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The Ai Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) rose by 1.6 points to 54.0 in June, indicating mild growth as the index recorded a fifth consecutive month in expansion. 

According to Ai Group, manufacturers based in Victoria are set to benefit from the increased infrastructure spending announced in yesterday’s State Budget. 

The Ai Group’s Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) increased a further 2.8 points to 58.5 in April – the highest monthly result since July 2021, as Australian manufacturing continues its strong post-COVID recovery with a third consecutive month in positive territory. 

The largest investment in locally made trams in Australian history has been made, as Bombardier Transportation Australia is awarded a $1.85 billion contract under the Victorian government’s Next Generation Trams Project to build 100 trams in the state. 

The Ai Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) increased a further 2.5 points to 55.7 in March – the highest monthly result for the industry since July 2021. 

The Ai Group’s Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) rose by 4.8 points to 53.2 in February – indicating mild improvements and a progression towards positive territory after a decline in December 2021-January 2022.

The Ai Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) fell by 6.4 points to 48.4 over the summer holiday period, indicating weaker conditions compared with November 2021. 

Ai Group, the national employer association, has released the Australian Supply Chains: State of Play report to explore current business experience associated with supply chain pressures (particularly as they relate to sea freight), and connected impacts in other areas of policy. 

It looks and feels very much as if the economy has returned to recovery mode after this winter’s Delta disruption. The various forecasters differ a bit about the timing of the rebound, but they have in common the view that we are likely to have once again regained the lost ground by the middle of 2022. 

The Ai Group’s Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) rose by 4.4 points to 54.8 in November – the first month of improvement following three months of flat results for the Australian PMI. 

Ai Group has announced that it has been licensed to establish a chapter of ETIM International for Australia and New Zealand. It is an international standard for the classification of technical product data. 

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) eased by 0.8 points to 50.4 in October – a fourth consecutive month of deceleration and the weakest monthly result for the index since September 2020. 

Hopefully, and especially given the changing attitudes towards living with COVID-19 seen in our two largest states, the beginning of the end of this crisis may be in sight. 

The Ai Group’s Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) eased by 0.4 points to 51.2 in September, indicating a weaker rate of expansion across manufacturing and effectively stalling a solid period of recovery since late 2020. 

The Australian Industry Group (AI Group), an Australian peak employer organisation, has released its Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) report for August, which determined weak expansion across manufacturing. 

Manufacturing capability has been highlighted as the “most promising” solution to some key priorities outlined in the federal government’s Intergenerational Report.   The report projects an outlook for the Australian economy for the next 40 years, and how current policies will affect the federal budget and economic growth.   Immediate priorities included increasing the capacity of the … Continue reading Manufacturing capability will deliver “promising” solutions to Intergenerational Report, experts say →

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), peak employer organisation, has shown a 0.1-point increase for May in its Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI), amounting to 61.8 points.  This denotes a faster rate of expansion in activity. In its eighth month of consecutive recovery following Q2 of 2020, the result represents the index’s highest monthly result since March 2018 and the fourth highest since the Australian PMI … Continue reading Ai Group Australian PMI for May indicates expansion in sector →

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The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) increased by 3.5 points to 58.8 in February 2021. It is the index’s highest monthly result since March 2018 (readings above 50 points indicate expansion in activity, with higher results indicating a faster rate of expansion). Ai Group CEO, Innes Willox, said Australia’s manufacturers … Continue reading Australian PMI recovery strengthens in February 2021 →

Australian business and union leaders will meet today to discuss how major challenges identified by the manufacturing sector in the wake of the federal government’s Modern Manufacturing Strategy can be overcome. The Senior Industry Leaders Roundtable Event, organised by national skills standards developer the IBSA Group, is the last in a series of seven online-based … Continue reading Australian business, union leaders to tackle sovereign manufacturing supply chain risks →