About Industrial Air Systems

NZ Owned, Global Interest

Industrial Air Systems is New Zealand owned and operated, with offices in both the North Island and South Island. We're also part of Pneutech Group, an international compressed air group with a global knowledge base and locations in North America, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

Why choose Industrial Air Systems?


We know you have a choice


Championing loyalty, honesty, and integrity, we are proud to have strong relationships with our clients and suppliers. This enables us to deliver a turn-key solution for all rotary screw compressed air and nitrogen generation systems. 

Global advantage - exclusive range of compressed air products Global Advantage
World leading manufacturing with Pneutech products World-Leading Manufacturing
We have a highly skilled, experienced workforce Experienced Workforce
Solution Providers for major compressed air system projects Custom Solutions
Environmental care Sustainable Values

With an exclusive range of cutting-edge compressed air products, the Pneutech Group actively supplies industries across the world, offering superior quality, pricing, and service. In fact, the Pneutech Group's global advantage is unparalleled anywhere else in the world.

Pneutech has strong supply relationships with over ten world-leading manufacturing facilities. This international network guarantees first-class products and the continuity of supply parts and service no matter where you are.

Bringing well over a century of combined experience within New Zealand and beyond, our team is committed to providing solutions that work. We are driven by this mission, ensuring your new system exceeds your expectations.

We supply and service air systems throughout New Zealand, from large-scale factories to smaller industrial projects. We'll work closely with our design consultants and supply chains to deliver a tailored solution for your needs.

We are here for the long term, which is why we strive to care for our environment. Our focus is to help conserve energy and reduce waste, while also facilitating a safe and healthy work environment.

24/7 Support

We offer around-the-clock servicing and support for all our products. This helps to keep your plant operational at the most crucial times and reduces unplanned shutdowns.

Call us free on our 24/7 support line 0800 555 018 for all urgent enquiries. 

Meet the Industrial Air Systems' Team


Meet some of our friendly personnel

Nick Richards - Director

Nick Richards

Director

Nick is one of the founding members of Industrial Air, and the PneuTech Group, and brings many years’ of compressed air and nitrogen gas experience to his role. Nick is our nitrogen generation expert and specialises in full-system design of both nitrogen and compressed air for medium to large enterprises, particularly in the food & beverage and manufacturing sectors.

Jacqui Richards - Director

Jacqui Richards

Managing Director

Jacqui is a founding member of Industrial Air, and the PneuTech Group and with a background in retail supply chain, and the food industry, brings experience with system analytics to her role. In this capacity, she also understands the critical needs of production lines, and the cost of down-time to a business, and motivates her team to provide the best to customers and colleagues alike.

Jeremy Richards - National Sales Manger

Jeremy Richards

National Sales Manager

As our national sales manager, and manager of our South Island branches, Jeremy has many years of compressed air experience, having first joined the family business from school. With several years’ then working in retail supply to the automotive sector, and later in pre-fabricated homes, Jeremy has a vast knowledge of many industries, and specialises in all areas of compressed air supply.

Zane Richards - Auckland Sales Engineer

Zane Richards

National Marketing Manager & Auckland Sales Engineer

Zane joined the family business in early 2022 after several years of experience in a sales-based role for a nationwide manufacturing company. His strong knowledge base in engineering and manufacturing based applications, and a desire to fully comprehend customer questions on the how and why of compressed air, ensure he is a vital component of the Industrial Air sales and marketing team.

Braam van Wyk - Operations Manager

Braam van Wyk

National Operations Manager

With 13+ years in the engineering industry, Braam is our highly skilled operations manager. His exceptional organisational skills and technical aptitude ensure our operational processes run without a hitch, to ensure we provide the best possible service to our customers. He is also responsible for our Auckland service and installation team.

Colin Gerrard - Service Business Manager

Colin Gerrard

National Service Business Manager

Colin heads up our service department and brings a wealth of experience from many years in the industrial gasses industry. Acquiring his knowledge and skills both within New Zealand, and overseas, Colin provides invaluable industry insights to our service customers to assist with maximum productivity and uptime within their factories, with best-in-class service from our team.

Daniel Strachan - National Technical Manager

Daniel Strachan

National Technical Manager

Daniel comes from a background in mechanical repairs, including with farm machinery service operations nationwide. His excellent organisational and problem-solving skills are an essential component to the technical support of our service department. He keeps his skills well-tuned in the South Canterbury area as our local service technician, and is also our South Island service manager.

Tony Kuruppu - National Service Account Manager

Tony Kuruppu

National Service Account Manager

Tony is our nationwide service account manager who comes from a background in the automotive service industry. He utilises his superb organistional skills to manage all our service bookings, and make sure our technicians are where they need to be at any time of the day or night, to exceed our customer's expectations.

Janet Irasga - Customer Account Manager

Janet Irasga

Customer Account Manager

Janet is our highly efficient customer account manager and comes from a background in project management. She is also responsible for our health & safety, and ensures the needs of our key stakeholders are met at all times.

Servicing and support techincans

Service Technicians

Servicing & Support

Our friendly team of technicians in Auckland, Christchurch and Timaru provide hands-on experience 24/7, and are knowledgeable in all types of compressed air and nitrogen situations. From urgent breakdown work, to routine service, to new-build installations they are raising the bar, one job at a time.

INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR TEAM?

Send us your CV and let us know where you would best fit into the Industrial Air family.

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