Australian drinking water appliance maker Zip Industries has been taken over by US-based global water treatment firm Culligan International for an undisclosed sum.
Zip, which was sold by Quadrant Private
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Winners of Schneider’s Global System Integrator Alliance Partner Excellence Awards
Schneider Electric has announced the winners of its 2017 Global System Integrator Alliance Partner Excellence Awards. The awards recognise SI Alliance partners responsible for the most outstanding growth,
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Rugged mezzanine module with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Extreme Engineering Solutions has introduced the Xpedite7650, which is the company’s first enhanced COM Express Basic (Type 7) mezzanine module, based on the Intel Xeon D-1500 family of processors (formerly
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Dexus’ $50m Melbourne industrial park acquisition
Dexus Property Group has acquired an industrial park in the western Melbourne suburb of Braeside for $50.6 million. The group expects to see a significant uplift on its investment, with this acquisition
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SA government to help displaced Walker employees
The closure of the Walker exhaust manufacturing facility in Adelaide will leave 128 workers without jobs.
South Australian government officials have promised to be on site at the facility this week to
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PMI: Australian manufacturing continues to expand
The Australian Industry (Ai) Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) inched 0.2 points higher to 55.0 in June – a ninth consecutive month of expansion for the manufacturing sector.
“Sales,
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Putting worker safety first: why ergonomics matters
Manufacturers’ Monthly spoke with Ted Dohrmann, managing director at Dohrmann Consulting based in Melbourne, about the importance of ergonomics in a potentially hazardous workplace in an industrial
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Software for design, operations and maintenance
Aspen Technology has launched aspenONE Version 10 software, its latest asset performance management, engineering, and manufacturing and supply chain software release. The release supports companies’
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Adelaide businesses soon to have super-fast internet
A plan to make Adelaide a hub for businesses requiring ultrafast Internet is a step closer with the installation of a AU$7.6m gigabit network beginning next month.
The South Australian Government has today
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Tasmania’s Cadbury factory struck down by cyber attack
Tasmania’s Cadbury chocolate factory was forced to halt production when its computer system was struck by a global cyber attack.
The company was not able to access its computer files unless it paid
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SA power prices to become world’s most expensive
From July 1, South Australia will surpass Denmark as having the most expensive power in the world.
Energy companies AGL, EnergyAustralia and Origin Energy will all be increasing their electricity prices
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SA plastic recycling facility shut due to power prices
Adelaide recycling business Plastics Granulating Services (PGS) has been forced to close due to power bill increases of $100,000 over the past 18 months.
According to managing director Stephen Scherer,
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Victorian manufacturer to supply Isuzu truck components
Truck component manufacturer Abcor has secured a five-year contract to supply high-end bull bars for Isuzu.
Abcor will be producing the bullbars for Australian and New Zealand markets, with the potential
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Next generation of manufacturing in screen-printed batteries
Ultra-thin, flexible screen-printed batteries for cheap portable devices and intermittent renewable energy are closer to reality, due to a joint UNSW-University of Queensland project to further develop
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The Importance Of Using The Right Circuit Breakers
Energy efficiency and reliability are some of the biggest issues facing industrial plants today. At the same time, the demand placed on DC voltage supply is continually increasing, which means that having
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Ultra-rugged scanner wins Good Design award
Zebra Technologies has announced that its DS3600 series Ultra-Rugged Scanner has won an Outstanding Product Innovation award from Good Design.
Good Design Australia is an institution that celebrates design
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WA shipbuilder wins $779 million contract
WA-based shipbuilder Austal has won a contract worth up to $779 million to construct a Frigate-sized Independence Class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 28) for the US Navy.
The ship will be constructed at Austal’s
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Darwin battery storage gigafactory to open in 2018
A $100 million battery storage “gigafactory” is likely to be built in Darwin, with a new consortium planning to establish a large-scale lithium-ion manufacturing plant by the end of 2018.
Energy
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$29 million grant to support advanced manufacturing
In an effort to address commercialisation issues, the Federal Government will hand out almost $29 million to a range of business-research collaborations, as part of its Cooperative Research Centres Projects
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Quickstep adds to Lockheed Martin aerospace portfolio
Sydney-based manufacturer Quickstep Holding has extended its partnership with US defence and aerospace company Lockheed Martin by becoming a supplier to its new LM-100J commercial freighter.
The company,
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