Our Team At Liquid Processing Equipment Limited
Carla supplied wine rum and beer to early settlers on the coast of Australian & New Zealand in the gold rush day’s under captain H.F. Buck, John’s Great Grandfather
J G Dacey
Managing Director
John has worked in Australia and New Zealand wine industry for forty years. Racing yachts have been his passion and continue to follow races with his crew, which includes winemakers and winery owners. After racing, they celebrate with a bottle of wine selected by his father who was a wine expert and worked in the industry for many years. John and his father worked together in opening Cook’s Wine with NZ prime minister R Muldoon and his guests.
Today we use 3DDesign tools for wine flow analysis and tank engineering construction along with automation & control for wine management.
Phone : +64 7 866 0374
Email : info@lpe.co.nz
Davis Edvin
Sales Engineer
Davis came to New Zealand to study sales and marketing at MIT Manukau. Joined the team at Liquid Processing Equipment Limited as sales and marketing intern and later made his position permanent. He has a background in Mechanical Engineering and specializes in thermodynamics and thermal engineering. He previously worked as a mechanical supervisor for steel trading company in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. He is highly energetic and is always motivated to get the work done. He is always your first point of contact. Outside work Davis has a passion for football & basketball and is always seen gathering knowledge about sailing from John.
Phone : +64 7 866 0374
info@lpe.co.nz
Darrin Ross
Design Engineer
I have 30 years experience in process industries designing production equipment and managing industrial projects.My career began designing materials handling equipment and more recently liquid process systems incorporating tanks, piping, and structural elements. I have been using 3D design software for many years now and have found customers appreciate a far better insight into the finished form of the plant than traditional 2D drawing provide. This allows for better input in the design process and fewer changes later in the project which can be costly and disruptive to the schedule.
Phone : +64 7 866 0374
Email: info@lpe.co.nz
Nick Nobilo
Winemaking Consultant
Nicks passion for making wine has established him as one of New Zealand’s most respected wine authorities he is regarded a pioneer of the modern New Zealand wine industry. Nick will celebrate 55 years of winemaking in 2016. The country’s emergence as a producer of premium, New World wines is due in no small part to his vision and innovation.
Les Whale
International Sales Engineer
London-born Les has turned his passion for sales into a successful life-long career winning a number of prestigious awards for sales and marketing excellence and taking his company Future Mobile to finalist in Westpac NZ’s Small Business Innovation Awards.
Following a visit to New Zealand in the 80s, Les decided to make Auckland his home. He returned to London, sold his house, packed his saddlebags and then spent 11 months cycling to NZ via Europe and Asia on his mountain bike.
Les now lives in Huapai in West Harbour along with his real estate agent partner Susan, Lewey the dog and Chilli the Fijian cat rescued from an animal shelter in Nadi. Outside of work Les follows his passion for all things boating and fishing as well as music, riding his Harley, reading and of course his family in the UK, Australia and here in NZ.
With a wealth of sales, management, marketing and International experience working in the UK, Australia, Fiji and New Zealand, and with a passion for people and business, Les offers sound advice paired with warmth and empathy to manage the sales process.
Les is highly motivated to ensure his clients have only the most positive experience.
To learn more of Les’s unique approach to life and for information on Liquid Process Engineering.
Phone : +64 7 866 0374
Email : info@lpe.co.nz
Eric Dittmer
Sales Engineer
My experience in sales goes back quite a number of years from selling real estate to selling wine meat and honey but in the last few years I have been involved with LPE selling and advising on wine beer and honey processing plants and the machinery associated with those industries
Phone : +64 7 866 0374
Email: info@lpe.co.nz