In a first for Australia, The Courier Mail has
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OPINION: Should Australian companies set executive pay to a US benchmark?
It’s the time of the year when company boards and executives face their shareholders at annual general meetings. Boards will be asked to explain the pay packages of executives. Already some have
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Schaeffler cuts jobs but Asia Pac remains unaffected
In a bid to re-strategise its business plans for growth in 2017, German bearing maker Schaeffler has announced that it looks to shave off 500 jobs at its industrial division in Germany and other European
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Kion completes Dematic acquisition
Materials handling company, the Kion Group, has successfully completed its $2.1 billion dollar (A$2.86 billion) acquisition of automation and supply chain optimisation specialist Dematic earlier this month.
With
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Boral cements its acquisition of US building products maker
Boral has entered into a binding agreement to acquire US building products maker Headwaters.
The US$2.6 billion deal is subject to shareholder approval and regulatory approval, and is expected to complete
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Slow motion inspection camera for packaging plants
The X-Stream XS-720p slow motion camera by IDT offers continuous frame streaming via the PCI express 2.0 x4 interface with a sustained transfer speed of 1.75GB/sec.
I has been designed for checking and
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The real issues with the 457 visa aren’t being addressed
Is Geelong Australia’s new ‘carbon capital’?
Geelong, Victoria's second city, has emerged as an area of great expertise for advanced materials - particularly carbon fibre composites - in recent years. Brent Balinski spoke to Quickstep’s Carl De Koning about the company’s New Technology division, headquartered at Waurn Ponds.
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OPINION: So how will the manufacturing sector respond to President Trump?
According to a recent article in Forbes, America’s manufacturers are getting very worried.
As you read this, a number of influential US manufacturers and their associated industry representatives are
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AusNet profits fall by 52 per cent
Victorian energy company AusNet Services’ first-half statutory net profit has fallen by 52 per cent on its previous year’s result.
Net profit for the six months to September 30 was $178.6 million,
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BlueScope launches workplace safety app
BlueScope Steel has partnered with TOLL, K&S Transport and Buzinga App Development to improve health and safety methods for their employees and contractors through the safety app, ‘SteelDrive’.
The
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Talking robots will soon be here
Voice recognition software maker Nuance Communications has announced that robot maker ROOBO will be using the Nuance Mix NLU development platform, which provides voice and natural language (NLU) capabilities,
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Incitec still nervous about its recovery
Keep Tyre Manufacturing Processes Running Smoothly
Drivers fit summer or winter tyres to their vehicles as appropriate for the time of year. They expect suitable and safe tyres that will exhibit ideal rolling, braking, and endurance characteristics
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Tetra Pak expands regional manufacturing footprint with US$110 million Vietnam factory
Bolstered by rapid consumption growth and increasing customer needs in the Asia Pacific region, leading food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak today announced their US$110 million investment
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New pipe and tube cutting software
US-based Hypertherm has released Rotary Tube Pro, software that makes it easier to design and cut tube and pipe parts with no 3D CAD experience required.
The software features a parametric design interface
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Carbon capture industry must expand says global body
Speaking at a press conference to launch its Global Status of CCS: 2016 Report at the twenty second conference of the parties (COP 22) in Marrakech yesterday, Global CCS Institute Chief Executive, Brad
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The Future of Manufacturing Forum: Global Value Chains, Smart Specialisation and Flexibility
UTS Business School, Monash University and Glogift are pleased to present The Future of Manufacturing Forum: Global Value Chains, Smart Specialisation and Flexibility Forum.
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Competing to win with Industry 4.0
Spreading the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies among Australian manufacturers is vital to lifting their international competitiveness, according to the Australian Manufacturing Growth Centre. Brent Balinski spoke to the group’s chair, Andrew Stevens, about a new partnership aimed at encouraging this adoption.
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ACT manufacturer to open product development hub in Fyshwick
The founders of Red Robot Industries will open a new creative hub, aiming to help Canberran manufacturers develop their ideas, early next year.
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