When we spoke to ANCA co-founder Pat Boland, shortly after the company won one its many export awards, the conversation began and ended on the same subject. Specifically: the needs of its customers
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The Industrial Internet of Things: Why you need to get up to speed fast
Start planning now to reap the many benefits of connected manufacturing. There’s been a lot of noise over the last two years around the “Internet of Things,” or IoT.
However, more recently a subcategory
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Surdex Steel forges ahead with new installations
Surdex Steel has installed the latest state-of-the-art Kinetic K5000 plasma processor with a broader range of options for profiling steel plate plus drilling heads for tapping and countersinking.
At the
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Pallet trucks for small-to-medium manufacturers
Jungheinrich has launched an entry-level range of pallet trucks for low-duty applications.
This new range of electric pedestrian trucks is designed for retailers, print shops, workshops or garden centers,
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Engineers develop robot with human-like tactile senses
Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorised means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid. A Cornell group has devised a way for a soft robot to feel its surroundings internally,
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Australia’s second Air Warfare Destroyer launched in Adelaide
Australia’s second next-generation warship has been launched in South Australia.
The Australian Navy’s latest vessel Brisbane was officially named and launched this morning
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How to build a talent pipeline in the era of Industry 4.0
For most forward-looking manufacturing businesses, talent planning is becoming a major focus. Skills gaps continue to grow as a result of an ageing workforce, increasing movement within job markets and
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2016 Top 100 Manufacturers – Industry’s winners and losers
With a precious few exceptions, this year’s annual top 100 manufacturers report from IBISWorld does not make easy reading, as Alan Johnson reports.
THE manufacturing industry has always
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Collaboration set to boost Australia’s advanced manufacturing sector
MTPConnect and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together in undertaking activities to accelerate the growth of advanced manufacturing
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Australia’s vanadium redox flow battery market set for growth
Strategic metals company TNG has signed a key Memorandum of Understanding with Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) and Energy Made Clean (EMC) to collaborate on the promotion, development and growth of
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‘Flushable’ wet wipes manufacturers could be flooded with lawsuits
Thanks to coal cash, QLD set to splurge on manufacturing
According to news reports, due to a massive boost in coal cash this year, Queensland will likely
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Westpac launches Australia’s first employment program for STEM PhD students
Westpac and the Group of Eight (Go8) have partnered to offer the first program in Australia for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
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Steelmaker loses data during brazen cyberattack
ThyssenKrupp, one of the world’s largest steelmakers, has revealed that it was the victim of a ‘massive cyberattack’ earlier this year.
The company was targeted by attackers from southeast Asia in
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BOC opens new Brisbane tech centre
A new-concept welding facility opened by BOC at its Rocklea site in Brisbane is set to be an exciting new hub for product applications and testing, research and development, and training.
The facility
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Bosch & Co retool manufacturing concepts
A research consortium led by Bosch is developing a novel industrial manufacturing concept. The nine partners on the ReCaM project aim to create a highly versatile manufacturing system.
Such systems are
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Foxconn plants the seeds for US Apple manufacturing
Are millennials a manufacturing innovation opportunity?
In June last year, it was announced that Australia’s manufacturing sector had achieved year on year expansion recording the longest unbroken period of growth in a decade. Although that sounds like good
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Pilz launches new online presence
Pilz Australia launched its new website which incorporates a new E-Shop for its customers.
E-Shop will allow customers to not only browse the company’s vast portfolio of products, it enables them to
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Sydney’s new trains to be made in China
According to reports, Downer Rail has sub-contracted all manufacturing duties of 24 double deck Sydney A or Waratah class trains to joint venture partner, China’s CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles
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