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Rolls-Royce opens largest Asia manufacturing and training facility
Global power systems company, Rolls-Royce has today officially opened its largest manufacturing and training facilities in Asia, at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore.
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Rolls-Royce opens largest Asia manufacturing and training facility
Global power systems company, Rolls-Royce has today officially opened its largest manufacturing and training facilities in Asia, at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore.
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Rolls-Royce opens largest Asia manufacturing and training facility
Global power systems company, Rolls-Royce has today officially opened its largest manufacturing and training facilities in Asia, at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore.
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NCIA gets second tile factory approval; 70 new jobs created
Ceramic tile manufacturer, National Ceramic Industries Australia (NCIA) has received New South Wales Government approval for a multi-million dollar factory expansion plan for its Rutherford-based tile manufacturing facility.
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Workers serve up auto petition to Canberra; don’t kill auto industry Abbott
Workers from across Australia’s three auto manufacturing companies, including Holden and Toyota, this week visited Canberra to urge Federal Opposition leader, Tony Abbott and his party to support auto manufacturing and end their controversial anti-subsidy policy.
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Perth-based Vmoto ships electric scooter to Malaysia
Perth-based global scooter manufacturer and distributor, Vmoto has begun shipment of its 12OS Electric Scooter to Malaysian electric vehicle company, Eclimo.
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SA to consider Holden’s latest offer under $200m bailout deal
General Motors Holden and the South Australian state government are in the final stages of a bailout agreement which will keep the carmaker operating in Australia.
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NMW “crucial” for NSW industry, says O’Farrell
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has backed National Manufacturing Week - Australia's largest integrated manufacturing industry event as a "crucial" industry event.
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Defence manufacturing suffers under high dollar; Thales to sack 60 Bendigo workers
Defence manufacturing has always been considered a steady, if not tight niche market for local industry; however last week’s announcement that at Thales will sack up to 60 employees at its Bendigo plant brings forth the reality that defence manufacturing is not immune to market forces as the industry has hoped.
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Toyota launches 8FBN series electric forklifts
TOYOTA Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has launched a new range of four-wheel, counter-balance electric forklifts, with capacities from 1.5 to 3 tonnes at 500mm load centre.
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Pro-Pac acquisition takes Hills business model national
National packaging group, Pro-Pac Packaging has announced that it will acquire Sydney-based industrial packaging, safety and warehouse product distributor, Hills Industrial Products (Hills) for an undisclosed amount.
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Industrial Scientific recalls GasBadge Plus, cites detection fault
Industrial Scientific has recalled the GasBadge Plus instruments version 2.2 and earlier due to a defect that may cause the user to be exposed to noxious gases without being alerted, resulting in poisoning.
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Reckitt Benckiser off-shores only Australian production; 200 jobs axed
Household and healthcare manufacturer, Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has announced that it will shut-down its only Australian manufacturing facility in Sydney's northwest, moving its production of consumer products, including Mortein and Dettol, off-shore.
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Reckitt Benckiser off-shores only Australian production; 200 jobs axed
Household and healthcare manufacturer, Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has announced that it will shut-down its only Australian manufacturing facility in Sydney's northwest, moving its production of consumer products, including Mortein and Dettol, off-shore.
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Fletcher Building’s Formica acquires German manufacturer for $37m
New Zealand-based building materials manufacturer and distributor Fletcher Building has announced that its Formica business will acquire metal and specialty laminates manufacturer and distributor, Homapal Plattenwerk for EUR$30 million (approximately A$37 million).
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Fletcher Building’s Formica acquires German manufacturer for $37m
New Zealand-based building materials manufacturer and distributor Fletcher Building has announced that its Formica business will acquire metal and specialty laminates manufacturer and distributor, Homapal Plattenwerk for EUR$30 million (approximately A$37 million).
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Boral sells construction materials business for US$135m
Building and construction material supplier Boral today annouced that it will sell the Indonesian Construction Materials Business for US$135 million to Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand’s largest cement company.
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Thales to dominate ANZ defence market under new Steyr agreement
Thales Australia has signed a contract with Austrian rifle manufacturer Steyr Mannlicher to "refresh" their longstanding relationship in the defence markets.
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