Subaru Australia has confirmed it will expand its relationship with Collaborate Corporation by providing 105 models of its new 2018 Subaru XV to the company’s rental scheme Drive My Car.
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Shocked by gas prices? Take back some control with energy productivity
Gas prices are skyrocketing, and gas intensive manufacturers are bearing the brunt. But they can take back some control of their energy costs through smart investments in energy productivity.
We
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Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Women in Industry Awards
We would like to thank all attendees and finalists for joining us at this year’s Women in Industry Awards. It was amazing to celebrate and promote the achievements of so many women in industry, and we
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Nowra company recognised for RAAF manufacturing
Parliamentary Secretary for the South Coast Gareth Ward has announced that Nowra company Global Defence Solutions has been recognised with a national award for manufacturing mobile kitchens for the Australian
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Calls for caution after 40,000 manufacturing jobs boost in Australia
A warning has been fired to Australia’s manufacturing industry despite a bump in job numbers over the past financial year.
Around 40,000 new manufacturing jobs – recorded by the Australian Bureau of
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Carr: ‘Australia has capacity to rebuild automotive industry’
Shadow industry minister Kim Carr insists Australia can revive its automotive industry – but warns it will look very different.
A special guest at the Manufacturing Matters conference held at
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Submarine jobs at stake as DCNS backtracks on promises
Future submarine building jobs are at stake in SA, after French company DCNS retracted its statement that 90 per cent of the construction of its next fleet would occur in Australia.
Speaking to a Senate
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Plans for biorefinery in Queensland
The Queensland Government has announced plans for a biorefinery by US Biotechnology company, Amyris.
The biorefinery could create upwards of 70 jobs and further boost Queensland’s reputation globally
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Salary increase for FMCG manufacturing workers
Australian salaries are set to increase by 2.8 per cent this year, according to the Australian Institute of Management (AIM)’s annual salary survey.
“Businesses this year forecast they will increase
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BAE Systems hosts future defence prospects
One hundred Hunter Valley students are learning about the defence industry at a two-day careers event in Newcastle this week that includes a tour of BAE Systems Australia’s Williamtown facility.
On
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Australian manufacturing industry rebounding
Australian manufacturing has seen its biggest employment growth in a decade.
According to report Manufacturing: A moment of opportunity, Australian manufacturing jobs have increased by 40,000
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Food and grocery sector driving Australian manufacturing
The food and grocery sector is 30 per cent more valuable to Australian manufacturing than it was 10 years ago, according to new research by consulting firm EY.
This is largely a result of Asia’s growing
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NSW Budget: $73b for infrastructure and $96m for local businesses
The 2017 NSW Budget has been revealed, including $72.7 billion for infrastructure and $96 million to support local businesses. Here is a breakdown:
Infrastructure
$7.2 billion
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Employees at AGL Loy Yang approve new enterprise agreement
AGL Energy has announced that the majority of employees at the company’s Loy Yang A power station and mine in Victoria have this afternoon, by secret ballot, approved a new enterprise agreement. This
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Explosives manufacturer fined $460,000 for livestock death
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific $460,000, after a misplaced pipe and a valve failure resulted in toxic wastewater flowing onto a neighbouring farm, waterlogging
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Hunter manufacturing returning to pre-mining boom state
The Hunter region, particularly Newcastle, is seeing improved manufacturing employment and investment figures, according to the latest State of the Regions report.
In the coastal
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Tim5xx 2D LiDAR Sensor – Efficient At Detection, Accurate At Measuring
More than just object detection: The TiM5xx 2D laser scanner is the measuring solution within the TiM series from SICK. Thanks to its HDDM technology, the TiM5xx monitors large areas in indoor and outdoor
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Contenders for Land 400 project set for testing in capital
The army’s Land 400 Phase 2 project will undergo air transportability trials in Canberra this week.
Defence industry minister Christopher Pyne said the contenders will be tested using C-17 aircraft
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Canberra manufacturer to supply $1.7m bomb disposal robots to police
Canberra-based engineer XTEK has been awarded a contract worth $1.7 million to supply two explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots to an Australian state police force.
The contract includes the supply
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Lockheed Martin ‘close’ to multi-billion dollar F-35 deal
Lockheed Martin is reportedly in the final stages of a deal worth more than US$37 billion (A$48.5 billion) to sell a record 440 F-35 fighter jets to a group of 11 nations, including Australia.
The sale
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