Marketing for manufacturers — Discover your value and communicate it
In this edition of our Marketing for manufacturers series, Vanessa Katsanevakis discusses getting to know your brand, building on it, and the benefits that can follow.
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MGA Thermal scales up for thermal energy storage
Newcastle clean energy storage manufacturer MGA Thermal today announced it had raised $8 million to expand its manufacturing facilities to cater for rising export demand for its thermal energy storage systems. The company, which has developed small shoe-box sixed modular storage blocks based on Miscibility Gaps Alloy (MGA) technology, raised the funding from existing shareholder…
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Austin Engineering to invest in manufacturing facilities
Perth mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering has completed a strategic review under its new CEO and will focus investment on innovation and its manufacturing facilities in Perth and Batam Island, Indonesia. The company, now led by former Austal CEO David Singleton, will initially focus on Perth operations, where it has identified significant manufacturing opportunities to…
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WA invests in graphite manufacturing facility
The Western Australian government has granted $2 million to young company International Graphite which plans the state’s first micronising and graphite foil manufacturing facility for the former coal mining district of Collie in the south west of the state. The first stage of the project is expected to create around 40 full-time jobs in the…
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AMGC and Rosie Barnes reveal manufacturing opportunities
Industry growth centre AMGC and engineer Dr Rosemary Barnes have joined forces to reveal manufacturing opportunities in Australia raised by the federal government’s six National Manufacturing Priorities. The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) has expanded its Manufacturing Academy to incorporate a new learning module ‘Manufacturing with Rosie”, a seven-part self-guided video series. In it qualified…
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Barrett Communications sells radios to US security agencies
Perth’s Barrett Communications has won a number of orders to supply HF and VHF radio communication systems to US government agencies involved in national security. Barrett Communications USA Corp. will supply the Barrett 4050 HF SDR transceiver (pictured) in high power (BC4075) and medium to low power base stations, mobile vehicle configurations and transportable cases…
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Naval Group helps women into submarine welding
Naval Group Australia has developed a program to help women develop welding skills they could use during construction of the Attack Class submarines in Adelaide. The company, the government of South Australia’s Skilling South Australia initiative and the Adelaide Training and Employment Centre is offering a new course offering entry-level training in skills needed to…
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Grant programs assisting equipment, tender writing launched for Tasmanian manufacturers
The Tasmanian government has launched grant programs providing funding for capital equipment purchases and tender writing. In an announcement on Monday, manufacturing minister Jeremy Rockliff said that the Advanced Manufacturing Accelerating Growth Grants program, budgeted at $ 3 million, would provide matched funding of between $10,000 and $100,000 for new equipment. There would be four…
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Austal’s pride in delivering 12th Guardian patrol boat
Perth shipbuilder Austal has delivered its 12th Guardian class patrol boat (pictured) to the federal government to be gifted to small Pacific ocean nations. The Guardian-class replaces the 22 Pacific Forum-class patrol boats Australia provided to its allies from 1987 to 1997. The latest vessel, the RVS Takuare has been delivered to the Republic of…
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Manufacturing growth continues, despite lockdowns
Manufacturing has proven resilient in July despite lockdowns around the country, with a tenth straight month of expansion, according to the most recent Performance of Manufacturing Index results.
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