Aircraft engine overhaul provider LTQ Engineering will cease operations and close its Tullamarine facility in September, resulting in the loss of 164 jobs.
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Crush injury from unguarded machine results fines totalling $35K
A Melbourne forging company and a sub-contractor have received fines totalling $35,000 after a worker had his thumb crushed in an unguarded machine.
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Iron and steel manufacturing to fall a further 15% in FY2012-13, researchers predict
Australia’s troubled iron and steel manufacturing industry is expected to fall 15.6% in FY2012-13, new research predicts.
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HPM extension cords recalled due to dangerous manufacturing fault
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued an electrical safety recall for a selection of HPM white extension cords, due to a manufacturing fault which could cause electric shock.
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Airborne hazards unmasked
They may be small, often invisible, but airborne contaminants in the workplace can be deadly. Angela Welsh reports.
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Deb Group to build $15m manufacturing facility in south-west Sydney
Deb Group has announced plans to build a $15 million manufacturing facility at Moorebank Business Park in south-west Sydney. The new facility will service the Australian and Southeast Asian markets.
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Australian businesses thriving in Thailand due to manufacturing boom
Due to a manufacturing boom on Thailand’s eastern seaboard, Australian companies in Thailand are performing well, according to a recent study titled “Australian Business in Thailand”.
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Muswellbrook factory workers win double-digit pay raise
With the manufacturing industry struggling and the mining sector continuing to thrive, factory workers in the coal mining community of Muswellbrook, NSW have managed to capitalise on the boom.
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Solutions to the manufacturing industry’s talent shortage
A recent survey by Ernst and Young revealed that a lack of skilled talent is the second biggest risk for the metal manufacturing and mining industries both this year and next.
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Anti-bullying film now used as an educational tool for apprentices
A new film about workplace bullying is now being used as an educational tool in Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges.
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Injured workers responsible for 74% of over $60b cost of workplace illness, injury
Injured workers were responsible for 74 percent of the $60.6 billion that workplace injury and illness cost Australians in the 2008-2009 fiscal year, a study has found.
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Knights Apparel head to brief industry on ethical manufacturing
Knights Apparel chief executive Joe Bozich will speak about ethical manufacturing at a public event today, hosted by the NSW Government and the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
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Call for more global awareness in Australian manufacturing
The Australian manufacturing industry needs to be more globally aware, says Chris Stathy, managing director of valve and compression fitting manufacturer, Philmac. And with the strong Australian dollar, the threat to manufacturing is not just coming from Asia, but from Europe and North America.
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OHS Harmonisation: What’s really different?
The recent OHS Strategy Summit on the Gold Coast highlighted a number of concerns regarding the now in force national OHS harmonisation laws; probably the most significant reform to OHS legislation in the past 30 years.
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Restricting access to chemicals for homemade bombs
Industry and community members have until 30 March to comment on proposed measures to reduce risks of common chemicals getting into the wrong hands and being used to make homemade bombs.
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National Safety Council to run OHS Harmonisation update
The National Safety Council of Australia will hold an update on the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 in Canberra on 1 March.
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Plaut designs SAP integration system for Coca-Cola Amatil
IT provider Plaut has designed and built the Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP) software Manufacturing Intelligence Integration system for Coca-Cola Amatil’s (CCA’s) pre-form and closure manufacturing plant in Eastern Creek.
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Ausco Modular wins supply deal for SA’s largest construction project
Ausco Modular, an Australian manufacturer of modular infrastructure, has won the contract to supply construction facilities for the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, currently South Australia’s largest construction project.
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New electrical energy trade fair in Germany
A new electrical energy trade fair is being planned in Germany.
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OneSteel announces $75m loss, pins hopes to mining
OneSteel today announced another dismal half-yearly result, with a statutory net loss after tax of $75 million for the six months to 31 December 2011. In an effort to diversify away from unprofitable steel manufacturing the company has increasingly turned its attention to mining.
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