Who we are

Innovation is in our blood

HMI Technologies is a world leader in custom-built Intelligent Transport Systems, an end-to-end solutions provider that designs and manufactures its own hardware and software. From our Auckland engineering base, one of New Zealand's largest electronic manufacturing sites, we take products from R&D and prototyping through type approval, manufacture, deployment and lifecycle support.

Our signs manage live traffic every day: over 400 VMS across Auckland's motorways, 180 speed indication devices and 2,500 school zone signs throughout New Zealand. Across the Tasman, HMI is the sole supplier of electronic motorway signs in Perth and a delivery partner on Australia's largest infrastructure programs.

HMI lane control signs over a New Zealand motorway
HMI lane control and speed signs managing live motorway traffic

That engineering DNA is what let HMI do something few sign makers would dare: build a self-driving vehicle company from scratch. Ohmio, founded within HMI in 2017, now operates autonomous shuttles on three continents. It stands on the trust HMI built with road agencies, project by project, for over two decades.

1999
Transport technology work begins in Auckland, New Zealand
2002
HMI Technologies Ltd incorporated in Auckland
2008
“Safe & Socially Responsible” Company Award (NZ Safety & Injury Prevention Awards)
2012
Australian operating company established, now with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Perth
2017
Ohmio founded: HMI's autonomous vehicle venture, born in Christchurch
2018
TIN Rocket Award for fast-growing NZ technology exporters
2023
Ohmio LIFT shuttles platoon at JFK Airport, New York
2025
US headquarters & manufacturing facility opens in Riverside, California