More than 31,000 small and medium-sized NSW manufacturers can now access world-class services that will help them become more productive and competitive, with the opening today of the NSW Enterprise Connect Manufacturing Centre at North Ryde.
Industry minister Kim Carr has welcomed today's announcement that Ford will continue operating its Geelong engine plant.
AUSTRALIA's only photovoltaic energy cell plant will close it's doors next year following an announcement yesterday by BP Solar that it will close the Sydney-based manufacturing plant at the end of March 2009.
Rumours of General Motors selling its Holden car manufacturing operation in Australia have been squashed by industry minister Kim Carr.
Industry minister Kim Carr says the federal government's new $6.2bn automotive industry plan will not be used just to prop up struggling overseas car makers.
LOCAL manufacturers received a boost last week with the opening of the Victorian Enterprise Connect Manufacturing Centre in Dandenong.
MORE jobs are set to be created in Adelaide's southern suburbs with the help of a $30 million industry development program sparked by the closure of Mitsubishi's car assembly plant.
SENATOR Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, yesterday opened a new R&D facility in Sydney for Australian biotechnology company Arana Therapeutics Limited.
Last minute changes to the Senator Kim Carr's busy schedule means the industry minister will be able to attend manufacturing's night of nights.
Launching Boeing's new R&D arm – Australian Phantom Works – in Canberra Tuesday, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, said it was a great example of the innovative future the Rudd Government is determined to foster.