Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed
Geelong’s Bates turns 30 Geelong-based, family-owned business Bates Pipes & Products, a maker of precast concrete products for the civil infrastructure sector for three decades, has marked 30 years in operation. A profile by Geelong Manufacturing Council (of which Bates is a member) notes that the company was established in 1994 by father-and-son duo Bob…