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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.

The government has announced a skills reform plan that it claims will ensure Australia’s national vocational education and training (VET) system is better equipped to deliver skills to workers in a “rapidly changing economy”.

Companies performing large mining, construction and infrastructure projects will now have to report to the government every six months what plans they have put in place to use Australian products.

Holden Australia will build two new ‘world-class’, ‘fuel-saving’ cars at its Elizabeth, South Australia plant in the second half of this decade, after receiving $275 million from the government.

Australian medical devices company ResMed has spoken out against the rumoured cuts to the R&D tax incentive.

CSIRO is set release its latest findings to the Government on carbon dioxide capture technology following a four year $21 million research program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from Australian coal-fired power stations.

The Federal, South Australian and Victorian Governments have announced a $275 million co-investment that will help keep GM Holden’s car making operations in Australia.

The Australian Government’s export credit agency, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) has entered into an agreement with online foreign exchange company OzForex to help eligible Australian SMEs better manage their exposure to volatile currency markets.

OneSteel will close its Kembla Grange Oil and Gas Pipe (OGP) manufacturing business on 31 May 2012, in an effort to cut costs in its steel processing business.

EFIC (Export Finance and Insurance Corporation) has extended a participation agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to include Vietnam, making it easier for companies in the emerging economy to import Australian-made products.

While some Australian manufacturers are riding the present mining industry wave, many are missing out. However that could soon change with more transparent participation rates.