Downer EDI has signed a new five year agreement with locomotive company Electro-Motive Diesel that will see locomotive manufacturing slowly move offshore.
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Victorian manufacturing jobs on-the-rise despite strong dollar
Manufacturing jobs in Victoria have risen for the second consecutive quarter, despite the challenges of the strong dollar, official statistics show.
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Manufacturing workers shouldn’t be punished for Fairfax’s bad decisions: union
Australia’s manufacturing union is reeling at Fairfax’s decision to close two of its newspaper printing presses, claiming workers at the site shouldn’t be punished for the media giant’s “bad decisions”.
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Defence paper overlooks manufacturing jobs, says union
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has slammed a discussion paper on the future of skills in Australia’s defence manufacturing industry as “too narrow”.
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Deb Group to build $15m manufacturing facility in south-west Sydney
Deb Group has announced plans to build a $15 million manufacturing facility at Moorebank Business Park in south-west Sydney. The new facility will service the Australian and Southeast Asian markets.
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Manufacturing jobs secured by new CSR Gyprock facility
A new CSR Gyprock plant at Yarraville, Victoria, was officially opened in May, securing 160 manufacturing jobs and hiking production by 45%.
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Muswellbrook factory workers win double-digit pay raise
With the manufacturing industry struggling and the mining sector continuing to thrive, factory workers in the coal mining community of Muswellbrook, NSW have managed to capitalise on the boom.
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Once a cultural icon, is Australia’s surfboard industry destined to disappear?
Is the surfboard industry yet another victim of the high Australian dollar?
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Norsk to close aluminium smelter, 344 jobs lost
Norsk Hydro has announced plans to close its Kurri Kurri smelting operation, as a result of weak earnings and an uncertain outlook for the future of the business.
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Ballarat brakes manufacturer opens $3.5m advanced moulding press
Australian-owned brake parts manufacturer Bendix is building a $3.5 million moulding press in Ballarat to cater for growing export demand.
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Qantas sackings to undermine manufacturing capacity: unions
Manufacturing unions are reeling at Qantas’s decision to sack hundreds of maintenance workers, claiming it is ‘short sighted’ and will decimate Australia’s manufacturing and engineering capacities – not to mention the country’s national security.
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Doubts on car parts future
Australia’s once vibrant automotive parts industry is now under threat.
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Corning Cable launches $40m NBN cable plant in Victoria
Corning Cable Systems Australia has begun manufacturing Altos Loose Tube Ribbon Cable at its Clayton, Victoria facilities; the cables are a crucial element of the forthcoming National Broadband Network (NBN) due to be rolled-out across the country.
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Defence jobs, capabilities in jeopardy as government cuts spending
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.
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New coal equipment facility opens in the Hunter
Sandvik Mining has opened its $50m Hunter Valley Site facility for the manufacture, assembly and support of surface and underground coal equipment.
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Industry calls for more support in Federal Budget
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.
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Style Limited enters administration as building products market struggles
Style Limited, a publicly-listed 'green' building products manufacturer, has been placed in voluntary administration following a decline in the housing construction market.
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‘Stench’ over ‘targeted’ union sackings at Toyota
Twelve sacked Toyota workers have filed legal action against their former employer, claiming they were made redundant because of their union activities.
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Wheatstone LNG project sends steel pipe contract offshore
Japanese company JFE Steel will provide 150,000 tonnes of steel pipe for Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG project, representing another blow for Australia’s struggling steel industry.
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‘Oh what a feeling’ for Toyota workers escorted off the premises
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.
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