Tag: Australian Manufacturing
Toyota annual report shows company spends $1 million an hour on product development activities
Toyota spends a little over $1 million an hour on research and development, based on figures from the company’s latest annual report.
Toyota Motor Corporation...
Cornucopia 3D food printer will control your meal’s calorie content
Two scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a concept design for a “personal food factory”, a food printer...
AMIC launches new certification for meat and livestock industry
A new certification program for the Australian meat and livestock industry has been launched to help processors demonstrate their commitment to best practice animal...
AMWU fights for members’ jobs as Aurizon tries to replace them with casual labour
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union is standing by AMWU members employed by rail freight company Aurizon which is trying to replace long-term employees with...
Top Boeing exec is optimistic about Australia’s manufacturing future
Boeing Australia and South Pacific president Ian Thomas has predicted a solid future for manufacturing in Australia as fresh opportunities give the country a...
Future Holden Commodore will likely be manufactured with more foreign parts
Holden employees who were let go last week have revealed that at least 50 more people from the purchasing and administration departments in Port...
Australian makes it to the Top Ten of GE’s Open Innovation Jet Engine Bracket...
Sydney-local Nic Adams has been named as one of the ten finalists in Phase One of GE’s Open Innovation Jet Engine Bracket Design Contest.
According...
PACIA Board elects new President
Nuplex Industries’ President for Australasia Sam Bastounas has been elected President of the Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association (PACIA).
The PACIA Board announced the election...
Absence of science ministry worries top science bodies
Australian scientists are displeased that the new Government does not have a science minister in its cabinet, the first time in 81 years since...
Abbott wants a long-term future for car industry but demands for a boost in...
Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott says the Coalition Government wants the car industry to remain viable in the industry, but assistance will depend on improved...
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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.
