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Tickets to 2010 Endeavour Awards ceremony now available

Wednesday 10 March 2010 by Rebekka Wake

THE Manufacturers' Monthly Endeavour Awards presentation ceremony is now only a few months away and tickets to the gala dinner are now available.

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Upcoming manufacturing industry events

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Upcoming exhibitions, conferences, seminars, workshops and major events in the manufacturing calendar from Australia and overseas.

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New fibre testing device gives cotton an edge

Wednesday 10 March 2010

A fibre maturity testing device designed to improve the quality of fibre produced by Australian cotton growers and yarn quality in overseas spinning mills has been licensed to new-start Australian company, Cottonscope.

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Employer hiring optimism continues to improve in Australia

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Overall employment optimism across the country continues to gain ground in Australia, providing job seekers with much greater prospects this quarter than this time last year, according to the results of Manpower’s latest Employment Outlook Survey.

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Rubber manufacturer to expand global capacity

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Lanxess has announced plans to expand its global capacity of high-performance rubber at its German, American and Brazilian sites.

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Director and company prosecuted after hand caught in shredder

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Failing to spend $5,000 on a guard for a meat shredder has cost a worker the use of his hand, and a company and director a total of $75,000.

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Capital investment, sales and profits expected to rise

Tuesday 09 March 2010

The latest D&B National Business Expectations Survey shows confidence levels of Australians executives are continuing their upward trend for 2010 with sales, profits and capital investment indices all improving.

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New body to test and regulate quality, safety and performance

Monday 08 March 2010

The four agencies that currently test and regulate the quality, safety and performance of almost everything - from cars, to medical equipment, to our food and drinking water - JAS-ANZ, NATA, NMI and Standards Australia have agreed to establish a new body - the Technical Infrastructure Alliance

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Defence manufacturer opens new factory

Monday 08 March 2010

The strengths of two manufacturers are now housed under one roof thanks to the opening of Millatec Engineering’s new factory in Brisbane on March 8.

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More visitors expected to this year's safety show

Monday 08 March 2010

Visitor registrations to Australia's largest workplace safety event, Safety In Action and Melbourne Materials Handling, are up by 20 per cent compared to this time last year.

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