A&G Price Ltd

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

04/09/2026

Welcome inside A&G Price! In this first clip of our 13-part series, we take you on an unscripted, behind-the-scenes look into our historic drawing office. This office houses thousands of drawings dating back to the early 1980s, alongside incredible historic customer-supplied blueprints, including one that is 105 years old from 1921! Everything is meticulously cataloged electronically, preserving a massive archive of engineering history alongside our ongoing projects.

Steeped in rich history, our building dates all the way back to 1870 when A&G Price first moved to the area during the gold rush, a time when Thames was actually larger than Auckland. Over the decades, this site has produced everything from railway and marine work to steam engines and boilers. Remarkably, the facility operated for 44 years before commercial electricity arrived in Thames in 1914, but today we've modernised and are powered by solar panels on our roof.

We will be sharing a new clip from this raw, unscripted tour every Friday, so be sure to tune in each week to see more behind-the-scenes engineering action!

The team working on what became the largest public art commission in New Zealand history: the massive decorative bronze ...
31/08/2026

The team working on what became the largest public art commission in New Zealand history: the massive decorative bronze screen surrounding the Supreme Court building in Wellington.

Weighing a staggering 88,000 kilograms and standing 8 meters tall, this complex architectural lattice was designed in collaboration with artist Neil Dawson to mimic the intertwining branches of pōhutukawa and rātā trees. Bringing this vision to life was a massive engineering feat.

The project required the assembly of 17,000 individual cast components, 2,200 hand-crafted glass flowers, and 9.5 kilometers of custom-extruded bronze sections. Our team took on the challenge of precisely fitting, clamping, and structurally welding the massive subsections together to ensure a perfect fit on site.

Take a look at this unique project moving through our fabrication bay. This large-scale component is a specialized piece...
27/08/2026

Take a look at this unique project moving through our fabrication bay. This large-scale component is a specialized piece of an industrial scrubber system designed for an exhaust stack.

Industrial scrubbers are vital pieces of environmental infrastructure used by plants and mills to strip out pollutants, particulates, and acidic gases from exhaust streams before they ever reach the atmosphere. The flared cone base and the striking green deflector vanes are engineered to precisely control high-volume airflow, ensuring efficient gas distribution and filtration under continuous operating conditions.

Projects like this highlight the sheer variety of heavy fabrication work our team handles. From precision machining of drivetrain gears to building massive environmental protection equipment from scratch, we have the space, tools, and expertise to deliver.

Check out this massive project currently taking up a big footprint on our floor: Demolition Scissers jaw machining. This...
23/08/2026

Check out this massive project currently taking up a big footprint on our floor: Demolition Scissers jaw machining. This is a Genesis GXP 400 hydraulic shear attachment, the kind of heavy-duty machinery used on major demolition sites to rip through structural steel and reinforced concrete.

Operating under thousands of tons of crushing force means these attachments take an absolute beating. Over time, the extreme stress can cause minor shifts in jaw alignment or wear out the main structural pivot points.

To fix that, our team has bolted the entire multi-ton shear assembly onto one of our large CNC machining beds. We are line-boring the main pivot points and resurfacing the blade seats back to exact factory tolerances. This ensures the jaws align perfectly and deliver maximum cutting efficiency when it heads back out to the field.

Take a look at this large-scale project moving through our machine shop: A Concrete Pipe Mould Machining. This heavy-dut...
20/08/2026

Take a look at this large-scale project moving through our machine shop: A Concrete Pipe Mould Machining. This heavy-duty red assembly is an industrial mold used to cast high-strength concrete pipes and manhole structures for major drainage and infrastructure networks.

To produce concrete pipes that fit together flawlessly in the field without leaking, the casting molds themselves must be engineered with absolute precision. Over time, the intense pressure and abrasive nature of aggregate casting can wear down the critical joint lines and sealing faces.

Our team is utilizing the workshop's overhead crane system to precisely position this multi-ton mold onto one of our large machining beds. We are resurfacing the sealing flanges and machining the inner profiles back to exact geometric tolerances.

A massive differential and axle assembly from a heavy underground mining vehicle undergoing precision repairs in our wor...
16/08/2026

A massive differential and axle assembly from a heavy underground mining vehicle undergoing precision repairs in our workshop. You can still see the layer of subterranean dust on the housing, showing the harsh, gritty environment this machinery operates in daily.

Underground mining haulers and loaders carry incredible loads up steep, dark inclines, putting extreme stress on their drivetrains. When the structural mounting points or differential housings wear out, a standard swap-and-replace is not always an option.

Our team has mounted this entire multi-ton axle assembly onto one of our large horizontal boring mills. We are executing precision line-boring and face-milling to restore worn mounting brackets and faces back to perfect factory alignment.

13/08/2026

Here is a look at custom-engineered Wobbler Shafts handling tough conditions at a nickel mine in New Caledonia.

In heavy mining operations, processing raw ore can be a massive challeng, especially when dealing with wet, sticky materials that easily clog standard sorting screens. That is exactly where a wobbler feeder system comes in.

Instead of traditional vibration, these custom-manufactured, rotating shafts use a synchronized, elliptical motion to constantly agitate and move heavy material forward. This continuous tumbling forces smaller rock and debris to drop through the gaps, ensuring a clean, steady feed into the primary crusher without bottlenecking production.

Here is a look at a New Crusher Rotor Assembly Cement Mill moving through the final stages on our workshop floor. This h...
09/08/2026

Here is a look at a New Crusher Rotor Assembly Cement Mill moving through the final stages on our workshop floor. This heavy-duty hammer mill rotor is being built for a cement manufacturing plant.

Cement production starts with crushing massive amounts of raw limestone and rock. To handle that relentless impact, this rotor utilizes a stacked design of heavy steel discs. Once fully assembled, large pins and swinging hammers will be fitted between these discs to smash raw materials down to size.

Because these multi-ton assemblies spin at high speeds under extreme loads, there is no room for error. Our team utilizes overhead cranes and precision alignment tools to stack and lock every single component to exact factory tolerances, ensuring perfect operational balance and a long service life.

06/08/2026

In the world of primary crushing, the Pitman is the heavy lifter. Barry Ingle gives us a look at a massive Pitman from a 60x42 jaw crusher, one of the largest in the field, currently undergoing a total structural and mechanical overhaul at A&G Price.

A 60x42 crusher is a primary machine designed to take massive boulders straight from the quarry face. When a bearing collapses in a unit of this size, the forces involved are so great that they cause widespread damage to the surrounding steel.

Our team is currently tackling several critical repair areas:

✅ Bore Restoration: The internal bore where the bearing sits was heavily damaged when the bearing failed. We have welded the entire surface to add material back, which will then be precision-machined to its original factory diameter.
✅ Structural Crack Repair: High-impact crushing eventually leads to fatigue. Barry points out several areas where the main body has been gouged out to remove cracks, which are then expertly welded to restore structural integrity.
✅ Toe and Face Refurbishment: The "toe" (where the jaw die is supported) and the wear pattern on the face are being welded back to their original profiles. These surfaces must be perfectly flat to ensure the crushing forces are distributed evenly.

30/07/2026

This massive piece of machinery spinning on our lathe is an 18-ton rotor pulled from a scrap metal shredder. Industrial shredders take an absolute beating crushing everything from structural steel to old vehicles, and eventually, that wear and tear catches up to the main shaft.

It is in the workshop with us to have its bearing journals repaired. The bearing journals are the critical, high-precision zones where the main bearings sit. Even a fraction of a millimeter of uneven wear can cause massive vibration issues under load.

Our team is currently setting up the lathe to machine the shaft back to perfectly smooth, precise roundness, ensuring it can go straight back to work handling the heaviest recycling jobs.

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

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