John Brooks Ltd. is a privately owned company, it was started in 1964 in Christchurch as a general engineering manufacturing operation by John and June Brooks.

Major customers were the Meat processing industries of the south and lower North Island to whom they designed and built slaughter floor and packaging conveyor Systems. In 1970 they shifted to a larger premises and began to sell bearings, chain, sprockets and other power transmission product lines.

Today this product line has increased substantially to include major agencies for Electrical motors, motor speed control and servo systems for robotics. Industrial transmission products are still a main stay of sales, along with design and supply of conveyors and their components.

Pumps and controls for milking machine systems and Wine industry is now a going growing division, with exports to Europe, China and Australia, and Motion control products supply and commissioning, means John Brooks Ltd are prepared for the future.

The company is now owned and operated by two of John's sons Murray and Chris Brooks and a has total staff of 26 over the three branches.