Victoria’s Ventura Bus Lines will increase its fleet if city buses announcing an order totalling 22 Endeavour buses from local maker Custom Denning. Ventura’s General Manager of Fleet, David Burgess visited Custom Denning’s manufacturing and production facilities in St Marys, Sydney earlier in the year looking to add to their fleet of city buses. According…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Enware to quit manufacturing in Australia: report Enware, an 86-year-old plumbing and safety equipment company, will stop manufacturing at its Australian headquarters, according to a report. US business Watts Water Technologies completed an acquisition of Enware on…
Countrywide Hydrogen has signed a partnering partnering with automotive engineering company Walkinshaw Automotive Group to develop hydrogen fuel cell powered trucks and prime movers for the Australian market. Countrywide, a subsidiary of ReNu Energy, is developing a number of hydrogen projects around Australia, while Walkinshaw is a leader in the design, engineering and development of…
By Peter Roberts When Ford Australia stopped making cars in Australia in 2016 it retained a significant workforce including perhaps 1,000 engineers involved in engineering and designing new vehicles. Their skills with technologies such as finite element analysis for analysing designs and their design flair was said at the time to ensure the continued life…
The Managing Director of OKA All Terrain Vehicles Dean Robinson has done what many thought impossible – revive the unique OKA brand and manufacturer which once built rugged all wheel drive light trucks for outback use. A total of 448 OKAs were built and welcomed by mining companies and tourism companies for their higher capacity…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Rio Tinto to bring iron ore rail car manufacturing to the Pilbara Mining company Rio Tinto will partner with Gemco Rail to bring local iron ore rail car manufacturing and bearing maintenance to the Pilbara region in…
Australian new-vehicle engineering and manufacturing firm Premcar today announced the establishment of its newest vehicle assembly plant. Situated in the Melbourne suburb of Epping, Premcar’s all-new production facility has been established to accommodate growing new-vehicle production demand from global automakers and official new-car importers. This latest new-vehicle production facility will operate alongside Premcar’s current Engineering…
Carbon fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has released new forecasts for future sales and confirmed a path to a maiden profit in a turnaround for the company as it heads towards a US listing. The Geelong Victoria company suffered badly during Covid with its car maker customers pausing new wheel developments and even closing…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Hydrogen energy company Endua raises $11.8 million Green energy company Endua announced that it has raised $7.5 million in pre-series private funding, with new investors including Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), Melt Ventures and 77 Partners. The company…
