A recently finished R&D project came to life in the form of a Pneumatic Box Lifter for a local honey producer - designed to lift heavy beehive boxes from pallets and up onto processing tables; and vice versa.

We’ve produced thousands of brackets and joinery for housing builds and developments - offering superb strengthening and kit set solutions for house building and construction.

This mobile kitchen was custom built from the ground up, a fantastic mobile billboard and food service raising funds for the Paparoa Lions Club.

Our HBI Manual Beehive Frame Cleaner is a lightweight stripped down version of the larger automated double-sided machines. Perfect for smaller scale apiaries, honey producers and beekeepers.

We’ve been making customized ute trays and flat deck conversions for over 30 years, each one unique and built for purpose.

Our R&D tested and manufactured Honey Vat Mixers & Stirrers are made from 316 Stainless Steel, with a specially designed laser cut blade setup; a result of 4+ years of real-world production runs and rigorous testing.

Customized multi rotational cleaning heads built for a number of wash systems; we can design and modify from our base templates and convert to new units or machines.

A stainless steel rotating packing table produced for a local honey packing business, we designed, fabricated and installed this unit which was then duplicated and converted for a milk producer.

3D CAD Designed & Laser Cut staircase frames now available for housing, construction, luxury homes and architectural builds.

A local meat works processing plant required over 40+ motor and gearbox covers to fulfill new health and safety requirements, as well as extra protection and longevity out of their motors and gearboxes on the factory floor.

We know Stainless Steel inside out - get in touch for all stainless steel welding, fabrication, repair and manufacturing. Factory and Industrial tanks, vats, bins and much more.

A local entrepreneur needed a new mobile food cart setup - we put together this Stainless Steel mobile mini kitchen with a small double sink and faucet, food warmer, display cabinet and storage areas, wheels for transport, plumbed for water and gas and ready to serve hungry customers.

This project was put together for a client looking for a more movable, transportable solution for remote areas. We designed a kitset module that can be multiplied to create a larger home, or constructed as is using basic home based tools.

Simple beekeepers box stands for work in the field or back at the shed; made to fit standard boxes or adaptable for custom sizing and blower shields / chutes.

An agricultural company specializing in seedlings needed a new machine to process and clean seed trays - we put together this 3D CAD designed and laser cut project, utilizing 316 stainless steel construction.

A local transport / logistics company dropped off a tank trailer unit that needed a new side entry manhole to make life easier for inspections, servicing and cleaning.

Need welding, tool making or repairs on the farm?

HBI are Dairy & Agricultural contractors with mobile welding, fitting and turning specialists servicing Kumeu to the Far North.

Contact us for all bin work, tanks, trays, filters and separators, cleaning systems - all made from Stainless Steel.

From custom build requirements to installs and accessories, winches, deck liners, jockey wheels, strap points, toolbox and storage box fabrication, extensions, ramps - stainless steel, mild steel and aluminum, we can do it all.

Own a food truck? Mobile kitchens, Trailers or caravans? We’ve got you covered.

One of our recent builds was this Taco Truck conversion; a new swing door and serving window installed with a full kitchen fitout inside.