More than 1000 space leaders including NASA representatives and the president of the Italian Space Agency are in Adelaide today for an industry forum as the local sector continues to gain momentum.
Chemicals and explosives group Orica will take the lead in the Latin American explosives market buying Exsa, Peru’s leading manufacturer and distributor of industrial explosives. Orica will pay $302 million to penetrate the region’s fastest growing market and create a step-change in the company’s manufacturing footprint. As part of the deal Orica will integrate into…
A beverage maker, packaging group and waste management company will jointly develop a plastic pelletising plant in Albury/Wodonga to close the loop and contribute to a circular economy. Pact Holdings, Cleanaway Waste Management and Asahi Beverages plan a facility to process up to 28,000 tonnes of plastic bottles and recyclables into flake and food grade…
Additive manufacturing technology business AML3D is pushing ahead with its plan to list on the ASX next month and raise $9 million to fund its expansion in Australia and overseas.
A $2.9 million project led by ASC Shipbuilding will develop “cutting-edge manufacturing technologies” for use on the Future Frigates program.
Robert Bosch Australia has begun construction of a new $17 million Melbourne plant to house its Bosch Manufacturing Solutions operation which advises manufacturers on automation strategy and builds automation equipment and special purpose machines The company announced today that the first sod had been turned on the construction which will also house the company’s Rexroth…
Hearing implant manufacturer Cochlear today reported strong growth in both implant numbers and sales revenues in the first half of the financial year which did not translate into profit growth, despite a boost from revaluing its portfolio of innovation investments. The Sydney company reported the number of Cochlear implants sold was up 13 per cent…
Composites company XTEK (ASX:XTE) has officially opened its new Adelaide manufacturing facility on Tuesday, enabling commercial quantities of ballistics equipment to be produced for local and international markets.
Monday’s announcement from General Motors, Holden’s US parent, that the brand brand will be “retired” and local design and engineering operations cease is doubtless based on strong financial reasoning, but poor brand management is also part of it.
Following weak sales and an apparent backlash from Australian consumers after General Motors Holden ended local manufacture in 2017, GM is ending the Holden brand altogether at the end of the year and closing its Australian design and testing operations.
