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The Australian Manufacturing Forum’s news website, @AuManufacturing has launched a new listing service for consultants and suppliers, and for manufacturers seeking new partners and customers. The @AuManufacturing Business Directory provides an inexpensive way to directly reach our 5,000-strong Australian manufacturing community. The Forum is Australia’s largest social media community of manufacturers, and our reach has…
Massive expansion planned for Whyalla steelworks.
By Andrew Spence Billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta has announced plans to build the largest steel plant in the developed world in South Australia. Liberty Primary Steel – part of Gupta’s GFG Alliance – today announced major steps towards the transformation of the alliance’s Whyalla steelworks, signing contracts worth more than A$600m. GFG Alliance has also…
Onshoring by design: competing successfully against low-cost nations
Next year b.box will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its first product and release a next-generation version of its sippy cup, an item you’ve probably seen if you’ve ever been in a Chemist Warehouse.
F-35 Lightning debut – a new era of defence industry
Comment by Peter Roberts Australia’s first two F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft land at Williamtown RAAF base today marking a new era in defence-industry co-operation. After a fly past along the coast the F-35 Lightnings touch down at 10.00 am allowing Australians to glimpse the world’s most advanced aircraft, boasting an unprecedented level of Australian…
Plastic bags born again as new road in Adelaide
A road in Adelaide’s Happy Valley has been built using plastic bags, glass bottles and printer cartridges, recycled into an asphalt additive.
Coca-Cola bottles its last in Adelaide.
In a move being mourned by the local community Coca-Cola filled its last bottle of soft drink yesterday at its Adelaide factory. The Thebarton factory operated for 66 years, and was something of a local icon regularly opening its doors to school tour groups. But now South Australia will be supplied from plants in Western…
Industry Growth Centres showcase held in Canberra
An Industry Growth Centres showcase at Parliament House yesterday highlighted some of the successful projects from the initiative, and coincided with an announcement from industry minister Karen Andrews of the program’s extension by another two years.
Custom made is the new way to manufacture.
Analysis by Peter Roberts. Just as 3D printing has grown from a side issue to the mainstream in manufacturing, a second fundamental shift is occurring that we all need to be aware of. Like prototyping was to 3D, making for the individual is rising as a way to meet the desires of consumers, especially in…
Q and A with export champion, Flavourtech
NSW’s Flavourtech, a Griffith-based business making specialised machinery for “aroma recovery, extraction and evaporation solutions”, won the Manufacturing category at last week’s Australian Export Awards. Brent Balinski spoke to Paul Smith, Flavourtech’s Financial Controller, about the company’s expansion, its technology, and its success internationally.