Rigtec Blog

Meet the Team: Julius – Fabrication

Why we always recommend anodising your rigger!

What is anodising? it's a process that thickens the natural oxide layer on a metal part's surface into an anodic oxide film. This extra thickness protects the part's surface and improves aesthetics.   What is the benefits of your rigger anodising? Excellent Corrosion Resistance. Excellent Abrasion Resistance. Authentic metallic sheen, lustre and feel. No possibility of [...]

We’ve got Wheels!

We are excited to announce that we are continuously investing in Rigtec to make our service to you better and more efficient! We have recently added a forklift to our fleet to help drive the success of the business.

Billy Webb Challenge

What is Rigtec's connection to The Billy Webb Challenge? Rigtec's owner Mark Webb is the great-nephew of one of New Zealand’s greatest rowing champions, the late Billy Webb. Mark enjoys seeing rowing talent on the water, especially in our feature race commemorating his great-uncle.   The Rigtec Billy Webb Challenge is a [...]

Annual shutdown 2022-2023

We notice everyone is planning their Christmas break early this year, so we just wanted to let you in on our schedule, to ensure we get through all of your orders as we are heading closer to the holiday season and getting busier. We urge you to place your orders [...]

Meet the team: Cameron – CNC machinist

The newest member to the Rigtec team, imported all the way from SA! Cameron has recently joined our team on 12 October 2022, he is our 2nd member to join our very busy and growing machine shop as a cnc machinist/programmer, he is qualified in the trade we are excited [...]

Meet the team: Ewan – Fabrication

Meet Ewan, he is one of our highly skilled team members, and brings a wide range of skills to Rigtec. Ewan brings a big smile to the shop floor and can usually be heard singing well before you see him. In his spare time Ewan enjoys Fishing, Duck Shooting, Playing Guitar [...]

Meet the team: Corrie – Operations manager

Corrie is the hard working guy that runs Rigtec Engineering. Corrie is a highly qualified and experienced CNC Machinist amongst other things. Corrie likes Fishing, Diving, Cars, having a beer and spending time with his family. Corrie dislikes Gas BBQs, Cardamom Pods, Tinned Asparagus and 90s Pop music. Corrie is very passionate about [...]