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The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has developed an advisory service designed to help SME manufacturers who are suffering at the hands of ‘dumping’.

With Federal and State Government grants for manufacturing companies ranging from $20,000 to $10m the effort put into applying for a grant can be well rewarded.

The Australian Workers Union (AWU) is concerned that the jobs of 250 maintenance personnel at the Richmond, New South Wales RAAF base may be at risk following Federal Budget defence cuts.

With intellectual capital forming an increasing part of company balance sheets, there is an even greater need to protect this valuable asset from the threat of product piracy and counterfeiting.

Advanced manufacturing techniques helped Holden Australia make a profit for the second consecutive year in 2011, despite reports that the local car industry is on the skids.

Manufacturing industry groups are calling on the government to inject more funds in to the sector, following a tough start to the year with various redundancies and factory closures announced.

A group of CEOs has developed plans to reverse manufacturing’s demise, but who is listening?

Upcoming changes to the superannuation levy will affect all businesses and the economy.

The department of industry and innovation is staging a ‘clean technologies’ competition, giving the opportunity for Australian innovators to have their low-carbon technologies manufactured.

A Bendigo manufacturer has landed a potentially-lucrative contract to deliver new combat body armour using world-first innovations for Australian and international defence forces.

The 2012/13 Victorian Budget will provide $58 million of funding over the next four years for new productivity networks, support for new technology and innovation and specialist advice and services for Victorian manufacturers.

Hundreds of millions of dollars has been set aside in the Victorian Budget for the manufacture of at least 30 new V/Line train carriages.

Ford’s new FG Falcon MkII EcoBoost vehicle is rolling off production lines in Victoria, representing a new class of ‘fuel efficient’ vehicles entering the market.

Carmaker Holden will receive a $275 million government package, in return for committing to stay in Australia until 2022 and promising it will invest $1 billion.

Tipper trailer manufacturer Hercules believes changes to the Performance Based Standards (PBS) scheme recently approved by ministers will result in a range of benefits for the heavy vehicle industry and the wider community.

A Norwegian supplier has landed a contract with Woodside Energy for the manufacture and supply of electro-hydraulic steel tube umbilicals (EHU) for an oil and gas project off the north-west coast of Australia.

A new publication released by AusIndustry is designed to help businesses understand the registration requirements for the R&D Tax Incentive.

Australia’s peak manufacturing workers union is calling on the government to honour its plans to build the next generation of Australian Defence Force (ADF) submarines in Australia.

Now that the carbon tax has been approved by Parliament, companies should shift their attention to limiting the costs of paying the tax.

The way Toyota carried out 350 redundancies earlier this week has been called ‘appalling’, with the car-maker hiring security guards to escort the sacked workers offsite in case they resisted their fate.