Chemicals

The outstanding achievements of the Victorian manufacturing industry were recognised Monday night at the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame awards ceremony.

SEVERAL prominent Czech companies with be exhibiting at this year’s National Manufacturing Week (NMW) to be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre beginning next week.

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has welcomed the changes announced on Monday by Kevin Rudd to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).

Project: Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6) Recycling Project
GAS, chemicals and equipment provider BOC, a member of the Linde Group, supplies Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6) in cylinder format throughout Australia and the South Pacific.

Employer: BOC
Position: Retail Assistant, Gas & Gear/ Product Design Engineer

Project: Regional Driver Working Group
BOC, a member of the Linde Group, supplies compressed and bulk gases, chemicals and equipment throughout Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

AMARE Safety will unveil two new products for enhancing workplace safety on stand 4202 during National Manufacturing Week.

Experts from industry, academia and carbon consultancies agree the cost of the carbon trading scheme will hit small and medium size enterprises (SME) from two directions.

LAST week I travelled to the airport from my home in the suburbs of Melbourne on a SkyBus rather than taking my car.

HISTORY has a tendency of repeating itself, so faced with the need to reduce their carbon footprints, the question for local manufacturers is what can they learn from past improvement initiatives to meet current and future environmental demands?

New design technologies are helping to reduce the size of laser systems without compromising on power or price. Katherine Crichton writes.

OHS records are vitally important, but as Ray Schaffer* reports for Safety First there are records of quite another type that are equally crucial.

Russell Urquhart* covers the key steps towards having a comprehensive spill control plan.

Following a recommendation by the Productivity Commission’s research report on chemicals and plastics regulation, the Australian Transport Council has made the 7th Edition of the Australian Dangerous Goods Code (ADG7) available for free download through the National Transport Commission (NTC) website.

Nathan Cartwright* uncovers the complex relationship between safety and environmental responsibility.

OLYMPIC athletes do it, psychologists do it, teachers do it and now manufacturers are doing it to improve their workplace performance.

THE European Union’s new chemical legislation may affect the ability of Australian companies to do business with the EU.

Nathan Cartwright* uncovers the complex relationship between safety and environmental responsibility.

David Dart* examines how skincare and protection is being embraced in Australia, particularly by men.

Real-time transmission of information can provide a safer workplace. Tony Repaci* writes.