CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF HEAVY ENGINEERING IN NEW ZEALAND

FROM small beginnings in 1868 producing f lax processing machines in Princess Street Onehunga, A & G Price quickly expanded by opening their second foundry and iron works at Beach Road in Thames, following the discovery of Gold and the ensuing gold rush.

The high demand for large gold processing plant and later rail locomotive contracts resulted in A & G Price Ltd becoming one of the largest fully capable engineering works in New Zealand, with its 3D drafting department, pattern making, foundry, heat treatment, machining, fabrication, fitting, NDT and paint shops there is no job that the dedicated team at A & G Price won’t look at taking on.

A unique feature of the A & G Price one-stop engineering works is the full capability foundry offering a wide range of materials, certified to international standards or custom made to suit your specific requirements.

Quality Assurance

All Manufacturing is undertaken to our ISO 9001 quality assurance system A & G Price has comprehensive inspection and testing facilities including: • Material chemistry via spectrometer. • Mechanical destructive certification. • Non-destructive inspection: – Dye penetrant. – Ultrasonic. – Magnetic particle. – X ray. • Full certification documentation. • Full certification to international standards.

Cast Materials Offered:

IRONS: • Grey Cast Iron. • Heat Resistant Iron. • Acid Resistant Iron. • Die Iron. • Nickle Iron. • Chrome Iron. • Ni Hard Iron. • SG Iron (spheroidal Graphite / Ductile Iron). • SG Ni Hard Iron.

STEEL • Medium tensile steel. • High tensile steel. • Alloyed steel. • Ballistic steel.

MANGANESE STEEL • 13 percent and 18 percent Manganese. • Manganese chrome. • Crushalloy (A&G Price grade alloyed Manganese).

STAINLESS STEEL • Heat resistant. • Acid resistant. • Corrosion resistant.

NON FERROUS • Phosphor bronze. • Leaded bronze. • Leaded gun metal. • Dairy metal. • Brass. • Copper. • Aluminium.