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A wide array of opportunities have been opened for materials manufacturers as the additive manufacturing metals market matured and scaled over the last decade. What are the factors that push this market’s progress and what does the future hold in the next 10 years?

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Milton Dick MP, along with Queensland Labor’s Jess Pugh MP attended a site tour of Volvo Group Australia’s Wacol operations, located close to their communities of Oxley and Mount Ommaney.

Redefining the culture of cleanliness, Comac brings value to cleaning with professional solutions that make people’s lives better, cleaner and more hygienic. For true excellence in cleaning innovation, the Innova range from Comac features a family of three ride-on floor scrubber machines — the Innova 65B, Innova 85B and Innova 70S. 

ARM Hub CEO Associate Professor Cori Stewart has today been announced as one of Australia’s newest Superstars of STEM by Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic MP.

Addressing structural challenges appears a key focus of this year’s budget, with many initiatives tackling the likes of energy transition, housing affordability, skills shortages, childcare and paid parental leave. But what does the new budget mean for manufacturing?

This year’s top engineering achievements have been celebrated at the 2022 Engineers Australia Excellence Awards Gala Dinner event, held in Sydney overnight.

The Australian Made, Australian Grown (AMAG) logo is a global icon. Instantly recognisable and well-regarded, the green and gold kangaroo is internationally known as a marker of genuine Australian Made products made to Australia's high standards.

Australian-owned floorcare and cleaning company Godfreys last month announced the opening of a new Commercial Support Office in Melbourne. While the showroom itself marks an exciting foray into commercial cleaning at an impressive scale, it also suggests the beginning a new post-covid era that sees a renewed focus on health and safety in the manufacturing industry and beyond.

Three common challenges are shaping the way Australian manufacturers are approaching payroll and workforce management. The future-focused solutions are designed to overcome these challenges in ways that optimise efficiency, reduce costs, improve employee safety and experience, and improve recruitment and retention.

With energy costs increasingly becoming a hefty part of a manufacturer’s bottom line, the urgent need arises for groundbreaking methods that would help the industry alleviate its energy consumption.