An outstanding finish to National Manufacturing Week (NMW) 2015, Melbourne has reinforced the exhibition’s role as ‘the event that brings industry together’.

Australia is not a cheap place to manufacture, as Boeing Aerostructures Australia managing director John Duddy said in a speech at the recent National Manufacturing Week (NMW) Conference.

Australia’s largest B2B media company, Reed Business Information (publisher of FEN), will launch its new digital sustainability magazine, Stream, this month.

NMW brings Australia’s manufacturing industry together to showcase new capabilities while addressing issues affecting the industry’s future.

While conventional wisdom has it that Australia’s manufacturing industry is suffering with a high local dollar due to the effects of the resources boom, the strong mining sector also offers major opportunities for manufacturers, fabricators and machine shops.