Composites manufacturer Quickstep has delivered its 100th carbon fibre component for the Joint Strike Fighter project.
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A look inside Tesla’s factory
Following Manufacturers’ Monthly’s report this week on Californian city Fremont’s innovation hub, a video of Tesla’s highly automated factory has come out.
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Building critical mass – the new Manufacturing Innovation Precinct
The Manufacturing Innovation Precinct is beginning to come together, and is looking for those with a “can-do” attitude to help it be as useful to as many companies as possible. Brent Balinski talked to chairman Albert Goller about what’s behind the program.
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Encourage Holden, Toyota and Ford to share factories: Clive Palmer
Billionaire mining entrepreneur and leader of Palmer United Party, Clive Palmer, has said that the three remaining Australian car makers should be encouraged to make cars out of the one factory.
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Coca Cola’s Peats Ridge plant to stop producing bottled water
Coca Cola Amatil has closed its Peats Ridge bottling plant, citing a decreased demand for bottled water and offering four redundancies to employees.
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New Castalloy gets new lease of life
New Castalloy, a components manufacturer owned by US motorcycle company Harley-Davidson, has been given a four-year rent-free deal at its SA government-owned factory and will stay open.
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Antam to build new ferronickel smelting furnace at Sulawesi
Indonesia’s PT Antam announced last week that it is preparing to build a new electric smelting furnace, ESF-4, at Pomalaa, in Sulawesi Tenggara.
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Manufacturing Precinct board holds first meeting
The board of the Manufacturing Precinct met for the first time on Thursday ahead of next month’s commencement.
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US manufacturing drawn to Fremont, California
A combination of tax breaks, agreeable infrastructure and a proximity to the technology hotspot of Silicon Valley are combining to create interest in manufacturing in Fremont, California.
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Canning Vale printing factory catches fire
A printing factory on Bannister Road, Canning Vale, caught fire early this morning.
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First Innovation Precinct HQ opened in Clayton
The headquarters for the first of ten Industry Innovation Precincts, part of the federal government’s Industry Innovation Statement – the Plan For Australian Jobs – was opened on Thursday.
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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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Earthworker Cooperative hopes to build solar hot water factory in La Trobe Valley
The Earthworker Cooperative, a pro-sustainability group, is lobbying state and federal governments for $1 million to help build a factory that would manufacture hot water systems in the Latrobe Valley.
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The Maker Movement catches on in Australia
The Maker Movement is here, with DIY creation becoming easier as technology like 3D printers becomes more widespread. Brent Balinski takes a look at the movement in Australia and what it might mean for manufacturing.
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NZ confectionery company to re-open former Prydes factory at Metford
New Zealand’s Rainbow Confectionery has announced plans to re-open what was once a Prydes lolly factory at Metford.
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Keech upgrades Bendigo foundry, targets agricultural sector
Keech Australia has continued its growth strategy, overhauling its No 2 Foundry in Bendigo and hoping to increase its presence in the agricultural sector.
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CSR pushed by difficult environment to shrink glass business
CSR announced yesterday that it would cut 150 jobs at Viridian, its poorly-performing glass division, due to a challenging environment for building products manufacturers.
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CSR cuts glass-making operations
CSR’s loss-making Viridian subsidiary will lose 150 jobs and have two of its factories shut, the company announced this morning.
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Amcor announces 300 redundancies, big jump in profit
Packaging company Amcor will cut 300 jobs at three sites in Victoria and Queensland, with the high Australian dollar and high costs blamed.
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Fire at RuralAus Parndana sawmill
RuralAus Investments Limited has reported fire damage to its Parndana sawmill, Kangaroo Island, over the weekend.
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