Controls, electrical engineering and full-stack software from one partner — so the plant on your floor and the data, quality and traceability systems that sit above it are engineered as a single system, not stitched together by two vendors.
CHN Automation is a New Zealand-based system integrator and software developer. We combine hands-on controls and electrical engineering with full-stack software, which means the control system, the quality records and the app your people actually use are designed to fit together from day one.
PLC, SCADA, robotics and electrical works bridged with databases, reporting and modern web development.
Siemens, Allen-Bradley, Omron and Beckhoff PLCs; Ignition, Wonderware and WinCC SCADA. We work with the equipment you have rather than forcing a rip-and-replace.
Blending-tank upgrades, multi-head filling with cap insertion, labelling, camera inspection and reject, and automated case- and pallet-packing on consumer-health and personal-care lines.
Based in Papatoetoe, Auckland. We commission on site, document what we build, and support it afterwards.
Pick the outcome you're chasing. We'll tell you honestly whether it's a week of work or a project.
Debottleneck, cut changeover time and lift throughput without buying new machinery.
Robot cells, case packing and palletising to remove repetitive lifting and inconsistent packing.
Guided batch execution with in-process QC, operator attribution and a searchable history.
Live production and storage boards, downtime reasons and reporting your team will trust.
Migrate legacy PLCs and relay logic to a supported platform, with minimal downtime.
Web, mobile and back-office systems built for how your business really operates.
Nine disciplines, one delivery team. Most projects draw on three or four of them at once.
Control systems designed, built and commissioned to run reliably for a decade.
The full blend-to-pallet flow, integrated as one continuous line.
Panels designed, built and tested in-house, then installed and proven on site.
Find the real constraint, remove it, and prove the improvement with data.
Guided execution, in-process quality and floor visibility in one production record.
Web, desktop and mobile systems built to fit the way your business runs.
Applied AI aimed at a specific bottleneck — not a science project.
Turn plant and business data into something people act on before the shift ends.
Connect equipment, cloud and business systems with an architecture that stays maintainable.
We program and integrate on the platforms already in your plant, so an upgrade doesn't have to mean a rip-and-replace.
Plant automation for clients, and three commercial software products of our own.
Blending, filling, conveying and packaging lines that run faster and stop less
We take responsibility for the whole chain — blending tanks, filling and capping, labelling, vision inspection, case packing and palletising — from control design and panel build through to commissioning and tuning. Lines are instrumented first so downtime and slow-running are measured, not guessed, then optimised against those numbers and handed over with live dashboards your supervisors can read at a glance.
Guided batch execution with quality control built into the record
A browser-based production application, built for and proven in real blending operations. Configurable process steps per vessel type run in sequence so operators can't skip ahead; actual time is measured against target; pH, viscosity and specific gravity are checked automatically against per-product specifications, and an out-of-spec result requires an explicit QA override with a written reason and timestamp. Corrections are recorded separately from initial additions, so you can see whether an intervention actually moved the reading.
Always know what's next
An all-in-one field service and operations platform for trades businesses across New Zealand and Australia. Jobs, quoting, invoicing, assets and maintenance in one place — with a Compliance Passport QR code on site that lets any client, auditor or inspector scan and see live inspection records, photos and service due dates without needing a login.
AI-powered legal research for New Zealand law
LegalMate answers New Zealand legal questions in plain language and shows its working — every answer traced back to the legislation it came from. Built to cut the hours lawyers, HR teams and business owners lose to legislation search across employment, criminal, tax and property law.
A selection of delivered projects. Client names are withheld; the technology and the outcomes are not.
Water and wastewater, energy, manufacturing and infrastructure across the upper North Island.
You keep control and visibility at every stage — and nothing reaches your floor untested.
Understand the process, the constraints and the success measures.
Mechanical, electrical, controls and software design, reviewed with your team.
Factory acceptance testing, so it's proven before it reaches your floor.
Installed, integrated and trialled on real product, planned around production.
As-built documentation plus operator and maintenance training.
Ongoing support for everything we deliver, matched to your risk.
For GMP and other regulated operations we provide the automation and software layer and design it to support your validation and quality framework — audit trails, controlled overrides, specification snapshots and configurable roles. Formal validation and computer-system validation remain a collaborative activity carried out within your own quality processes, and we work within your safety and quality requirements rather than around them.
Start small. A short on-site production opportunity assessment gives you a prioritised roadmap before you commit to anything.
Send us the short version and we'll come back within one business day.
28C Alexander Avenue,
Papatoetoe, Auckland 2025
Mon–Fri, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Breakdown support by arrangement
