Major Sponsors

The University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering has in excess of 2000 students, 2200 at undergraduate level, 150 in taught postgraduate programs and 200 research postgraduate students.

A range of specializations are available in the Bachelor of Engineering degree. New specializations, such as software engineering and biomedical engineering, have been introduced in recent years, in response to the changing needs of society.

Research is also a key activity at the Faculty, with large scale research activities and collaborations with other institutions and members of the industry. Much of the work undertaken is of a world-class level, while in many areas, the research programs, and academics and students involved, are clearly leading the world in their discoveries and developments.

EG Whiter

Established in 1955, EG Whiter's modern production facilities are complemented by skilled tradesmen - some have been witht he firm for many years. They manufacture high precision tooling for a diverse range of products, from simple to complex. Producing moulds for the production of light fixtures, spa pool filters, cleaners, toy blocks, horticultural seed trays, domestic appliances, automotive wheel trims, light lenses and electronic equipment.

Platinum Sponsors

Rivers Carbon

Rivers Carbon designs and produces light weight autoclaved pre-preg carbon fibre products for top end motor sport, aerospace and marine customers. The autoclave and clean room are fully data logged with calibrated instruments. Recorded data includes temperature, pressure and time for the autoclave, humidity and temperature for the clean room and temperature for the freezer.

Rivers Carbon supplies the team with autoclave time for all of our pre-preg composite work, as well as a lot of valuable expert advice on manufacturing techniques.

Altair

Altair Engineering is a leading global product design consulting and technology company. Founded in 1985 as a product development consulting company, Altair understands what goes into the product development process. Altair provides software technology in the areas of structural and multi-body modeling and visualisation, structural analysis and optimisation, design process automation, and manufacturing process simulation. The HyperWorks suite enables us to study the physical behaviour of complex structures and assemblies, and improve and optimise design performance.

Gold Sponsors

Yamaha

Yamaha Motors New Zealand are commited to creating a higher level of customer satisfaction, using our ingenuity and enthusiasm to enrich people's lives. YMNZ deals in the distribution of Yamaha products. These include motorcycles, boats and personal watercraft, outboard motors, 4-wheel quad-bikes, racing karts, golf cars, and Gas Heat-Pump air conditioners.

Yamaha has supported the UoA FSAE team since our inception in 2004, with Yamaha motors having powered all of our cars.

Mico Metals

Mico Metals are a leading New Zealand supplier of non-ferrous metals and fasteners. They have 60 years experience and are able to offer technical support and assistance at all branches nationwide through their dedicated customer services teams.

Mico have provided the team with an excellent selection of aluminum stock for the workshop to use in the manufacture of the several cars.

Greenmount Manufacturing

Greenmount Manufacturing is an East Tamaki based company who specialise in furniture and cabinet making. However, the recent acquisition of a 5-axis CNC router give them the ability to offer a range of other services from mold machining to complex shaping.

This year, we are utilising these abilities to manufacture molds for various composite parts of the car. Greenmount Manufacturing's generous support means that molds can be made quickly and accurately direct from the CAD model, saving huge amounts of time over hand made molds.

3M

3M New Zealand today employs approximately 220 employees in all business fields - technical, accounting, sales, marketing, production and many other specialist roles.

3M supplies the team with a variety of products, from safety equipment for composites and general workshop use, to adhesives, abrasives, and finishing products.

AH Gears

Formed in 2000, AH Gears is New Zealand’s leading gear specialist, providing quality gear cutting, gear hobbing, CNC gear grinding, CNC machining, gearbox parts, repairs and maintenance. We have a large range of specialised gear manufacturing equipment enabling us to manufacture most types of gears to very high standards, including straight cutting, planetary, worm, bevel, splines and helical gears.

Silver Sponsors

DeWALT

For almost 80 years, DEWALT has earned a reputation for designing, engineering and building tough industrial machinery. In 1923, Raymond DEWALT invented the radial arm saw that for decades continued to set the standard for quality and durability.

The DeWALT name is synonymous with quality, and the team is proud to have a vast array of their product in our workshop.

Castrol

Castrol is widely acknowleged as the world's leading specialist provider of lubricant solutions, and a large supporter of motorsport. All lubricants used on UoA FSAE cars bear the Castrol brand.

CPL Engineered Solutions

A market leader in the fields of: Pressure Piping Fabrication, Pipe Laying, Steel Fabricatoin, Tank Erection, Maintainance & Repairs, and general contracting. CPL also offer Micro Tunnelling, Pipe Jacking, and Water Treatment solutions.

CPL provide the team with an assortment of steel and aluminium for our fabrication needs.

Element14

Element14 is a powerful eCommunity, technical portal and online store. With their vast array of software, tools and products, they provide engineers, maintenance and repair professionals with their electronic needs.

Element14 has supported the team since 2010, supplying high quality electrical components and materials for cars since then.

Trade Tools

Trade Tools was established in NZ in 1955. The company progressed steadily and now has branches throughout New Zealand, employing 50 people and supported by the largest range of cutting tools in Australasia. Trade Tools is a specialised supplier of quality cutting tools and threading equipment.

Trade Tools imports the high-quality Facom brand, and the UoA FSAE workshop is well kitted out with a huge range of their hand-tools and tool boxes.

Aquacut 2000

Aquacut offers a quality cutting service using precision high pressure waterjet cutting machines. With state of the art technology and precision cutting system, Aquacut can produce quality cut edges, with minimal waste and no damage to the rest of the material.

Aquacut is the team's first choice for all profile-cutting requirements, which they have always done accurately and reliably.

PPG

PPG is a World Leader in its field of coatings, glass and chemicals. PPG has a comprehensive support and tuition program, and is one of the largest suppliers of paint products in NZ. The high quality finish provided by PPG coatings put the finishing touches on our trailer and all of our cars.

PPS Industries Limited

PPS Industries manufacture a range of chemicals, polishing and abrasive belt products for the metal finishing industry. They also import and distribute abrasive products, polishing buffs, compounds, chemicals, engineering supplies, welding consumables, pumps, power tools and finishing equipment. Founded in 1974 by present owner and Managing Director Michael Evans, the company has been running successfully from the Head Office and manufacturing plant in Penrose, Auckland since 1996.

The team was pleased to welcome PPS on board in 2010 as a provider of workshop consumables.

Monster Energy

Monster Energy is heavily associated with many various forms of motorsport worldwide, especially motocross. They provide the team with Monster Energy drinks to help us stay awake and alert throughout the night while working on the design and building of our car.

IPENZ MEG

The Mechanical Engineering Group is a Technical Group of IPENZ (The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand) and has strong links and support from I.Mech.E (The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London). The objects of the Group are to encourage social and technical liaison between engineers of all levels who have an interest in mechanical technology. The Group, which is currently active in Auckland and Wellington, holds regular meetings of technical interest, and arranges visiting speakers to talk to the Group, as well as visits to works and projects of specific mechanical engineering interest.

Nautech Electronics

Nautech designs, manufactures and installs electrical and electronic equipment into thousands of emergency service vehicles throughout New Zealand and Australia. It’s not just the emergency services of course. We supply aviation, marine, military, security and emergency services with products from warning lights and wiring looms, to complex, electronic solutions.

Vacmobiles

As vacuum and blowing applications become more sophisticated, the standard pump solutions available from most suppliers often fall short of meeting user expectations. Sure, the standard pumps suck or blow, as the case may be, but ease of installation and servicing, convenience of use, energy efficiency and minimisation of running costs aren't always as good as they could be. VABS Limited has been formed to meet the needs of customers seeking solutions that will reduce the hassle and long-term cost of vacuum pump and blower ownership.

VABS supplies the team with a vacuum pump system for resin-infusing composite parts.

X-Form

X-form is a cutting edge company providing customers with 3D digitizing, CAD design and development, and CNC machining. They are able to create an accurate 3 dimensional computer model of physical object by 3D digitizing. Once in the computer they (or the client) are able to modify, reverse engineer, or design new parts around the digitized one. They will then cut the associated tooling required on their large 5 axis computer controlled CNC machine. Typical applications include plugs for fiberglass and composite parts, vacuum forming tools, rotational tools, foundry patterns, etc.

HPC

In 1982 HPC revolutionised the exhaust industry by introducing space-age coatings to the motorsports aftermarket. Using coatings that were previously only available to the aerospace industry, HPC created a niche market for protective and thermal barrier coating in racing and street rodding. Since then HPC has developed numerous coatings for a wide range of applications. HPC provides protective, lubritic, thermal barrier and appearance coatings for the motorsports, industrial, food processing, medical, aerospace and OEM automotive and trucking industries. HPC is recognised as a leader and innovator of coating technology in these fields.

National Spring and Wire

National Spring and Wire Ltd is an Australian manufacturer and supplier of an exceptionally diverse range of spring products, wire forms, and metal pressings. National Spring and Wire provides springs for a wide array of industries including white ware, housing, rural, automotive, and commercial equipment to name a few. National Spring and Wires’ advanced manufacturing techniques allow them to supply a limitless section of tension and compression springs with end formings and metal finishes to suit many applications.

Bronze Sponsors

SAECO Bearings & Transmission are a privately owned and operated company with 125 employees in sales, technical support and logistics.

SAECO Bearings & Transmission has developed from small beginnings in 1963 to become New Zealand's leading supplier of Bearing and Power Transmission Products and Services.

The Bruce McLaren Trust was publicly launched at Wings & Wheels, Whenuapai, Auckland in March 1997.

In July 1990 a small memorial trust had been formed to honour Bruce. Upon its closure in 1995, it was realised by the McLaren family and Ross Jensen that there was a need to form a permanent trust. Therefore in response to repeated demands to commemorate Bruce McLaren's achievements and honour him as one of New Zealand's international heroes, the new Trust was formed by Ross Jensen and Bruce's younger sister Jan McLaren Storr. The overall purpose of the Bruce McLaren Trust is to be a living working memorial to Bruce McLaren and the McLaren Team heritage.

The Bolt Shop, based on the North Shore of Auckland, specializes in the supply of fasteners for mechanical and engineering operations.

The Bolt Shop prides itself in ‘good old fashioned, friendly service, with products sold at fair prices’. Industry trained staff are constantly going the extra mile to source products for customers and ensure they are the best possible fit for the application at hand. If a product is not among The Bolt Shop's vast inventory, they are committed to obtaining the product by the fastest means possible, that day.

Hella-New Zealand Limited was founded in 1973 to manufacture, market and distribute products in New Zealand.

Hella New Zealand is part of the Hella Asia Pacific Group. Today the company designs and manufactures innovative lighting products for the commercial transport and automotive industries, using the latest LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology. With these products Hella New Zealand is a supplier to automotive manufacturers and commercial transport fleets all over the world. Hella is a prominent brand in the New Zealand aftermarket for commercial transport and also has key relationships with original equipment manufacturers in the bus, coach and trailer sectors.

Hella New Zealand have supported us for a number of years, supplying us with a variety of battery isolation switches, LED brake lights and assorted electrical goods for the cars, workshop and team trailer.

CNC Prototyping are a small, West Auckland based CNC machinist, who specialise in one-off design and engineering.

Their facilities are ideal for the short-run parts required when building a prototype racecar, and they have generously helped with a great deal of component manufacturing for the team.

Fletcher Easysteel supplies a broad range of steel related products throughout New Zealand.

Through their network of sales centres and processing facilities around the country, Easysteel is well-equipped to meet the requirements of the construction, engineering, natural resources and manufacturing industries. The team was pleased to welcome Easysteel onboard in 2010, providing a selection of high-quality steel products for cars since then.

Adhesive Technologies Ltd, a privately owned Auckland based company, is the largest manufacturer-formulator of liquid epoxy and vinylester resins in New Zealand.

Adhesive Technologies provides resins and the like for all of our composite needs - from infusion resin for autoclave moulds, to toughened resin for parts, and paints and primers for plug and mould preparation.

Established in 1917, the Motor Trade Association (MTA) is a membership-based organisation representing more than 4,000 automotive industry professionals.

They provide is with fuel compensation and raffle prize vouchers.

The Speedshow is a weekend where motorsport enthusiasts and commercial partners come together to celebrate Kiwis in the industry.

With cars not only from New Zealand but from all over the world, the Speedshow is New Zealand's leading display of all motorsport.

The Speedshow has once again generously allowed us to display our project to New Zealand's motorsport audience.

GT International Logistics are specialist international forwarders who look after a range of unique shipping projects.

Anything from caravans and helicopters to boats and oil rigs, GT Logistics will ensure customers’ goods make it safely to their destination anywhere in the world.

Formula E offers a unique experience in New Zealand’s fastest indoor karts.

Conveniently close to the Auckland Airport, Formula E is a great place for celebratory events or simply an afternoon of fun. Conference and function rooms are available for hire and catering options are available to groups.

Digital Cutting is an owner/operator cutting solutions provider. With years of experience in cutting, starting with Mat Boards, and progressing to digital cutting of all thin, flexible, printed or non-printed media, they have gained a reputation for professional, clean, efficient results.

Digital Cutting provides the team with plot cutting facilities to accurately produce the reinforcing carbon fiber laminate for our monocoque.

Heat Treatments Ltd. are an innovative New Zealand company, offering a wide range of heat-treating and surface finishing services for metals and alloys.

Utilising the best plant and processes available in the region, coupled with over 50 years experience, Heat Treatments are able to provide the highest quality service in the industry, recognised by Quality certifications including ISO9001:2000 and a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval. Heat Treatments services include heat treating, surface coating, metal joining, thermal treatment, and metallurgical laboratory and transportation services.

Race Brakes represent the finest range of performance products from around the world.

They pride themselves on good customer service and strong knowledge of their products.

Race Brakes supply brake equipment for all manner of competition vehicles as well as large scale industrial applications. They offer products from the best suppliers around the world.

Absolute CNC was born through the recognition of a gap in the industry – for the timely delivery of quality precision products.

Partners Russell Davis, Alex Vallings and Lyn Holland have extensive knowledge in a wide range of industries, specifically that of the marine sector.

Absolute CNC are one of the teams many machinists who this year have produced a front cover for the new powertrain.

Alert MotorSport started over 20 years ago as a hose shop stocking Aeroquip Performance Hoses and Fittings.

Over the years Alert Motorsport have added the following respected brands to its range. SamcoSport Silicone Hoses, HEL Brake Hoses, Pipercross Filters, Laminova Heat Exchangers, CPR Fuel Systems, Momo, RaceTech, Elf Lubricants, Patterson Dry Sump Tanks, Aviaid Dry Sump Pumps & Accessories, Setrab Oil Coolers and MagnaCharger Super Chargers to name a few.

Alert Motorsport give the team a generous discount on all products, especially Samco hoses and aluminium fuel and brake fittings.

Apex Apparel specialize in embroidery and have an in-house screen printing service.

Whether it be a one-off print job or a quantity over 5000, Apex Apparel are able to provide clients with a customized professional look to suit their needs. Bring in your own garments or purchase from the extensive selection in store, Apex Apparel will go the extra mile to ensure you get quality goods on time, every time.

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