Next time you think of shopping of Aldi you might remember they are now in the business of ripping off Australian designed products. Replica Mark Tuckey egg cup and Siobhan Glass’s Clothes Airer designs are on sale in Aldi Supermarket’s current catalogue. Design Institute of Australia CEO Jo-Ann Kellock has contacted Aldi to emphasise her…
Karen Stanton of Heat Treatment Australia writes in Defence Connect about a shift towards greater collaboration among defence manufacturers. HTA developed vacuum brazing technology for JSF parts and has won more and more defence work in the years since. According to Stanton, more companies are beginning to understand that partnering with others can be mutually…
US President Trump plans to slap tariffs on another US$200 billion in Chinese imports, supposedly in retaliation for Chinese tariffs. Trump Administration Announces 200 billion in Tariffs These come on top of tariffs on $US32 billion of Chinese imports that came into effect on Friday. We have now had two rounds of tit for tat…
Some years ago I was lucky enough to visit Kryon Audio’s factory in Adelaide and see how they made some of the world’s best audio speakers. The company’s speakers are at the very high end of the audio market so known only to real audiophiles, with most of its buyers overseas. The company recently posted…
