Dear reader, This is a very brief update to thank you for your interest in @AuManufacturing, founded by Peter Roberts and myself in 2018. It has been a huge privilege to connect so many people through our community, based on our news coverage, campaigns such as the annual Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers initiative, events,…
Automotive engineering company Walkinshaw Group has opened its new $114 million headquarters and expanded manufacturing facility in Dandenong South. The remanufacturing business officially opened the site on Monday. According to the Victorian government, the opening has created 155 new local jobs across production, engineering and administration. The site includes what’s described as Australia’s most advanced automotive…
Weld Australia held its annual Victoria & Tasmania Welding Excellence Awards on Wednesday night, recognising high achievers in the welding and fabrication sector. According to a statement from the industry body on Thursday, the awards celebrate people and projects that set “new benchmarks for quality and capability in manufacturing” and range from automation and safety…
The Victorian government is accepting applications for workplace safety-related grants of up to $300,000, with the funding round focussed on “initiatives to prevent or minimise risks from hazards in manufacturing workplaces.” According to a statement from state WorkSafe minister Ben Carroll on Tuesday, the grants are for projects improving safety, skills and awareness around risks,…
ASC selects Siemens’ industrial software Collins sub fleet Australia’s submarine company, ASC, has selected Siemens’ software to help it sustain the Collins Class submarine fleet. The Collins Class sustainment program (CCSM) – which will extend into the 2040s – will use Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio. Peter Halliday, CEO of…
South Korean steelmaker POSCO has joined the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT) a development the CRC cited as “an important milestone” in its global collaboration efforts, “particularly in developing low-carbon ironmaking technologies.” According to a statement from HILT on Wednesday, it reflects both the benefits of collaboration with international companies and the…
Dear reader, This is a very brief update to thank you for your interest in @AuManufacturing, founded by Peter Roberts and myself in 2018. It has been a huge privilege to connect so many people through our community, based on our news coverage, campaigns such as the annual Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers initiative, events,…
Automotive engineering company Walkinshaw Group has opened its new $114 million headquarters and expanded manufacturing facility in Dandenong South. The remanufacturing business officially opened the site on Monday. According to the Victorian government, the opening has created 155 new local jobs across production, engineering and administration. The site includes what’s described as Australia’s most advanced automotive…
Weld Australia held its annual Victoria & Tasmania Welding Excellence Awards on Wednesday night, recognising high achievers in the welding and fabrication sector. According to a statement from the industry body on Thursday, the awards celebrate people and projects that set “new benchmarks for quality and capability in manufacturing” and range from automation and safety…
The Victorian government is accepting applications for workplace safety-related grants of up to $300,000, with the funding round focussed on “initiatives to prevent or minimise risks from hazards in manufacturing workplaces.” According to a statement from state WorkSafe minister Ben Carroll on Tuesday, the grants are for projects improving safety, skills and awareness around risks,…
ASC selects Siemens’ industrial software Collins sub fleet Australia’s submarine company, ASC, has selected Siemens’ software to help it sustain the Collins Class submarine fleet. The Collins Class sustainment program (CCSM) – which will extend into the 2040s – will use Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio. Peter Halliday, CEO of…
South Korean steelmaker POSCO has joined the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT) a development the CRC cited as “an important milestone” in its global collaboration efforts, “particularly in developing low-carbon ironmaking technologies.” According to a statement from HILT on Wednesday, it reflects both the benefits of collaboration with international companies and the…
The Monthly Business Turnover Indicator (MBTI), an experimental economic indicator developed in 2021 and using monthly Business Activity Statement data, has released its final result, showing that manufacturing enjoyed its “highest growth on record” in the MBTI’s history. According to a statement from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Monday, the September result showed…
Archer, CSIRO collaborate on QML for fraud detection ASX-listed semiconductor developer Archer Materials has entered into a research services agreement with the data and digital specialist arm of CSIRO, aiming to develop a quantum machine learning (QML) system designed to detect fraud in financial transactions. The project is scheduled to run this month until November 2026,…
Demand from hospitality outlets and export customers in Asia has helped the ice cream manufacturing sector, currently worth $2.1 billion in revenues, to a compound annual growth rate of 6.1 per cent, according to new market research. According to IBISworld’s Ice Cream Manufacturing in Australia – Market Research Report (2015-2030), the leaders by market share…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Quantum Brilliance opens Melbourne synthetic diamond foundry Australian-German company Quantum Brilliance has opened a new facility at Melbourne’s Notting Hill, where it will make lab-grown diamonds for quantum computing devices. According to a statement on Wednesday from state economic growth…
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