When a manufacturer boosts production to cope with burgeoning demand, efficiency-minded operations staff keenly seek out technologies to help them minimise costs and manual labour while maximising safety
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Ford factory decommissioning process to take time, says boss
The sale of the Ford manufacturing sites will come no time soon, the company’s Australian boss has said.
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Australia’s first graphene factory wins engineering innovation award
Last night Austeng and Imagine Intelligent Materials jointly won an award for the establishment of Australia’s first commercial graphene plant.
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SEW-EURODRIVE to open new facility in Mackay
Global drive technology specialist SEW-EURODRIVE has announced construction has begun on a state-of-the-art facility in Mackay to house its new Heavy Industrial Solutions Service Centre.
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Ergonomic work tables for auto, metal and engineering environments
Mechanical workshops, metalworking shops and heavy industrial businesses are environments where chemicals, heavy loads, and strenuous use necessitate robustness.
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60 metre road train launched at new Perth manufacturing site
WA owned heavy road transport equipment manufacturer Bruce Rock Engineering (BRE) unveiled its latest 60m road train during the opening of its new workshop in Perth.
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Vic government buys Holden site, announces high-value industrial hub plans
The Victorian government has bought Holden’s Fishermans Bend site for a reported $130 million, and has said it hopes to only hold the site temporarily and to see it turned into an advanced industrial hub.
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Hedweld opens new manufacturing facility in the Hunter
Hedweld Engineering has opened a new manufacturing facility in Mt. Thorley, NSW, to foster innovation in the Hunter region.
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Forestry industry in Tasmania resurgent
Tasmania’s forestry industry is smaller and more specialised than it has been previously, but is currently thriving, according to the boss of Neville-Smith Forestry Products.
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World-scale ammonium nitrate factory opens in Pilbara
Orica and Yara have opened their joint venture Yara Pilbara Nitrates ammonium nitrate plant, located in Western Australia’s
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Flexco launches belt trainer for conveyor tracking
Flexco has released the PTEZ Belt Trainer tracking idler for its line of belt trainers. Designed with the company’s “Pivot and Tilt” feature, it can be used in any application that requires tracking
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New flame detectors to help keep staff and facilities safe
Emerson has announced the release of the Rosemount 975 flame detectors, a complete line of optical flame detectors designed to perform in the harshest environmental conditions and connect directly to
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Police investigating suspicious Melbourne automotive factory fire
A fire at an unnamed automotive factory in Sunshine North, west of Melbourne’s CBD, yesterday morning is being treated as suspicious.
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Sika opens new Perth factory
Specialty construction chemicals company Sika Australia has consolidated two plants and three warehouses, opening a new factory at Bibra Lake to improve its logistics and manufacturing processes.
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Seized bearings cause conveyor fire at Brighton Cement
Twenty-five firefighters quickly contained a conveyor belt fire at the Birkenhead Brighton Cement factory at the weekend.
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Fire destroys awnings factory
A fire reported early this morning has destroyed a factory at Greenacre in south-west Sydney.
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First graphene factory opened in Geelong
The first graphene factory in the country has been opened in Geelong, which can “consider itself the graphene capital of Australia” according to the company behind it.
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A snapshot of the HMI market
Human-machine interface (HMI) technology is becoming increasingly prevalent; not just in everyday life, but in industry too.
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Arrium closure would wipeout 40 per cent of Whyalla workforce: report
A new study from Flinders University has put the cost of Arrium Whyalla factory closing at 40 per cent of all jobs in the city being lost, and a bigger overall impact on South Australia’s economy than
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