Yearly Archives: 2025

Your Guide to Rollforming & Folding Innovation 2025: Year in Review We delivered a significant slate of installations across the region – including two Thalmann TD folders, a new variable-purlin line in New Zealand, four nuSLIT cut-to-length lines, two nuIT … Continue reading →

Your Guide to Rollforming & Folding Innovation Tandarra Engineering: Where It All Started Tandarra Engineering isn’t just one of our key partners. It’s where it all started for me. Founded by my dad, Brian Watson, in 1982 in the garage … Continue reading →

Your Guide to Rollforming & Folding Innovation ONROLL: The Mobile Rollformer That Actually Works CIDAN Machinery just solved the portable rollforming problem. We’ve seen plenty of “revolutionary” portable rollformers over the years. Most disappoint when rubber meets road. ONROLL is … Continue reading →

Your Guide to Rollforming & Folding Innovation What we’re seeing on the ground: Service wins There’s lots of media talk on both sides of the Tasman about a slowdown in the manufacturing sector, and in broad terms that no doubt … Continue reading →

Your Guide to Rollforming & Folding Innovation Latest Install: A new 700mm cover Deck Lands in Sydney Installed straight after AMW, this high-speed Tandarra built concealed fix line is a welcome addition to our client’s Sydney operation. It is the … Continue reading →

Your Guide to Rollforming & Folding Innovation A Complete Etcoma Line, Built for NZ In late 2024, I travelled to Turkey with one of our NZ clients and our operations manager, Travis Dunn, for the Factory Acceptance Testing of a … Continue reading →

Your Guide to Rollforming & Folding Innovation Automation in Action: The Thalmann TD 150 Revolutionising Sheet Metal Fabrication In the fast-paced world of sheet metal fabrication, speed, precision, and efficiency are paramount. The Thalmann TD Series Double Folders exemplify these qualities, delivering … Continue reading →