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Ford's Geelong engine plant to stay open

Thursday 20 November 2008

Industry minister Kim Carr has welcomed today's announcement that Ford will continue operating its Geelong engine plant.


“Revolutionary” compressors hit the road

Thursday 20 November 2008

WITH manufacturers now having a strong focus on cutting energy costs and reducing their carbon footprint, CompAir believe it’s on a winner with the company’s new Quantima air compressor range.


No more trucking falls

Wednesday 19 November 2008

ONE in four truck drivers admit to having fallen off a truck and, despite the relatively low heights, the falls often break bones and can even cause severe head injuries.


AWD project on track for 2014

Wednesday 19 November 2008

MORE than $1 billion dollars worth of equipment will be delivered by suppliers to the Air Warfare Destroyer program with the AWD Alliance set to deliver the first of three air warfare destroyers (AWDs) to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 2014.


Ausplas 2008

Monday 17 November 2008

DESPITE coinciding with the begining of the sub-prime collapse in the USA, attendance at this year's Ausplas held over four days in early October, attracting some 4,500 registered trade visitors from across Australia and from near neighbour countries, particularly New Zealand.


Controlling and assessing risk at heights

Monday 17 November 2008

Liz Foster reminds readers that prevention is better than a cure when working at heights.


Forklift fun comes at a cost

Friday 14 November 2008

Dangerous forklift driving has cost a young worker his job, his forklift licence and earned him 50 hours of community work and an order to do a 5-day health and safety course following his YouTube video.


Record packaging system export contract completed

Thursday 13 November 2008

Fibre King has completed its largest export installation to date, supplying the entire end of line packaging systems for a US$100M+ plant expansion in Asia.


General purpose telescopic boom machine

Wednesday 23 July 2008

WOODCHUCK Equipment has added the Maxi 750 elevating platform vehicle to its Hydralada range of telescopic boom machines.


Getting a handle on workholders

Thursday 16 August 2007

WITH HIGH speed machining (HSM) allowing for spindle speeds of up to 50,000 rpm, components are getting machined faster than you could say the old tongue twister; how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.


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