Grants worth $28.78 million have been announced, with the aim of assisting South Australia’s manufacturing industry adjust to the end of passenger car assembly in 2017.
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Volkswagen outsells Toyota worldwide in first half of 2015
Volkswagen led in global car sales for the first half of the year, ahead of Toyota and General Motors.
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First on-road driverless car trials in Southern Hemisphere to be held in South Australia
A major European carmaker will conduct the first on-road trials of driverless cars in the Southern Hemisphere in South Australia in November.
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Holden announces second-worst annual result
General Motors Holden sold 106,092 vehicles and was the second-most popular car brand in the country, but made a loss of $361 million last year.
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Aussie startup races into new 3D printing niche
High-performance heat exchangers could be a new sweet spot application for metal additive manufacturing. Brent Balinski spoke to Conflux Technology founder Michael Fuller about an Australian-born innovation that’s getting worldwide attention.
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Geelong’s Carbon Revolution in world-first deal with Ford
Ford’s Shelby Mustang GT350R will be fitted with carbon fibre wheels from Geelong’s Carbon Revolution, the first original equipment use of CF’s high-performance wheels.
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Get used to “pickup”: Falcon to be last Aussie ute
There will be no utes made in Australia, following the end of local production for Ford next year.
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Old ACL Bearing factory to re-open, employing 40
The old ACL Bearing factory in Launceston will reopen, with 40 workers re-employed by the new owners.
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Auto components industry body winds up
The Federation of Automotive Parts Manufacturers has been voluntarily liquidated and merged with the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
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Quickstep gets first global automotive OEM project
Joint Strike Fighter supplier Quickstep has announced a “logical step” to becoming a major automotive supplier, and is expecting its first production order of components within weeks.
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Bringing researchers and industry closer together – from the experts
There's a broad discussion happening in Australia about how to strengthen relationships between private industry and universities in order to foster innovation.
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ABB wins $52 million robots order from Ford China factory
ABB has won an order worth $52 million to boost the flexibility and efficiency of Changan Ford Automobile Co’s new production facility in Harbin, China.
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Automotive manufacturer underpaid migrant worker by $16,000
Dandenong automotive component manufacturer Katjen Enterprise was found to have underpaid a migrant worker by $16,000 over four years.
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Robot kills worker at Volkswagen factory
A young contractor technician has been killed at a Volkswagen factory in Baunatal, Germany by an industrial robot.
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Manufacturers without borders: targeting global value chains
More and more international trade is being made up of intermediate goods and services. Brent Balinski reports on some of the efforts to get Australian manufacturers better involved in this.
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Divergent says “3D printed car” could out-accelerate Porsche Spyder
A start-up car maker, Divergent Microfactories, has claimed that its “3D printed” supercar, the Blade, can reach 60 miles per hour quicker than the Porsche 918 Spyder.
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Endeavour Award winner profiles – PWR Performance Products
On May 28, Manufacturers' Monthly held its annual Endeavour Awards. We will continue profiling winners this week. PWR was the champion in the Exporter of The Year category.
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The need for Australian manufacturing to get smart
Advanced manufacturing is an unavoidable term nowadays, and this is for the best. Brent Balinski talked to Jeff Connolly, CEO of Siemens Pacific, about advancing Australian manufacturers, and about the challenges and opportunities of Industry 4.0.
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8,000 SA jobs at risk pre-Holden exit: minister
A South Australian government taskforce has met all the state's tier-one auto suppliers, and warned thousands of jobs are at risk.
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San Francisco start-up unveils “3D printed” supercar
Divergent Microfactories has unveiled its new supercar, the Blade, which uses 3D printed aluminium in its chassis.
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