Pilz Australia launched its new website which incorporates a new E-Shop for its customers.
E-Shop will allow customers to not only browse the company’s vast portfolio of products, it enables them to
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CSIRO to spend $200m on Aussie innovation
Australia’s innovations will grow into successful businesses with help from the CSIRO Innovation Fund, a $200 million fund to commercialise early stage innovations from CSIRO, universities and other
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ABCC amended local content rules will help Australian steelmakers compete against low-quality imports
Senator Xenophon deserves a Christmas card from the nation’s steelmakers, after his negotiation with the government to deliver their Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) legislation.
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Sydney’s new trains to be made in China
According to reports, Downer Rail has sub-contracted all manufacturing duties of 24 double deck Sydney A or Waratah class trains to joint venture partner, China’s CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles
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DoD extends GE engine contract for Super Hornet & Growler
The Department of Defence (DoD) has announced a $232 million contract extension to expand GE’s support of jet engines for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) fighter fleet until 2025.
Under
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Forbes report finds companies failing to unlock the potential of their own data
According to a new report by Forbes Insights in association with Hitachi Data Systems, titled “How to Win at Digital Transformation: Insights from a Global Survey of Top Executives”, changing customer
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New laser machine set to launch in the Australian market
The HLF series fiber laser is the newest edition to the range of Yawei sheetmetal machinery to be available from Applied Machinery.
Yawei is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of CNC press brakes,
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Fanuc & Nvidia announce AI collaboration
Nvidia and Fanuc Corporation have announced that they will be collaborating to implement artificial intelligence on the Fanuc Intelligent Edge Link and Drive (FIELD) system to increase robotics productivity
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Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
President-elect Donald Trump is right: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a damaging deal and deserves to be killed off.
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Thales snaps up Collins sub sonar contract
The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced that Thales Australia has been awarded a $100 million contract to design a major sonar system upgrade for Collins class submarines.
Minister
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Trumpf and Siemens to collaborate on 3D metal printing
Trumpf and Siemens are joining hands to produce a software solution for optimised and streamlined additive manufacturing of metal parts with Trumpf printing machines – from part design to 3D printing.
The
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Turnbull trusts in a Trump TPP turnaround
With Asia Pacific leaders reaffirming their commitment to free trade at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Peru, Malcolm Turnbull is “confident” that US president elect Donald Trump will
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CSIRO set to improve chemical manufacturing
CSIRO has launched its “FloWorks” Centre for Industrial Flow Chemistry today in Clayton, Victoria.
The aim of FloWorks is to provide cutting-edge research into flow chemistry capability, making
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Cochlear loses US patent appeal
ASX-listed Australian hearing implant manufacturer Cochlear has lost a court case in the US over two disputed hearing aid patents.
In a ruling delivered last Thursday, the [US] Court of Appeals for the
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3D printed organ company to open in Brisbane in 2017
OPINION: Should Australian companies set executive pay to a US benchmark?
It’s the time of the year when company boards and executives face their shareholders at annual general meetings. Boards will be asked to explain the pay packages of executives. Already some have
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Schaeffler cuts jobs but Asia Pac remains unaffected
In a bid to re-strategise its business plans for growth in 2017, German bearing maker Schaeffler has announced that it looks to shave off 500 jobs at its industrial division in Germany and other European
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Kion completes Dematic acquisition
Materials handling company, the Kion Group, has successfully completed its $2.1 billion dollar (A$2.86 billion) acquisition of automation and supply chain optimisation specialist Dematic earlier this month.
With
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Boral cements its acquisition of US building products maker
Boral has entered into a binding agreement to acquire US building products maker Headwaters.
The US$2.6 billion deal is subject to shareholder approval and regulatory approval, and is expected to complete
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