Smarties becomes the first confectionery brand to switch entirely to recyclable paper packaging
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Nestlé Oceania announced today that its popular Smarties confectionery range has been switched to recyclable paper packaging in Australia.
While some Smarties packs sold...
AgTech Strategic Plan triggers $2.4 million investment
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New regional AgTech demonstration farms and start-up hubs are part of a $2.4 million Marshall Liberal Government investment to encourage South Australia’s primary...
World Engineers Symposium – A changing landscape in 2020 – to kick off online...
Engineers Australia, the largest and most diverse body of engineers in the country, has invited back international and national speakers from the 2019 World...
Starpharma’s antiviral nasal spray shows potent activity against coronavirus
ASX-listed pharmaceutical company Starpharma has announced that it has undertaken a pilot manufacture for its SPL7013 antiviral nasal spray, which has been tested and...
National Manufacturing Summit 2019 to kick off Thursday
Shadow Minister for Employment and Industry, Science and Small and Family Business, Mr Brendan O’Connor, will deliver a speech at the third National Manufacturing Summit on...
BHP and Mitsubishi Development to collaborate on greenhouse gas emissions reductions
BHP and Mitsubishi Development (MDP) have agreed to work together in the pursuit of emissions reductions, including from the life-cycle use of marketed products.
Under...
Goodman Fielder to cut more than 200 jobs
Australasia's leading food company Goodman Fielder has announced changes to its baking business that will result in the loss of more than 200 jobs...
New Industry Opportunity Roadmap to help Australian companies cash in on LAND 400 program
Minister for Defence Industry, Mr Christopher Pyne has announced a new Australian Industry Opportunity Roadmap designed to help Australian companies get involved in the...
Leading QUT scientists tip bio-manufacturing to become “the pillar” of Australia’s economic security
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Professor John Bell, who chaired the Industrial biotechnology and additive bio-manufacturing session at the Advanced Manufacturing Summit in Sydney...
Ford turns to 3D printing and virtual manufacturing to reduce production line injury rate
Thanks to new ergonomics technology, car giant Ford has managed to reduce its assembly line employee injury rate by 70 percent since 2003.
The company...
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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.
