Engineering

A lack of co-operation between manufacturers and unions may put another automotive company at risk of closure. John Blakemore* writes.

Nepean Engineering & Innovation has installed a $1.75 million vertical lathe from Hankook Machine Tools.

Sydney-based metal working business Ogis Engineering recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. As the company looks towards its next half century, it continues to look for new ways to develop and innovate.

Australis Engineering’s range of Mini Linear Palletisers aim to deliver automated palletising on a budget. The capabilities of the units are developing and expanding.

The German industrial control and automation company Festo today discussed its adoption of principles found in nature in manufacturing.

Manufacturing unions are reeling at Qantas’s decision to sack hundreds of maintenance workers, claiming it is ‘short sighted’ and will decimate Australia’s manufacturing and engineering capacities – not to mention the country’s national security.