Tag: Victoria
US Exelis to open Asia Pacific headquarters in Melbourne
Exelis — a leader in engineering and technical services, critical networks and information maintenance — is establishing its Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Melbourne...
Industry Minister Macfarlane on car industry $155 million boost
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced an increase in car industry assistance last week aimed at helping South Australia and Victoria develop new industries in...
New jobs expected as EMS company SRXGlobal opens new hi-tech facility in Dandenong
Leading electronic manufacturing services (EMS) company SRXGlobal has invested in a new $125,000 prototyping facility in Dandenong, which is expected to generate six new jobs.
SRXGlobal...
TAFE innovation responds to the needs of students and industry in Victoria
Victorian Minister for Higher Education and Skills Nick Wakeling welcomed the tabling in State Parliament of the TAFE institutes’ 2013 annual reports last Thursday,...
CSR and Boral to form joint venture of Australian east coast brick operations
CSR Limited and Boral Limited have announced their intention to form a joint venture to combine their brick operations on the east coast of...
Victoria to begin trial processing of kangaroo meat for pet food
Victoria will begin trial arrangements for the processing of kangaroo meat for pet food as processors show interest in making productive use of what...
Over 200 Victorian companies to go on trade missions to Middle East and India
The Victorian Government will be leading over two hundred Victorian companies on two major trade missions to the Middle East and India in a...
Sydney overtakes Melbourne as Australia’s biggest manufacturing centre
Victorian capital Melbourne has lost its long-held status as the nation’s biggest manufacturing centre to Sydney, reveals the SGS Economics and Planning report aimed...
Geoff Hayes named Engineers Australia’s Victoria Division President
Engineers Australia has welcomed the appointment of Melbourne-based mechanical engineer Geoff Hayes to the position Victoria Division President for 2014.
In a media release issued...
Orica reviews all options due to dreary manufacturing environment
The gloomy Australian manufacturing environment has forced explosives maker Orica to consider all possible options and review its $1.2 billion-a-year industrial chemicals business.
According to...
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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.
