Manufacturing activity continues to grow

AUSTRALIA'S manufacturing sector recorded another positive result in February with the Australian Industry Group - PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) rising 2.8 points to 53.8 (readings above the 50.0 point level indicate an expansion in activity).
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A seamless national economy a step closer

The Chairman of the COAG Reform Council, Paul McClintock, has released the first report to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) on performance against the National Partnership Agreement to Deliver a Seamless National Economy—an integral part of COAG’s reform agenda.
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Green design with life cycle in mind

It is not impossible to integrate sustainability into early stages of design. Cradle-to-grave environmental impact analysis methods are rarely used as a metric during product development. In early stages of a project, companies measure feasibility according to money, performance and time metrics. Sustainability is commonly measured at a design cycle’s end on finished products when design features cannot be easily modified for sustainability measures.
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Welding fumes now contained

THE NSW Maintrain rail maintenance facility in Sydney - designed to handle up to 1500 locomotives and carriages a year - was recently bedeviled with the problem of the air being choked with potentially harmful welding fumes in its work space.
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