Where Longveld started, and still leads the way
Pam and Les Roa started Longveld in 1992 as a stainless steel site installation specialist for New Zealand’s dairy sector. We quickly grew to fabricate and install for international projects. More than three decades on, we still design, fabricate and install the equipment that keeps dairy products moving from farm to plate.
We work side by side with processors and OEMs, including customers like Fonterra, GEA, Tetra Pak and Synlait. One team handles consultancy, design, fabrication and installation, so there’s no hand-off between drawing and site.
Tanks and silos
Cream, chilled water, CIP and balance tanks, from 1m³ up to 100m³ silos. For a butter plant run by a major NZ dairy processor we built five 80m³ crystallising cream silos, dimple-jacketed from top to bottom.
Bulk powder hoppers
Six 14m long 90m³ hoppers, engineered and fabricated for a global dairy OEM’s project at a Waikato powder plant. Each one was transported in a single piece.
Cyclones
Two 17m cyclones for a 30-tonne spray dryer at an export dairy site in Canterbury, built for an international processing OEM. Six more followed for dairy plants across new Zealand.
Modular dryers
A compact modular powder dryer built as bolt-together pods for a North Island dairy company. The site went from concrete pad to multi-storey building in a matter of days.
Milk tankers and trailers
In partnership with TRT, we designed a 5-axle rear-steer trailer prototype for a national milk collection fleet. It was designed to cope with tight on-farm turning circles and carries a low centre-of-gravity free-flow barrel that reduces milk deterioration and fleet running costs, and improves driver safety.
Truck retrofits
A national dairy fleet’s sole truck retrofit partner since 1999. Our redesigned barrel mounting system cut annual truck retrofit costs by 63%.
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Over 30 years in dairy
Longveld was founded in 1992 to serve New Zealand’s dairy sector. We know how plants run and we understand milk processing and food safety requirements
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A trusted partner
Companies like GEA and Tetra Pak bring us their dairy builds, to their specification and programme. Dairy processors like Fonterra and Olam trust us on site.
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One team, from drawing to site
Consultancy, 3D design and FEA, fabrication and installation under one roof. The build is right first time, with no hand-offs.
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Food-grade stainless experts
High-performance stainless fabrication with hygiene and durability built in, under AS/NZS ISO 3834-2 certified welding.
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Experience building at scale
90m³ hoppers. 100m3 silos. We have the space, lifting and people to handle them.
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Built around your season
Planning, fabrication and install scheduled to fit your off-season shutdowns.
Project Consultancy
We analyse your vision, develop a project roadmap and engineer the best outcome.
Design
Our design team adapts your idea into detailed plans that become engineered solutions.
Cut. Form. Build.
Precision manufacturing, assembly, installation and project management.
We partner with industry leaders setting the benchmark, and innovators looking to shape something remarkable.
Tanks and silos, powder hoppers, cyclones, modular dryers, milk tanker trailers and truck retrofits, plus site installation and maintenance for dairy plants.
Yes. We build for and alongside OEMs including GEA and Tetra Pak, to their specifications and their programme.
Our welding is AS/NZS ISO 3834-2 certified. We also produce control documentation to industry standards and your specification.
Yes. We plan fabrication and installation around your shutdown window and manage the work on site.
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