The Victorian Government is backing a new housing manufacturing facility to be established in Portland by building products technology company FormFlow. FormFlow will transform an unused airport hanger at regional city Portland into a housing manufacturing facility, supported by the government’s Portland Diversification Fund. Geelong-based FormFlow is pioneering novel technologies for the metal forming sector,…
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Glazing systems that generate solar power developed by ClearVue Technologies are to be installed in their first domestic home in the suburb of Griffith in the Australian Capital Territory. The Perth company has received an order for eight large solar PV powered skylights as well as a range of standard, non-solar double glazed windows and…
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Manufacturing was transforming itself even before the Covid-19 pandemic, adopting digital solutions. But to regain leadership in manufacturing, new thinking is needed that builds on lessons from other sectors, argues Matthew McKnight The boom in global trade, increasing inflation, and global supply chain disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic have left Australia’s manufacturing sector in disarray.…
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Several manufacturing companies have reported changes in top leadership positions, with three announcing a change in chief executive officer today. Building products group Adbri announced that Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Nick Miller would be leaving his role. According to the company: “The Board has determined that it is an appropriate time for a…
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Apprenticeship numbers are continuing to increase in Australia as industry recovers from the extraordinary effects on business operations and investment in training through the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), there were 387,830 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 31 March 2022, an increase of 17.1 percent from 31…
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The Victorian government has invited applications for its Digital Jobs for Manufacturing program, which offers grants up to $5,000 per worker to eligible companies for upskilling staff. The program is budgeted at $4.5 million and would help “hundreds” of workers gain digital skills. Courses are free, part-time and available online, covering 13 different fields including…
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Cold spray additive manufacturing company Titomic has been awarded a grant of 260,000 Euro (about $400,000) through the European Union’s Horizon Europe initiative, for R&D applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to their processes. In a statement on Monday, the ASX-listed and Melbourne-headquartered company said outcomes from the “CoBRAIN” grant would help improve its processes…
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Unions back NSW Labor pledge to build rolling stock locally Trade union leaders have backed a pledge by NSW Labor leader Chris Minns to build trains, buses, ferries, and trams in NSW should it win the upcoming state election. The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and the Rail, Tram, and Bus Union (RTBU) welcomed the…
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A number of people contacted me last week after the remarks of Saul Griffith on television and in print media that have been reported as an attack on green hydrogen. I have responded individually but thought that it might be good to do so publicly too. By Paul Hodgson. The bottom line is that I…
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ADVERTISING FEATURE By Savvy Both sides of the aisle agree that Small to Medium Businesses are the backbone of the Australian economy. The CSIRO says that SMEs are “key to driving growth” in Australia and are by far the largest employer of Australians. It is vital that SMEs thrive in Australia, and the Albanese Labor…
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