Confirmed Sponsors
Welcome Reception and Farewell Reception Sponsor

Facteon is a leader in designing and building world-class factory automation solutions for advanced manufacturing, welding applications and assembly. Like our customers, we’re manufacturers too. Established in New Zealand in 1981 as the internal engineering division of Fisher & Paykel, Facteon is now part of a global group of companies which includes Haier, GE Appliances, Candy-Hoover and Fisher & Paykel. We aim to eliminate the pain points from your manufacturing process through applying smart manufacturing principles in conjunction with Industry 4.0 and IIoT technologies. This allows you to focus on delivering a superior product to your customers in an efficient and consistent manner.
Bronze Sponsors

CTEK is New Zealand’s leading Industrial Automation and Integration company that has established successful partnerships with major players in the dairy, manufacturing, food & beverage, water utilities, other critical infrastructure markets in NZ and overseas. CTEK provides independent system integration, automation control and IT data interface solutions to asset owners. Our key services include advisory and audit support, design, testing, simulation and commissioning, and ongoing service support. Our strategic partnerships with leading global technology suppliers underpins our ability to provide leading edge solutions for our clients.

First Watch is a NZ based Operational Technology (OT) Cyber Security solution and service provider. First Watch has developed several cyber security products based on Zero Trust Architecture and have been specifically designed for Operational Technology to prevent cyber security attacks from affecting our customers manufacturing, quality and environmental systems. First Watch provides cyber security and infrastructure services to support our customers on their Cyber Security journey and reduce their OT business continuity risks.
URL: https://firstwatchprotect.com
Website Sponsor

Science Robotics publishes original, peer-reviewed, science- or engineering-based research articles that advance the field of robotics. The journal also features editor-commissioned Reviews. An international team of academic editors holds Science Robotics articles to the same high-quality standard that is the hallmark of the Science family of journals.