A Chinese-made car has been named one of the shonkiest products available in Australia, due to its roofracks that come with a warning: ‘Do not use’.
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Indian manufacturing mega-parks to create 100 million jobs
The Indian government has passed a manufacturing policy that it claims will generate 100 million jobs over the next 10 years.
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Indian steel company bids for New Hope Corporation
India’s third largest steel producer, JSW Steel, is reported to be considering a bid for coal miner New Hope Corporation.
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Global manufacturing has changed and we have to change with it
In this Q&A, Professor Sir Mike Gregory, Head of the Manufacturing and Management Division at the University of Cambridge, talks about the changing patterns of global manufacturing, the companies defining this new paradigm and the importance of these trends for Australia.
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[VIDEO] Laser Tracker enables precision engineering in the middle of the ocean
What do you do when you need precision parts machined for an oil processing project in the middle of the ocean? Send in the experts, of course. Check out this video of the FARO Laser Tracker, an ingenious system used by one manufacturing company to cut-out the tedious surveying legwork required to start the job.
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Anti-dumping: one small step for manufacturers, or one giant leap onto the slippery slope of protectionism?
The government’s commitment to improving Australia’s anti-dumping regulations is a welcome act of support for local suppliers doing it tough on the export market. But when teamed with talks of local content mandates in the resources sector, is this beginning to smack of protectionist policy from a government so hell-bent against it?
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Aussie dollar falls to 10-month low; is there hope for manufacturing yet?
After months of banging on about how low the manufacturing industry is feeling over how high the Aussie dollar is getting, today’s news that it has suddenly fallen to a 10-month low against the US dollar is a beacon in the night for our manufacturing businesses.
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Climate Change Department ridiculed for choosing cheap Chinese steel
Union representatives for the steel industry are criticising the decision to use cheap Chinese aluminium for the new headquarters for the federal Climate Change Department.
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