DMG/Mori Seiki, a leading CNC machine tool provider, has appointed Stefan Weiwadel as its new president.
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Excellence award for legal compliance service
Environment Essentials’ AspectLink service has won an award for excellence in product design and innovation.
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Austech hikes online presence with new website
Austech, the advanced precision manufacturing and machine tool exhibition, has launched a new website (www.austechexpo.com.au) to hike its online presence.
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Austech 2011 to boost manufacturing activity
After a continued softness in the manufacturing sector in December, Austech organiser AMTIL (Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited) is confident that Austech 2011 will represent a much-needed boost for the industry.
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KHK Co Japan appoints Ronson Gears as sole agent
Ronson Gears, manufacturer of custom gears for the aeronautical, defence, medical, mining, rail, construction and transport industries, has been appointed sole Australian agent for KHK Co Japan.
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Customers praise Dematic GTP order system
Dematic, supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution centre, has completed numerous integrated system implementations utilising the company’s new Multishuttle staging buffer.
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Komatsu to debut apprenticeship training scheme
During 2011, Komatsu Australia will roll out nationally its award-winning apprenticeship training scheme, which aims to not only give apprentices the technical training they require, but also essential “life-skills”.
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Manufacturing softens again in December
Manufacturing in Australia continued to soften during December, with few signs of any pick up according to the latest seasonally-adjusted Australian Industry Group – PwC Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI).
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ABB robots rock-out on stage with Bon Jovi
Five ABB industrial robots have been used on-stage at singer Bon Jovi’s opening concert, held in Sydney on December 19.
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Lockheed Martin appoints new senior comms manager
Lockheed Martin Australia Ltd CEO, Paul Johnson, has announced the appointment of Trevor J. Thomas, 55, to fill the newly-created position of senior communications manager for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Choosing the right power supply for portable hydraulics
Increasingly, powerful and portable hydraulic tools are being relied upon for jobs that once involved backbreaking and often hazardous manual labour.
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Merry Christmas from Manufacturers’ Monthly!
Manmonthly.com.au is taking a well-earned break over the holiday period from 17 December 2010 until 10 January 2011, at which time the team will be back to provide you all the latest news, new products and opinions for the Australian manufacturing industry.
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Glass supplier fined after 75-year-old crushed to death
A glass importing and supply company has been fined $190,000 and ordered to pay WorkCover’s legal costs in the NSW Industrial Court after a man was crushed to death when large glass sheets he was offloading from shipping containers fell on him in 2007.
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WorkCover issues safety alert after worker crushed to death
WorkCover NSW has issued a reminder to all businesses using mobile plant and equipment following the death of a 75 year-old Cessnock man at a work site at Beresfield near Newcastle.
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Humanoid robot to lend a hand in European factories
Two arms, three cameras, finger-tip sensitivity and a variety of facial expressions: these are the distinguishing features of the pi4-workerbot, a humanoid robot developed specifically for industrial factories by the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology in Berlin, Germany.
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Arrested Visy workers granted bail after blocking access to factory
Visy strikers who were arrested on Monday for protests outside the company’s Dandenong factory have been granted bail by Victoria Police.
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Rockwell warns customers of Grey Market coming to Australia
Rockwell Automation is warning customers to be concerned due to the emergence of a Grey Market in Australia and New Zealand that mirrors what has happened in markets in Europe and the United States.
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Colby Storage Solutions launches new product website
Colby Storage Solutions has launched a new website designed to provide fast, easy access to a comprehensive range of information and resources covering all aspects of warehouse storage and distribution.
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18-year-old’s death a wake-up call for manufacturers
WorkSafe Victoria is calling for manufacturers to heed proper safety precautions following the sentencing of a husband and wife manufacturing partnership over the death of an 18 year-old worker at a Thomastown cardboard packaging factory in February 2009.
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Husband, wife manufacturing team sentenced over death of 18-year-old
A husband and wife manufacturing partnership have been sentenced following the death of an 18-year-old worker at a Thomastown cardboard packaging factory in February 2009.
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