Former federal industry minister and ACTU leader Greg Combet has been appointed to the South Australia Advanced Manufacturing Council.
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Toothbrushes, viral manufacturing and implants: 3D printing will change your life
GE has listed five ways additive manufacturing will change people's lives.
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Research is useless, innovation is gold
Most agree that it’s worth knowing more about the world and everything in it. Research, in that sense, is intrinsically valuable.But for pragmatic governments, intrinsic scientific or scholarly worth is useless, what they value is its contribution to society, Gavin Moodie writes.
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SolidWorks 2014 launches in Australia
Being close to and understanding customers are important to any business. SolidWorks - owned by French software giant Dassault Systemes - takes this to the extreme, and claims that nine tenths of the changes made for its 2014 suite of products have come from users’ suggestions.
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SICK discusses productivity, process and innovation
From optimising factory processes to having a hand in massive movements of iron ore to checking in bags at airports: sensors are everywhere, making things work. So is SICK.
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Globalisation meets specialisation: The Hidden Champions (PART ONE)
Ahead of Professor Hermann Simon's visit to Australia next month, we will be considering his "Hidden Champions" concept, which has been used to help explain Germany's export success.
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Manufacturing Innovation Precinct looks to the post-election future
Though continued government support isn’t assured, META and its members are positive about by the precinct’s and their industry’s future. Brent Balinski talked to the Manufacturing Industry Innovation Precinct’s CEO Zoran Angelkovski about what's next.
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Exclusive Stratasys webinar: Additive Manufacturing 101
Manufacturers’ Monthly is pleased to announce that we are currently featuring a half-hour webinar, hosted by Jonathan L Cobb of world leader Stratasys, titled Additive Manufacturing 101: Changing the Future of Product Development and Manufacturing.
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Dyson discusses its new filter-free vacuums
“It’s actually taken us six years right from the brief to today,” said Martin Peek, a senior design engineer at Dyson, during a recent visit to Manufacturers’ Monthly to explain the company’s new line of vacuum cleaners.
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Seeley International founder speaks of company-wide brainstorming process
Frank Seeley – founder of Seeley International, the country’s biggest air conditioning manufacturer – has spoken of the importance of company-wide brainstorming sessions to Seeley’s innovation process.
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Connected Cars – The Road to the Future
Tech Mahindra, an industry leader in Integrated Engineering Solutions, looks at the future challenges and opportunities of integrated technology in connected cars.
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Start-up car maker Tomcar says government support lacking
The co-founder of all-terrain vehicle company Tomcar, which has sold all 100 of its first run of vehicles, has said that the start-up felt an absence of government support due to its unconventional business model.
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Quickstep gets its carbon composites show on the road
Advanced composites manufacturer and Joint Strike Fighter project supplier Quickstep has announced the launch of automobile parts made using the company's Resin Spray Transfer technology.
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Scan, interpret, make: 3D printing from the industrial to the medical
“At the moment it’s so much of an education for local businesses where we are, the way it all operates,” explained Callum Davies from Filor, which in May added 3D printing to its range of 3D services, of attitudes towards the technology.
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NZ Lens maker in danger after contract vetoed by government agency
Wellington, New Zealand-based telescope lens maker KiwiStar’s future might be in danger after a contract with the Australian Astronomical Observatory was axed by Callaghan Innovation, the country’s innovation body.
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Can Kevin Rudd revive the green manufacturing dream?
Australia’s ailing car manufacturing industry will receive a A$200m funding boost. And all cars in Commonwealth fleets will have to be Australian-made.
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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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Tax breaks needed to encourage IP to be developed locally: Cook Medical
Cook Medical has criticised current measures to encourage innovation in Australia, and is lobbying with the Export Council of Australia for tax incentives to manufacture locally.
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How will 3D printing change the future for entrepreneurs?
Tech publication The Next Web asked nine young entrepreneurs about the direction the future could take due to the evolution of 3D printing.
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How Fremont is turning itself into a magnet for manufacturers
The Californian city of Fremont seems to be benefiting from an effort to attract intelligent manufacturers. Mayor Bill Harrison told Brent Balinski a little about Warm Springs, Fremont’s innovation hub.
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