Video: Mumme Tools // Tools and hardware
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Video: Armstrong Flooring
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Video: Flexco Australia // Conveyor Belt Fasteners
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Decision expected on Lytton refinery soon as Ampol completes review
A decision on the future of Ampol’s Lytton refinery is expected within weeks, as the company negotiates details of a support package for the fuel industry.
MTPConnect Manufacturing Voucher Program launched
A program providing a total of $400,000 in vouchers to WA-based medical product SMEs is now accepting applications.
Orica profit down in challenging times
Chemicals and explosives business Orica has revealed a sharp drop in net profit after tax for the six months to 31 March as it faced headwinds from Covid-19, geopolitical issues and foreign exchange movements. The company’s NPAT was 54 per cent down to $77 million for the period according to a statement. CEO Sanjeev Gandhi…
Steve of Romar Engineering is our first 2021 readers survey prize winner
Today we announce our first winner drawn from readers who have replied to our 2021 @AuManufacturing reader survey (see here). Steve from Romar Engineering wins a beautiful Australian-made A5 journal (pictured) from local designers and manufacturers Corban & Blair. Corban & Blair recently onshored the manufacture of its A5 journals, which are made from leather…
Celebrating Australian Made – a resurgence in industry-building policy by Phillip Toner
@AuManufacturing continues our editorial series – Celebrating Australian Made – with a look at industry policy. Here Phillip Toner of the University of Sydney examines the legacy of the policies which have created today’s hollowed out industrial structure. During the past four decades the economies of advanced and developing nations have been radically transformed by…
Albanese promises support for young entrepreneurs to develop startups
A Labor government would provide support for aspiring young entrepreneurs to spend a business-focused year working with a university or private sector incubator to develop their startup enterprise or idea.