Toyota and Audi are set to preview self-driving vehicles at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, according to early reports.
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Car parts maker to face court
A Japanese car parts manufacturer and its Australian subsidiary have been accused of fixing prices on the cost of wiring in Toyota Camrys.
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Honda annouces massive recall
Honda has annouced plans to recall over 871,000 vehicles after discovering a flaw that could allow them to roll away after they’ve been parked.
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Steel giant sacks management, posts $5.8 billion loss
Global steel giant and industrial manufacturer ThyssenKrupp has posted a $5.83 billion loss for the year and sacked half of its leadership team.
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Apple to pull manufacturing back west
Tech giant Apple will spend nearly $100 million next year to shift production of one of its Mac computer lines from China back to the United States.
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New ferries on the horizon for Tasmania
Tasmanian ship builder Robert Clifford says he’s considering approaching the Tasmanian Government with a plan to build a bigger and faster ferry to transport passengers across the Bass Strait.
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Contractors have “moral obligation” to hire locals
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union says Woodside contractors have a “moral obligation” to hire some locals that face losing their jobs at a Karratha gas plant.
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Manufacturers to focus on new markets and tech in 2013
Asia-Pacific manufacturers will look toward new technology, new markets, and lower cost operations in order to keep their head above water in 2013, according to research firm IDC.
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Forget car makers, support the drug industry
Medicines Australia chairman Mark Masterson says Government rescue packages have focused too heavily on car makers and ignored manufacturers in other sectors.
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Toyota to build hydrogen cars in Melbourne
Toyota wants to build hydrogen-fuelled cars in Melbourne if demand for the new age vehicles picks up once they’re released in 2015.
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Manufacturers Alliance boss steps down
South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance executive officer Paul Dowling has decided not to renew his contract, and will leave the industry group at the end of 2012.
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ATV maker backs roll protection
Chinese all terrain vehicle maker CFMoto will now sell rollover protection next to its vehicles in an effort to encourage safer use of quad-bikes.
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HP to sue for over $1 billion in damages
Hewlett-Packard, the world’s second largest computer manufacturer, has sued two LCD screen makers for damages suffered in a price fixing scam from 1998 to 2006.
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Manufacturers to help speed limiter fight
The NSW Government’s Roads and Maritime Services is asking engine manufacturers to help fight truck drivers who tamper with speed limiters.
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Swinburne Uni joins Manufacturing Council
Swinburne University of Technology vice-chancellor Linda Kristjanson has been appointed to the Victorian Manufacturing Council.
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Adelaide Brighton buys into Malaysian cement
Australian-based buildings material maker Adelaide Brighton has shelled out $28.59 million for a 30 per cent stake in a Malaysian cement business.
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Chinese manufacturing on the rise
China’s manufacturing sector has grown for the first time in 13 months, according to a survey of private factory managers.
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Fire at Melbourne factory
Around 50 fire fighters battled for over an hour to contain a blaze at an Amcor paper mill in Melbourne yesterday.
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Small fire at Queensland plastics maker
Fire fighters have extinguished a fire in a plastics factory in Warana, just south of the Sunshine Coast.
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RMIT axes manufacturing course
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has slammed a decision by RMIT University to axe a TAFE course aimed at training apprentices for the manufacturing industry.
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