Nvidia and Fanuc Corporation have announced that they will be collaborating to implement artificial intelligence on the Fanuc Intelligent Edge Link and Drive (FIELD) system to increase robotics productivity
Read More
Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
President-elect Donald Trump is right: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a damaging deal and deserves to be killed off.
Read More
Read More
Siemens acquires Mentor Graphics
Siemens and Mentor Graphics have announced that they have entered into a merger agreement under which Siemens will acquire Mentor for US$37.25 per share in cash, which represents an enterprise value of
Read More
Read More
Stone & Wood mulls expansion to quench thirst for demand
Byron Bay beer maker Stone & Wood has been reported to be looking to further expand its largest brewery as sales jump by 60 per cent to more than $30 million as a response to rivals’ “corporate
Read More
Read More
The top IoT software platforms for 2016
Thales snaps up Collins sub sonar contract
The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced that Thales Australia has been awarded a $100 million contract to design a major sonar system upgrade for Collins class submarines.
Minister
Read More
Read More
Turnbull trusts in a Trump TPP turnaround
With Asia Pacific leaders reaffirming their commitment to free trade at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Peru, Malcolm Turnbull is “confident” that US president elect Donald Trump will
Read More
Read More
3D printed organ company to open in Brisbane in 2017
The real issues with the 457 visa aren’t being addressed
OPINION: So how will the manufacturing sector respond to President Trump?
According to a recent article in Forbes, America’s manufacturers are getting very worried.
As you read this, a number of influential US manufacturers and their associated industry representatives are
Read More
Read More
Tetra Pak expands regional manufacturing footprint with US$110 million Vietnam factory
Bolstered by rapid consumption growth and increasing customer needs in the Asia Pacific region, leading food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak today announced their US$110 million investment
Read More
Read More
New pipe and tube cutting software
US-based Hypertherm has released Rotary Tube Pro, software that makes it easier to design and cut tube and pipe parts with no 3D CAD experience required.
The software features a parametric design interface
Read More
Read More
Competing to win with Industry 4.0
Spreading the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies among Australian manufacturers is vital to lifting their international competitiveness, according to the Australian Manufacturing Growth Centre. Brent Balinski spoke to the group’s chair, Andrew Stevens, about a new partnership aimed at encouraging this adoption.
Read More
Read More
Outlook for manufacturing export industry positive
The outlook for Australian exporters is a positive one, according to the Australian International Business Survey 2016, an annual survey of Australian small business exporters.
Read More
Read More
Trade with China or security with the US? Australia will have to choose
Donald Trump’s victory promises a further departure from the traditional Asia-Pacific order created during the Cold War years. This was when the US provided military and economic dominance through a system of defence alliances with the major trading partners in the region, including Australia.
Read More
Read More
Australian stevedoring prices cheapest on record
According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released this week, stevedoring costs are at their lowest point since records began.
Read More
Read More
Food and grocery sector struggling against gas prices, taxes
The Australian Food and Grocery Council releases its State of the Industry annual report today, and despite a healthy growth in export figures, has pointed to a strain on the industry through energy costs.
Read More
Read More
Further speaker info released for November 8 Doing Business in Europe event
The brand new Doing Business in Europe symposium is fast approaching, with a small number of audience places still available for manufacturers wanting expert perspectives and exclusive networking opportunities.
Read More
Read More
Starting when the nation stops
WHEN Australia stops for the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, workers at a small manufacturing company in the Adelaide Hills will have more riding on it than just the office sweepstake.
Read More
Read More
Opportunity in the UK
Some of the issues faced by Britain’s industrial sector will sound familiar to Australians. It turns out we may be able to help, too, as Dr Mark Priest of Harrogate Partners, and Advanced Manufacturing Adviser to the UK’s Department for International Trade, tells Brent Balinski.
Read More
Read More