Analysis by Peter Roberts The number of students in government-funded training in Australian has shown a rare rise, after years of bad news for vocational training in Australia. A report by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) shows a rise in government-funded students this year. However the research organisation warns that the rise…
Coca Cola Amatil has signed a heads of agreement with waste processor Veolia to explore opportunities to build a recycled plastics processing plant in Australia. The plant would reprocess PET bottles, which is already being reused as a raw material to make products such as carpet tiles. CCA has already moved to manufacture smaller bottles…
Australian dairy producer Bega Cheese (ASX: BGA) is in Victoria’s Supreme Court fighting a dispute over the use of its brand names with NZ dairy co-operative Fonterra. According to a report in abc.net.au, Bega and Fonterra are at loggerheads over a 2002 branding rights deal which gave Fonterra rights to the Bega Cheese brand. Bega…
Pharmaceutical manufacturer and clinical trials group IDT Australia (ASX: IDT) is confident of better times ahead following a flat 2019 which saw revenue down on the previous year. The company, which manufactures pharmaceutical active ingredient and consumer dosage products, as well as conducting clinical trials, has recovered from an adverse situation with the US FDA…
Queensland engineering firm CQMS Razer has welcomed families, customers and the local business community to celebrate its 40th anniversary with an open day at their foundry facilities in Maryborough, Central Queensland. CQMS Razer delivers world-class engineering, manufacturing, and digital solutions to the mining industry. In four decares of service the company has grown to more…
Technology that brings WiFi to farms in mobile blackspots and smart ear tags which improve traceability of livestock are among a series of projects to receive support in the latest round of Accelerating Commercialisation grants. Industry minister Karen Andrews said seven businesses will share in $2.8 million. She said: “These latest recipients of grants have…
Bionic ear manufacturer Cochlear (ASX: COH) has received FDA clearance to market its Osia 2 bone implant in the US for those older than 12 years of age with conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss and single-sided sensorineural deafness. Unlike its traditional implant which stimulates the cochlea with electrical signals, the Osia is an implant…
Analysis by Peter Roberts Defence has signed a multi-million dollar contract to buy new land-based army radars that shows just how much the fortunes of indigenous defence industry really have changed in the past six years. Canberra-based CEA Technologies won a hard-fought battle to win a $137 million contract to supply the army with a…
From Brisbane to Bunbury, and everywhere in between, Camp King Industries products are loved by campers across Australia. Established in 2016 as a subsidiary of Ausmetal Engineering, an award-winning Australian metal fabrication business, Camp King Industries manufactures a range of high-end Ute Canopies, Ute Trays, and Roof Top Tents in its Brisbane-based factory. Sarah Wilson,…
Viewpoint by Australian Manufacturing Forum member, Chris Gilbey We have several problems in this country. And manufacturing isn’t one of them. One part of the problem is that people generally assume that manufacturing doesn’t exist in Australia. Since you are reading @AuManufacturing and likely a member of the manufacturing Forum, I think it is fair…
