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Tax breaks, not grants, would help advanced manufacturers: Cook Medical
Cook Medical has spoken of what it sees as a need for tax reform to encourage the development of Australian IP locally.
September 23, 2013 0 comment
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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.
September 23, 2013 0 comment
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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.
September 23, 2013 0 comment
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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.
September 2, 2013 0 comment
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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.
August 6, 2013 0 comment
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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.
July 24, 2013 0 comment
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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.
July 15, 2013 12 comments
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Proposal for new manufacturing incentive
A Brisbane-based manufacturer has proposed a new incentive for companies that manufacture locally products for which they own or have licensed the patent.
July 13, 2013 0 comment
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Keech keeps moving
Manufacturers’ Monthly took a tour of Keech’s Bendigo site recently. CEO Herbert Hermens and COO Cameron Watts told Brent Balinski about the investment efforts the steel castings company has made to boost its competitiveness.
June 11, 2013 12 comments
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Coalition would kill car industry “stone dead”: Combet
Industry minister Greg Combet has defended the level of government support given to automotive makers in Australia, claiming that a Coalition government would cut funding.
June 7, 2013 0 comment
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New plastics created
Scientists at the University of Sydney are creating more cost effective biodegradable PPC polymers.
June 3, 2013 0 comment
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NMW 2013’s second day looks to the future
Day two of National Manufacturing Week included two areas of particular concern for the industry, the Asian Century and what our factory’s might look like in the future.
May 9, 2013 0 comment
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St Vincent’s Melbourne hopes to 3D print organs
St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, is hosting an AdBioFab conference today and opening Australia’s first biofabrication unit next month, with aims to develop the application of medical 3d printing technology.
May 3, 2013 0 comment
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A view on: Australia’s manufacturing industry
Many people seem to equate manufacturing with 19th century technology, with the steam engine and grease, but in fact that is not the case.
May 2, 2013 0 comment
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SICK announces revenue growth in 2012
German automation company Sick Group has described the fiscal year 2012 as “eventful and strong”.
April 19, 2013 0 comment
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Textor, Kimberly-Clark and CSIRO cooperation led to new product
When a new variety of Huggies nappies start filling shelves in supermarkets this month, most shoppers will have no idea about the impressive innovation and collaboration efforts behind them.
March 20, 2013 0 comment
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Manufacturing Australia statement given by Sue Morphet
Manufacturing is the silent workhorse of the Australian economy. Through job creation, import replacement and maximising the value of our natural resources, manufacturing delivers tremendous benefits to the nation.
March 19, 2013 0 comment
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Dutch artist and engineering partnership could revolutionise how we drive
Dutch engineering company Heijmans Infrastructure and artist Daan Roosegarde have teamed up to create futuristic road concepts.
March 6, 2013 0 comment
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“Micro-multinational” manufacturers can excel
University of Technology Sydney’s Professor Roy Green has said that there’s been a growth in “micro-multinational” manufacturers, and such companies are well-suited to the challenges facing Australian companies.
March 5, 2013 0 comment
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Manufacturing executives’ concerns include strong dollar, innovation policies
A newspaper’s questionnaire of Australian CEOs has found that manufacturing leaders’ concerns include issues such as innovation, the Australian dollar and the industry’s place in the economy.
March 4, 2013 0 comment