Buying Australian isn’t always about ‘supporting’ local industry. Often it’s more about checking what’s available and realising the locally made product is better than the import.
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3D printers move beyond the hype and into mainstream manufacturing
Curiosity about and investment in 3D printing just keeps increasing, but what can you gain from bringing the technology into your business’s operation? Brent Balinski spoke to Stratasys and one of the market leading company’s local re-sellers about the technology.
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Australia gets an extra expo for 3D printing in 2014
3D printing has come as far in Australia as warranting standalone expos and conferences, and this year there are not one but two trade shows dedicated to the technology.
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Filor upgrades 3D offerings with new FARO Focus scanner
With a goal of being able to “close the gap” in its services, Bunbury-based Filor 3D Services recently invested in a FARO long-range laser scanner.
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Komatsu cuts profit target as mining demand drops
Weak demand in the resource sector has forced mining equipment manufacturer Komatsu to cut its full-year operating profit forecast by a third to $2.16 billion.
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Additive manufacturing: from scanning to designing to printing
For all the hype surrounding 3D printing and what it could offer Australian businesses, there’s a fair bit of caution around investing in expensive, industrial-grade machines, and in finding what applications it might suit.
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Weak mining sector makes Caterpillar cut 2013 profit forecast
Caterpillar, the world's largest maker of mining and construction equipment, has cut its 2013 profit forecast.
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What the cloud holds for manufacturers
The rising popularity of and potential offered by cloud computing is nothing new.
In areas like ERP and CAD, the benefits of cloud – quick rollout, a saving on IT capital expenditure, boosted computing muscle – have been known by industrial users and those offering them solutions for some time.
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Endeavour Awards Industrial Product of The Year: ThermaMax Panels by Modular Wall Systems
In its second success of the night, Modular Wall Systems was recognised for the Industrial Product of the Year.
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CSIRO suggests robotics solutions to boost manufacturing competitiveness
The CSIRO suggests that the way forward for Aussie manufacturers isn’t humans or robots, it’s humans and robots.
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Composites maker Quickstep gets approval to make parts for JSF II program
ASX-listed aerospace and defence manufacturer Quickstep Technologies has had its new production facility in Bankstown qualified to make composite parts for the F-35 JSF Lightning II program, supplying Northrop Grumman.
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Central west saddle-maker Barrett Group expands
The Barrett Group has defied pessimism in regional manufacturing and expanded, opening a new facility at Orange, with innovation being cited as a factor in the saddler company’s success.
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Poor sales hurt Caterpillar profit
Analysts expect a fall in demand for mining equipment to hurt Caterpillar's upcoming profit and revenue guidance figures.
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Buying used heavy machinery: 4 professional tips
Ahead of this week’s Ritchie Bros opening used heavy equipment auction in Melbourne, Ferret took some time out to talk to the company’s regional sales manager Finlay Massey about what to look out for when buying used machinery.
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GE boss Immelt spruiks industrial internet at breakfast
GE's chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt has spoken of the need for Australia’s manufacturers to work productively and intelligently, and highlighted the benefits of the company’s “industrial internet” concept during an event.
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Leussink/Corts partnership to roll into Kazakh steel mills
Wollongong, NSW-based Leussink Engineering has teamed up with German precision flat bearing company Corts Engineering to refurbish AcelorMittal steel mills in Kazakhstan.
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