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A&G Price Ltd

Name: A&G Price Ltd
Address: 208 Beach Road, Thames, 3500, NZ
Telephone: 07 868 6060

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Established in 1868, A & G Price Ltd is one of New Zealand’s largest and longest established heavy engineering works.

30/10/2026

In today’s video, we explore the different non-destructive testing and inspection methods used to catch surface or internal defects on castings, such as passenger rail components heading to Australia. The team demonstrates a magnetic particle bench, where an electric coil and a metallic liquid are used under a black light to make surface cracks glow. They also explain how dye penetrant reveals cracks, how ultrasonics or external X-rays find internal issues, and show us finished components, some raw and some painted, ready for dispatch to customers.

Every Friday, we will post a video from this unscripted, raw tour series. Make sure to follow along to get an exclusive look straight from our active engineering bays and offices\!

28/10/2026

WE’RE HIRING: Industrial Electrician

A&G Price in Thames is looking for an experienced Industrial Electrician to join our maintenance team.

We’re a working foundry, so this isn’t a clean-room job. If you like getting your hands dirty, solving problems and keeping real machinery running, we’d like to hear from you.

- 5+ years’ industrial electrical experience
- Fault-finding and breakdown repairs on plant and machinery
- PLC programming and diagnostics experience is a big plus
- Registered electrician

You’ll be part of a team that keeps heavy industry running in the Coromandel, with variety every day and machines that test your skills.

Thames
Full-time, permanent

Apply on Trade Me: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=6201312595

Know someone who’d be a good fit? Tag them below

28/10/2026

Finishing school this year and not sure what comes next?

We have two apprenticeships starting in the new year here at A&G Price in Thames.

Mechanical Engineering (Trade) Level 4 – Metal Forming (Casting)
You'll learn foundry work from the ground up: making moulds, pouring metal and producing castings for industrial customers around New Zealand and overseas.

Mechanical Engineering (Trade) Level 4 – Fitting and Machining
You'll learn to set up and run lathes, mills and machining centres, and fit and assemble the parts we make.

Both roles are paid from day one, and you'll come out with a nationally recognised trade qualification. You'll be working alongside tradespeople who have been doing this for years and are keen to pass it on.

You'll need a minimum of NCEA Level 2. Beyond that, we're after people who are reliable, practical and interested in how things are made. Maths and science help, but attitude counts for a lot.

If you know a school leaver who'd suit this, please tag them or share the post.

To apply, follow this link

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/jobs/trades-services/other/waikato/thames-coromandel/full-time/listing/6201287424?ed=true&referrer=jobsmart&action=listingcreated

26/10/2026

Engineering royalty on the rails. Between 1907 and 1914 A&G Price manufactured 50 of the legendary A class steam locomotives. Described by historians as every inch a thoroughbred, these 78 ton giants were considered some of the most handsome locomotives to ever run on New Zealand tracks.

23/10/2026

In today's video, we check out what happens after a casting has cooled down. The team demonstrates how they smash out the sand to reuse it in a reclaim system and show us raw castings straight out of the mould, including the finished pipe mould for the aluminium smelter that we saw previously. All the excess steel bits and risers are chopped off to be recycled back into the foundry, before the castings undergo shot blasting and a specific heat treatment cycle in ovens that reach up to 1,150 degrees. Finally, the pieces are sent down the shop where the team grinds off any rough bits to clean them all up.

Every Friday, we will post a video from this unscripted, raw tour series. Make sure to follow along to get an exclusive look straight from our active engineering bays and offices!

19/10/2026

Enter the famous Ab class! In the roaring twenties our Thames workshop delivered 20 of these 86 ton powerhouses, complete with their distinctive cylindrical tenders. Each one cost a small fortune to build and they became an iconic part of New Zealand's rapidly expanding railway network.

16/10/2026

In today's video, we see how the team creates specialized pipe molds for an aluminium smelter to help extract aluminium from melt pots. The process involves an internal sand core that forms the hollow inside of the pipe, along with sand projections that naturally leave holes for fl**ge bolts as the molten steel flows around them.

The clip also demonstrates how the automated molding line works, with a sand screw mixing resin and catalyst into the sand before it is packed into the mold boxes on a vibrating table. These molds then pass under an infrared heater to harden the sand in about 20 minutes, allowing a machine to separate the pattern so the finished mold can be painted and closed.

Every Friday, we will post a video from this unscripted, raw tour series. Make sure to follow along to get an exclusive look straight from our active engineering bays and offices\!

12/10/2026

Conquering the rugged bush. Standard locomotives were not always enough for New Zealand's steep and twisting logging tracks. A&G Price innovated by building specialized geared steam locomotives, providing the raw pulling power needed by the timber industry to haul massive logs out of the native forests.

09/10/2026

In today's video, we find out how different steel brews are mixed and customized using raw materials. The team explains how they start with bins of cut-up scrap steel, melt it down, and use a spectrometer to vaporize a sample and analyze its exact components. From there, they add specific raw ingredients like chrome, nickel, or manganese flakes to harden the steel, giving it unique properties, such as a hard outer surface and soft interior that is perfect for rock crushers.

Every Friday, we will post a video from this unscripted, raw tour series. Make sure to follow along to get an exclusive look straight from our active engineering bays and offices!

05/10/2026

Mastering the elements! To power the massive quartz crushing batteries without relying solely on steam, A&G Price designed and manufactured colossal Pelton wheels. Some of these water turbines measured 10 feet in diameter and produced an impressive 140 horsepower for the Crown Mines at Karangahake.

Address

208 Beach Road
Thames
3500

Opening Hours

Monday	6:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	6:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	6:30am - 5pm
Thursday	6:30am - 5pm
Friday	6:30am - 5pm

Telephone

07 868 6060

Website

https://www.agprice.co.nz/

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