Tag: auto industry
Deakin, Ford Motor Company craft green car insulation for auto industry
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Deakin fibre scientists have developed a new wool-based insulation textile for car interiors, in a bid to solve the automotive industry’s need for...
Australians voice support for manufacturing
The overwhelming majority of Australians believe the country should be manufacturing more goods, a recent poll has found.
The poll, published in Fairfax Media newspapers,...
BlackBerry opens new Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre in Canada
BlackBerry Limited has unveiled its QNX Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre (AVIC) that will aim to accelerate the realisation of connected and self-driving vehicles by...
Turnbull’s PaTH internship program alerts Unions
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has raised concerns that the PaTH internship program unveiled in the federal budget posed a serious risk...
VW unveils all-electric minivan at CES after emissions scandal
German auto giant Volkswagen is trying to clear its name and reputation after the global emissions scandal with a new all-electric minivan concept which...
Toyota gives new life to used vehicle parts (VIDEO)
Car manufacturing giant Toyota is certainly doing its part for the environment with its National Scrap Program.
Launched in 2014 in partnership with Boles Parts...
The crisis deepens – VW admits to “irregularities” in CO2 emissions of 800,000 cars
It looks like there’s no quick way out of the crisis for German Volkswagen. What started out as a cheat software scandal seems to...
More woes for VW – US regulator finds more cars with cheat software
About a month ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accused German carmaker Volkswagen of rigging US emissions tests.
The Agency claimed that it had...
Consumer watchdog to investigate VW over emission scandal
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has confirmed that it would be investigating Volkswagen Group “for possible use of ‘defeat devices’ in Australia,...
Volkswagen CEO resigns amid widening emissions scandal
One of Europe’s highest-paid executives, 68-year-old Martin Winterkorn has resigned his position as Chief Executive Officer of Europe's biggest car maker amid a widening...
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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.
