Robern Menz, the Adelaide confectioner which re-introduced the Violet Crumble chocolate bar to Australia, is set to bring back another icon – the Polly Waffle. The company bought the rights to make both chocolate bars from Nestle, and immediately re-worked its existing honeycomb production lines to make the Violet Crumble. Now the federal government has…
Comment by Peter Roberts With Australia reassessing the strategic necessity of local manufacturing post Covid-19 it is salutatory to take a look at the sad case of missed opportunity for the nation that is rare earths producer Lynas Corporation. The Perth company is the world’s second largest rare earths producer and the only significant producer…
The lesson from Europe suggests that networking and clustering of small firms is a key to manufacturing success. Here Rodin Genoff shows how it should be done as he joins @AuManufacturing’s campaign to crowd source a new deal plan for manufacturing post Covid-19. Thriving nations with the highest wages and living standards in the world…
By Stuart Corner of IoT Australia Australian company Leash It, which provides Bluetooth-based tracking technology for assets and individuals, has evolved its technology to provide contact tracing of workers in places such as construction sites, hospitals and factories. Leash It founder and CEO, Tony Lotzof told IoTAustralia that the technology could avoid a workplace being…
Laboratory supplies and equipment manufacturer Westlab Group has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and recently launched local face shield manufacturing operations. The company, which offers a range of imported and locally made supplies to the scientific community, is now in full production (main picture and below) turning out 25,000 units per day, according to director…
Regional recycling technology developer Green Distillation Technologies is continuing its run of success with increasing interest in its tyre recycling systems pioneered at a plant at Warren in New South Wales. The company announced that an agreement with a United States group to build 10 tyre recycling plants using its technology had been increased to…
Australia’s Attack class submarines to be built in Adelaide by France’s Naval Group have appeared to go up massively in price since first revealed to the public – from a ‘turned out cost’ of $50 billion for 12 vessels, to $87 billion. In an article in the journal of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)…
Victoria University’s VU Polytechnic has bolstered its offering by transitioning to digital modes of delivery, and short sharp courses for its skills upgrading programmes. The Polytechnic was one of the first to adjust modes of delivery, including remote delivery of education and training programmes, to support students and staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Leadership and workplace skills are crucial to manufacturing success and Australia’s economic future. Kerrie Clarke has the keys to a skills revival in today’s contribution to @AuManufacturing’s campaign to crowd source a new deal plan for manufacturing post Covid-19. A future for manufacturing will be built on skills – starting with the ones we already…
Bendigo armoured vehicle manufacturer, the French Thales group is to export six additional medical variants of the Bushmaster protected vehicle to the Netherlands, according to media reports. The new order, worth $14 million, brings to 100 the number of Bushmaster’s operated by the Royal Netherlands Army and used in Afghanistan. The new models will be…
