CBA bank’s latest Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) shows a massive plunge in economic activity and confidence. The March 20 index, which surveys 800 Australian companies in the manufacturing and service sectors, dropped from 49.0 to 40.7, the steepest reduction since data collection began in 2016. The survey measures how output, orders, jobs, delivery times and…
By Dan Parker, University of Melbourne; Bronwyn Isaac, Monash University; Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne; Nick Bradsworth, Deakin University; Stanislav Roudavski, University of Melbourne, and Therésa Jones, University of Melbourne Native to southeastern Australia, the powerful owl (Ninox strenua) is threatened and facing the prospect of homelessness. These birds don’t make nests – they use…
Global defence company Nova Group is maintaining its projections of over $200 million revenue this financial year with longer-term goals to continue expanding its global reach.
Manufacturers have stepped up production of one of the key products needed to stem the spread of the coronavirus – hand sanitiser. Actually a very simple product, sanitiser such as Ego Pharmaceuticals Aquium nonetheless has a long supply chain that begins with a basic raw material, ethanol. Manildra Group is Australia’s leading producer of ethanol…
Australian Manufacturing Forum member viewpoint by Kris Gale Rock and roll fans might recognise the source material of the headline quote. It is The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” – Roger Daltrey giving voice to the entrenched frustration Pete Townshend utilised to drive that band to greater and greater heights. And so it is with…
While many companies are winding down their operations because of the coronavirus epidemic, wireless video and data transmission technology company group Elsight is gearing up for new opportunities. The maker of equipment for real-time data, video and audio transmission over cellular networks has already augmented its supply chains with new suppliers in Israel and elsewhere.…
Rare earths producer Lynas Corporation has shut down production at its Malaysian rare earths processing facility following coronavirus restrictions on business imposed by the national government. The Perth company, which has struggled with on-again, off-again approvals to operate in Malaysia, said the shut down was currently scheduled to end on March 31. Lynas told investors:…
Environmental technology company Bygen is taking technology out of University of Adelaide labs and using it to give agricultural waste a higher purpose. Brent Balinski spoke to co-founder and CEO Dr Lewis Dunnigan about using almond shells and other ingredients to supply the growing activated carbon market.
Is your organisation equipped to supply nasopharyngeal and/or oropharyngeal swabs suitable for COVID-19 sample collection? Plus, is your organisation equipped to supply Hygiene Products for South Australia’s Schools and Preschools?
Only nine days after the Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it was OK to go to the footy and to church he has abruptly reversed course and begun a long-awaited closure of public places. After a first Sunday press conference announcing his second stimulus package in a week, Morrison was at a second conference on…
