Today federal industry minister Karen Andrews will discuss local manufacturing’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and what happens next, and is expected to argue for government’s role in procurement of critical supplies and the removal of red tape, but not in promoting “complete self-sufficiency.”
Change, a 1985 paper argued, can be characterised as a “punctuated equilibrium”: long periods of relative calm and small incremental alterations that are interrupted by brief, but radical, seismic shifts. COVID-19 means that we are now living through one of those revolutionary moments.
A “matchmaking platform” originally developed for manufacturers and others to respond to the Covid-19 outbreak has been expanded, with a goal to “continue to provide solutions long after this pandemic.”
Sydney should be prepared to “pick winners” to take advantage of a new interest by multinationals in shifting manufacturing to advanced economies.
IoT business Movus has raised $2.5 million to support its continued expansion.
SAGE Group has launched a course to upskill Australia’s workforce to meet the demands in Industry 4.0.
Industrial-scale additive manufacturing company Titomic is the latest company to join @AuManufacturing’s Business Directory.
Australian “Agriculture 4.0” company company The Yield Technology Solutions has received further backing this week, with the investment round including Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley and the Bosch Group.
The NSW Circular Economy Innovation Network has announced Lisa McLean as its inaugural CEO, a little over a year after holding its first stakeholder meeting.
A report by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER),
School-to-work pathways, outlines the transitions young people aged 16-25 make between school and employment.
