SRA (Long Reach Robots)


 
 
ABOUT US

 
Design Energy started as one guy (Mike) working out of his office at home, providing outstanding engineering solutions to New Zealand manufacturers.
As it turns out this proved popular, meaning in a short time there was more demand for Mike’s time than there were hours in the day.
So the team grew.....

Designing and building robotic production systems is an attractive proposition for engineers. So Mike was able to hand pick engineers capable of producing the same levels of outstanding work that Design Energy had become known for. Mike didn’t always get the right person and engineers who struggled with the extremely high expectations came and went, till what was left was a team of extremely talented and highly motivated engineers.Word of this team got around and Design Energy was approached by two of the world’s top robotic companies to represent their brands in New Zealand. The team took up this challenge and trained with Nachi and Universal Robots technical staff to become experts in the specification and integration of their robots.
 
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Meet Our Team:

 




Mike Shatford

Managing Director

Mike founded Design Energy in 2007 after building a successful career in design engineering and in various management roles.  Trained as a mechanical engineer, Mike has over 20 years’ experience in the commercial and technical aspects of product development, manufacturing, industrial process and automation.




Andrew Ireland

General Manager

Andrew graduated with honours from Canterbury University completing a BE in mechanical engineering. He has a broad range of experience working as a product designer, mechanical engineer and operations manager for New Zealand design consultancies.




David Bates

Mechanical Engineer

David holds an honours degree in mechanical engineering, and has gained much of his professional experience working as a design engineer for Scott Technology, before joining the Design Energy team.




Chris Rodwell

Mechanical Engineer

Chris studied mechanical engineering at Christchurch Polytechnic, he has extensive engineering experience working as a machine designer for Scott Technology and as the lead engineer at Newsmith Pacific Systems before joining the Design Energy team.




Damon Page

Mechanical Engineer

With over 30 years of engineering, design and automation experience, from cadetship to engineering leadership roles in New Zealand and more recently with Samsung in South Korea, Damon brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise and practical skills to the Design Energy team




Thomas Milliken

Mechatronics Engineer

Tom holds an honours degree in mechatronics engineering, he is experienced in the development of software for control systems.  Tom was involved in process and reliability optimisation of chemical and processing plants within New Zealand, before joining the Design Energy team.






Andrew Liang

Mechatronics Engineer

Andy holds an honours degree in mechatronics engineering, he is experienced in the development of software for control systems.  He was the lead engineer for the development of safety systems for a major international control system provider, before joining the Design Energy team.




Yamile Torres

Financial Manager

With accounting and administration experience at Crane Distribution and The Carter Group, Yamile co-founded Design Energy and now fills the role of financial manager in between raising a family (Yamile is Mike’s wife).
 
 
 

 
 
 
Contact Us:
 


Physical Address:
178A Carlyle St
Sydenham
Christchurch 8023
(Note: Delivered/Courier Goods Only)


Postal Address:
P.O. Box 33403
Christchurch 8244


Phone: 0508 ROBOTS (762 687)
             +64 3 943 2143
Email:  [email protected]
Business Hours: 7:30am - 4:00pm
 
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