highest quality products to the New Zealand market.

Imagine, everything you need is close at hand because we carry a wide range of products for the dairy, food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries to support many processes:

Click here to check our own innovation and choose John Brooks solutions for your fluid handling challenges.



Plug-and-Play Automation Solutions:

Our engineers have already figured out, developed and tested variable speed solutions that work and are ready to be plugged into your operation. So you don’t need to be an industrial automation genius to get the full benefit of automation. And the benefit can be significant, from potential energy saving to better performant control.

Ask us how your manufacturing line can benefit from John Brooks’ own products.


How to Achieve Smooth Running of a Modern Plant?

There are three components to running a smooth manufacturing operation we know of and can help with:

  • Choose the right equipment with controls in place Ask the John Brooks team to choose the best motor, controls, gearboxes, drives and accessories – we simply know what works!

  • Do regular maintenance to ensure your equipment is performing in peak condition Reach out to ask how we can help!

  • Seek opportunities to optimise more Call on the experts from John Brooks to review your plant’s performance and get expert advice on how it can be improved


Optimizing Your Operations:

Challenge us, call the experts to get feedback on what can be controlled or powered better.

And remember to ask about energy saving we can help you with.


John Brooks: Nearly 60 Years of Industrial Automation

Did you know that for nearly 60 years John Brooks has been associated with the supply of industrial automation parts and accessories to support manufacturers across Australasia? Over this time, we had many talented NZ engineers working with us helping companies like yours to build and develop better plants and more automation. Today, we are still here to support you with products from all over the globe.

Our company has three branches in New Zealand with subject matter experts across various product ranges and applications. John Brooks provides reliable procurement of industrial components. We also have the skills and expertise to provide automation solutions and integration and help you grow. We have commissioned automation jobs with various well-known companies across the nation. Today, John Brooks creates its own products and supplies dairy and wine products to the New Zealand and international markets.


Embracing Industry 4.0 with John Brooks

It’s time for manufacturing engineering to step up and embrace the technology capabilities which are now known as 4.0. On some level, it’s all very techy and new, while at the end of the day, it’s the same automation we know and understand, taken to the next level. More sensors, more controls, more sophisticated measurements and a lot more information / data transfer. Huge demand on real-time monitoring, speed and security of data transfer.

Here at John Brooks we have fully embraced the new data-driven technology and have taken it a step further. Because we understand that everyone is busy, we are now offering a range of 4.0 inspired solutions you can simply plug’n’use. Yes, they are all built from components we offer already and you could invest the time, money and effort to figure it out. Check out our FLUID HANDLING AND PUMP CONTROL SYSTEMS in action here.



Embrace Industry 4.0 with Off-the-Shelf Solutions

You can have Industry 4.0 tirelessly working for you sooner if you simply take one of our own products, now available off the shelf. Save time, money, and effort; reach out to learn more.


Connect with John Brooks

Book a no-obligation on-site meeting with our Sales Engineer to discuss how we can bring your manufacturing into the data-driven future with the promise of Industry 4.0.

John Brooks is able to help you with your engineering needs – contact our Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch offices for more information.