Bosch awarded automation contract for CSL Behring site
Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions has earned a contract to automate handling, inspection and storage of blood plasma products at CSL Behring’s Broadmeadows site.
Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions has earned a contract to automate handling, inspection and storage of blood plasma products at CSL Behring’s Broadmeadows site.
As @AuManufacturing’s Australia’s niche champions series continues today with a profile of Seeley International, shipbuilder Austal is showing the power of competing in a global marketplace. The Perth company today reported record revenues and profits as its leadership in global aluminium ship construction and geographic and product diversification pay dividends. In the 2020 financial year…
The government decision to limit the latest grants round for research collaboration to only one sector has “shafted” hundreds of companies that have been preparing applications for months, with some “blindsided” firms potentially now looking offshore, according to the chief executive of the CRC Association.
By Peter Roberts The New South Wales government’s obsession with buying overseas has reached new lows with news that it is importing ferries that won’t fit under its Parramatta River bridges with passengers sitting on the top deck. The fiasco mirrors its buy from overseas of intercity trains that wouldn’t fit through the tunnels in…
@AuManufacturing’s Australia’s niche champions series has highlighted the well established and the emerging niche leaders in Australian industry. Today Peter Roberts talks with Frank Seeley, perhaps Australia’s coolest salesman. The time was 1972 – the year the axe first fell on protectionism with Labor’s Gough Whitlam’s unilateral 25 per cent cut in tariffs scything through…
Analysis by Peter Roberts The stock market has not always been a friend to Australia’s manufacturers, especially to young companies which have yet to display a strong track record of growth and profits. In the past investors have run from such companies at the first sign of a hiccup, with the result either business failure…
Explosives manufacturer Orica has reported more precise and safer underground ore blastig results with its increasingly automated WebGen blasting system. The Melbourne company said Nexa Resources (Nexa Vazante) had been able to improve safety and ore recovery with a single WebGen blast at its Brazilian mine. The fully wireless blast initiation system significantly reduced ore…
Work is well underway on the Osborne north shipyard (pictured) that will build 12 Attack class submarines on the banks of the Port River in Adelaide, part of a $1 billion investment in the site. Managing Contractor, Laing O’Rourke is progressing on Phase 1 of the project with foundation works, structural steel and the erection…
Perth international shipbuilder Austal has bought land in Mobile, Alabama to extend its naval shipyard capacity and capabilities. The company has bought 15 acres of waterside facilities including a dry dock and deep water berthing capabilities on the Mobile River from Modern American recycling and Repair Services. The acquisition will support a US$100 million investment…
A homegrown solution aims to use kangaroo tissue to improve on current options for ligament surgeries. Brent Balinski spoke to Dr Nick Hartnell of BLT about the project’s progress.