Overall manufacturing activity was up slightly in May compared to April, but remains in “deep contraction” according to the Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index.
Last week Brisbane medtech company Vaxxas, which is trying to reinvent the needle, announced plans to move to industrial-scale production. Brent Balinski spoke to the company’s Dr Angus Forster about getting from invention to impact.
The @AuManufacturing new deal plan for manufacturing, crowd sourced from readers and members of the Australian Manufacturing Forum LInkedin group, is released today after two months work. Here we present the plan’s executive summary and core recommendations. The full plan may be downloaded here. After close to three decades of economic growth Australia’s luck has…
Listed food manufacturer Longtable, which makes the Maggie Beer range of luxury products, has stepped up its online business as Covid-19 lockdowns and restaurant closures affected sales growth, with the downturn especially apparent in April. The Barossa Valley company told investors that its St David Dairy and Paris Creek dairy businesses had been hit by…
Biotechnology giant CSL has announced the outsourcing of operations in its latest new manufacturing facility now nearing completion in Lengnau, Switzerland. The Melbourne company told investors that after a strategic review it had entered a long term strategic partnership with science service provider Thermo Fisher Scientific to lease its new state of the art biotech…
The Australian Made Campaign Ltd (AMCL), the organisation responsible for the famous Australian Made log, has urged all Australians to buy Australian made goods and Australian grown foods. Australian Made Chief Executive, Ben Lazzaro made the call when announcing a new buy local campaign tag lined ‘It’s never been more important to buy Australian than…
Strong business performance and the high US$ have enabled Perth international shipbuilder to substantially increase both sales and prfoit expectations for the year. The company expects group EBIT of $125 million for the year, up $15 million on previous estimates. This is likely to be struck on revenue up $100,000 to $2 billion for FY2020.…
Although there are some jobs machines just can’t do, COVID-19 has left us wondering about the future of work and with this, the capacity of automation to step in where humans must step back.
Pharmaceutical giant MSD will use Vaxxas’s syringe-free vaccination platform on an unnamed “vaccine candidate.”
The New South Wales government has announced the area around Williamtown air force base will be the state’s fifth special business activation precinct. Deputy premier John Barilaro said the area will turbocharge the region’s growth as a national and international defence and aerospace hub. The NSW Government will define 10,000 hectares around the Port Stephens…
