Comment by Peter Roberts. We have all heard tiresome comments such as ‘Australian manufacturing is dead’ and ‘do we still make anything here?’ They come from the ignorant but they also conform to what was accepted wisdom in the community for decades. The good news is we will hear less of that defeatist talk from…
Welcome to @AuManufacturing, the news and analysis website of the Australian Manufacturing Forum Linkedin networking group.With 5,000 manufacturer members, the largest on social media, our mission is to bring you news, analysis and commentary from the grass roots of Australia’s $100 billion plus manufacturing sector.This will be the home of the trends, the technologies, the…
Garry Cox posts: German company Sonnen has announced it will begin assembling lithium-ion batteries at the former Holden plant in Adelaide within a month. The plant, which will move to full manufacture as demand ramps up, has been given a massive boost by the new state government’s solar rooftop/battery storage scheme which was launched this…
Jason Kell started Enduraclad from scratch in 2011, armed with donated tools and a borrowed plasma cutter. Today it is an award-winning, fast-growing fabricator, focussing on mining and earth-moving.
Today The Australian reports on the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s push to make exports a state campaign issue, and for the rival parties to pledge $50 m in support for “export-ready” and supply chain development programs.
Sydney’s Quickstep Holdings (ASX: QHL) achieved sales of $17.6 million in the first quarter of the financial year, up a massive 42 per cent on the previous corresponding period. “The business achieved positive NPAT in Q1 FY19 and expects to deliver positive EBIT for the full year FY19. While EBITDA for Q1 was $1.2 million,…
A pleasing story from the ABC, featuring expert comments from forum members David Chuter and Ty Hermans.
Victorian company PTI Pacific has installed what it claims is the world’s most gentle Crossflow Wine Filtration plant in association with Stirling Packaging (pictured).
The Australian Financial Review reports that Cochlear is trialling a completely internal version of its hearing devices on one patient, and is looking to do so in 10 or so patients over the next two years.
Brisbane-based Australian Future Energy (AFE) will convert coal into ammonia, natural gas and electricity in a major investment in value-adding of coal set to be built in Gladstone.
