Video of cars and ships being wrecked by the tsunami waves that devastated Japan in the wake of the earthquake last Friday.
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Australian auto industry to benefit from Japan’s 2011 earthquake
Most Japanese automotive plants will remain closed while repairs and checks are conducted in earthquake-torn areas, raising doubts about the reliability of Japanese-made vehicles being imported to Australia over the coming months.
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Japanese car-makers halt production in wake of 2011 earthquake
The 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan on Friday has toppled the nation’s automotive manufacturers, with Honda, Toyota and Nissan affected the worst.
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Strange but true: spiders cause Mazda recall
Over 50,000 Japanese-made Mazda cars are being recalled in the United States due to sightings of the yellow-sac spider, which has been building homes in the fuel tank.
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Services are killing manufacturing: RBA chief
The head of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)’s economics group, Philip Lowe, has painted a bleak picture for Australian manufacturing, claiming the strong Aussie dollar and the growing services sector will crush local companies.
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Living Lab paves way for ‘ground-breaking’ logistics technology
The Future Logistics Living Lab is Australia’s first high technology "living lab" to test and develop new technology for the transport and logistics sector. Annie Dang writes.
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R&D assistance helps Matrix Composites aim for $170m in composites
A strong commitment to R&D has helped Matrix Composites and Engineering work simultaneously on 17 subsea buoyancy projects involving composite materials worth $170 million for the world’s offshore oil and gas industry.
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Do you have old videos, photos documenting the history of manufacturing?
Manufacturers’ Monthly is looking for videos and photos that document the Australian manufacturing industry over the last 50 years, to help us celebrate our 50th birthday in May 2011.
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Diesel Territory could save Ford
After receiving $20 million of government-funded money to build a whizz-bang new casting plant in Geelong, Ford has shocked the industry by almost halving production time for its classic Falcon due to seriously decreased demand.
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Ford halts local Falcon assembly as demand plunges
Approximately 1,500 workers will be forced to take pay cuts at Ford’s manufacturing facilities in Victoria, with the car-maker announcing it will temporarily shut-down its car manufacturing operations due to lack of demand.
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Industry will bear the brunt of carbon tax
Less than 1,000 companies will have to pay the fixed carbon price the Government hopes to implement in July next year, Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has said, however this won’t come as good news for Australia’s industry which will bear the brunt of the tax.
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European manufacturing growth fastest in 10 years
European manufacturing growth accelerated to its fastest pace in more than 10 years in February, which bodes well for manufacturing around the world as companies emerge from the GFC.
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Hiring plans no damper despite floods
The devastating Queensland floods have failed to dampen the Australian manufacturing industry’s hiring outlook, with 25% of employers still planning to increase their headcounts in the second quarter of 2011.
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Hiring plans no damper despite floods
The devastating Queensland floods have failed to dampen the Australian manufacturing industry’s hiring outlook, with 25% of employers still planning to increase their headcounts in the second quarter of 2011.
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Carbon tax will kill automotive manufacturing in Australia
Australia’s manufacturing industry will not survive Gillard’s carbon tax, and companies will move offshore to countries where they don’t have to pay it.
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Factory-built homes market to boom due to lack of tradesmen
The factory-built, production-line homes market is set to boom off the back of tradesmen skills shortages in Australia.
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Google offering free websites to Aussie manufacturers [VIDEO]
A new venture from MYOB and Google is offering free websites for small Australian businesses to help them become more competitive.
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Carbon tax back on the agenda: Gillard
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a carbon tax will be introduced from 2012, despite vowing before last year’s federal election that she would not introduce a carbon tax.
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It’s now official: Honda is recalling 11,000 cars in Australia
The ACCC has posted a notice on its recalls website confirming 11,009 Honda City Sedans and Jazz Hatches in Australia are being recalled due to a manufacturing defect where the engine may stall and will not restart.
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Manufacturing falls 6% year-on-year
Manufacturing activity fell 6% year-on-year to December 2010, according to new figures released by the Bureau of Statistics.
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