We've joined

We're excited to announce that the Design Energy team has joined FMI Automation, a division of FMI Building Innovation.

We're still fully operational and here to support you. Whether you're an existing client or exploring how automation can transform your operations, we'd love to hear from you. Find our holding page here, and discover more about FMI Building Innovation.

The Design Energy Blog

Find out about the latest robotic automation trends and how to get started and manage your automation journey.

Robots just keep on keeping on… 

and worse, sometimes they get sore from too many repetitive movements. If you want to improve productivity and health and safety and reduce costs, it ...
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Challenges When Introducing Robotic Automation

Challenges When Introducing Robotic Automation There’s no doubt introducing robots into manufacturing and processing operations offers numerous benefits such as increased efficiency, quality, precision, and cost savings. However ...
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Automation Design

Getting started with Automation

You’ve decided to be more competitive you need to lift productivity in your manufacturing operation. There’s a few key things you need to consider Our ...
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5 Growing trends in Robotic Automation

Collaborative Robots take centre stage – game changers for smaller manufacturers, Collaborative Robots (cobots) foster a partnership between humans and machines, vastly improving the safety and efficiency ...
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Don’t Be Late To Automate Your Manufacturing Operation

It’s great to see Callaghan Innovation providing another 100 Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) assessments. SIRI helps manufacturers continue to evolve and develop, and deliver ...
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FMI uses Robotic Automation to Improve Productivity and Throughput

The Problem: FMI is a large Building Innovation company that makes aluminium windows and doors. They have a strategy to remove repetitive manual operations from ...
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Don’t Be Late To Automate Your Manufacturing Operation

It’s great to see Callaghan Innovation providing another 100 Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) assessments. SIRI helps manufacturers continue to evolve and develop, and deliver ...
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Let’s Make New Zealand Manufacturing Great Again

It’s a bit sobering to see how far NZ is getting behind other countries regarding the level of automation being deployed in manufacturing. As noted recently ...
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Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste

As Winston Churchill once said, “never let a good crisis go to waste”. The current slow economy is a form of crisis with low consumer ...
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Automation Design

Our Robots Are Going Strong

In the last 12 months or so we have sent a large number of our robots out to work in a wide range of factories. ...
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