Visy acquires Australian operations of world’s biggest glass bottle maker for almost A$1 billion
Packaging and recycling giant Visy has struck a $1B deal with Owens Illinois’s local glassmaking business, making it one of Australia's biggest manufacturing acquisitions...
Aussie scientists develop 3D printing technology that could disrupt the global stent manufacturing industry
Researchers from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, in partnership with Wollongong-based Medical Innovation Hub, have come up with a way to 3D print tailor-made...
Victorian Government launches METS Regional Innovation Accelerator program
Victorian manufacturer Gekko Systems recently switched from making mine plant equipment to creating ventilators and is now playing a crucial role in Australia’s global...
Defence teams up with Brisbane technology company to rapidly produce face shields
The Australian Army has teamed up with design technology company, 3D One Australia, to rapidly produce 400 face shields for frontline healthcare workers.
The Brisbane-based...
CMP develops 3D Printed Medical Testing Kits to assist with COVID-19 testing
The CMP Group have developed 3D Printed and Injection Moulded Medical Testing Kits to assist the Australian Government and Hospitals with Covid-19 Testing.
As shortages...
Family-owned Victorian manufacturer produce thousands of locally made gowns
Australian manufacturer Clets Linen & Co Pty Ltd will produce thousands of medical grade surgical gowns for frontline workers in the fight against the COVID-19...
SPEE3D, Swinburne to trial coronavirus-fighting copper
Australian manufacturer SPEE3D is working with Swinburne University to trial copper door push plates that kill the bulk of the COVID-19 virus, in just two...
New JV to manufacture Aussie made MICRO19 hand sanitiser
Wellness and Beauty Solutions Limited (WNB) will form an incorporated joint venture company with plastics packaging specialists, Piggott Investments and Glegra, to manufacture MICRO19...
Grooming product firm The Bearded Chap to boost manufacturing of hand sanitiser in Queensland
Enoggera-based grooming product manufacturers The Bearded Chap has joined the long list of Queensland manufacturers that are reinventing business practices to boost supplies of...
Iconic packaging manufacturer to produce millions of respirator and surgical masks in SA
South Australian packaging company Detmold Group will manufacture millions of respirator and surgical masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Detmold will produce 145...
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Building resilience as manufacturing requirements become more complex
The industrial machinery and heavy equipment manufacturing sector is critical not only for its direct outputs, machines, and equipment that pave the way for construction, agriculture and manufacturing but also for its crucial role in economic development and innovation.
