Ipswich’s manufacturing sector has grown with yesterday’s opening of a new Holcim plant.
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Big upgrade for NZ tissue factory
SCA Kawerau has upgraded its Bay of Plenty tissue facility, investing $NZ 60 million to upgrade the half-century-plus-year-old facility.
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Interface opens Minto factory, backs Australian manufacturing future
Modular carpet maker Interface Australia has rebuilt following the July 2012 fire that destroyed its Picton factory, opening a premises in Minto, south-west of Sydney.
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Matraville factory fire could burn for days
It could take days to put out a paper mill fire at Matraville, according to the NSW Fire and Rescue Service.
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Transfluid expands into Australia
Italian power transmission company Transfluid has opened a branch in Sydney.
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New high-tech machining operation for JSF parts unveiled
BAE Systems has opened a new $8 million machining facility at Edinburgh Parks.
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Dandenong South factory fire causes $1.5 m damage
A fire at Dandenong South that broke out on Tuesday night caused an estimated $1.5 million worth of damage at a line-marking materials factory.
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Nepean installs giant lathe
Nepean Engineering & Innovation has installed a $1.75 million vertical lathe from Hankook Machine Tools.
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Fire on weekend claims western Sydney furniture factory
A fire in Bankstown on Saturday saw a furniture factory nearly completely destroyed.
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A look at Veyance’s $32 million factory upgrade
“You make an investment in a piece of equipment like this you’re investing for no less than 30 years,” said John Hamilton, the CEO since 2010 of Veyance Technologies, the US parent company of Veyance Belting.
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Compressor company relocates due to demand
Southern Cross Compressors, a supply and service business, has relocated to a new purpose-built facility in Keysborough, at the beginning of the EastLink Freeway.
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Sharp starts production at new Indonesian factory
Japan’s Sharp Corp announced yesterday that its plant in Karawang, Indonesia, has begun producing washing machines, as it looks to take advantage of rising consumer demand in the country.
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Fifefighters save units adjacent to Lidcombe factory
A fire at a meat storage factory in Lidcombe was brought under control by six fire crews this morning.
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Hitachi to build new site at Forrestdale West
Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia has announced that it will begin building a facility at Armadale’s Forrestdale West Business Park greenfield site.
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Fuchs opens new Melbourne warehouse
Fuchs has opened a new $4.5 million, 5,000 square metre warehouse in Melbourne, as part of its drive to turn the company’s Asia Pacific operations into the region’s major hub for lubricants research and development.
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Rockingham factory fire causes $1m in damage
A factory in Rockingham caught fire shortly after midnight yesterday and caused $1 million worth of damage before being brought under control.
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Ford assembly plant trains new recruits with simulation (VIDEO INCLUDED)
Following the popularity of its Fusion model in the United States, Ford Motor Co has taken to assembly line simulations to train 1,400 new recruits at the company’s Flat Rock assembly plant in Michigan.
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Geelong could get new carbon fibre wheel factory
Carbon Revolution, who has made “the world’ first one-piece carbon fibre wheel”, is planning to invest in a new facility in Geelong.
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Gladstone Steel Project on hold as administrators appointed at Boulder Steel
The proposed Gladstone Steel Project, claimed to be worth $4 billion by the company behind it, will not go ahead as Boulder Steel goes into voluntary administration.
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Custom robots deliver the goods at Electrolux Adelaide plant
At a time when Australian manufacturing industry is confronted with substantial challenges, an innovative custom designed automation system is delivering significant productivity benefits for an Adelaide manufacturer.
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