Geelong refinery owner Vitol has celebrated a change in fortunes in Australia in the last year.
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Vic premier seeks crisis meeting with PM over shipbuilding industry’s future
Premier Daniel Andrews has sought urgent meetings with prime minister Tony Abbott regarding the looming loss of hundreds of Victorian shipbuilding jobs.
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Toyota to move Sydney operations to Melbourne, end all manufacturing by 2018
No manufacturing jobs will be saved as Toyota Australia transitions to a sales and distribution company in 2018 and consolidates its Melbourne operations.
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Vic Opposition promises emissions reduction target
The Victorian Labor Opposition has pledged to introduce an emissions reduction into the state if it wins government on Saturday.
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Ronson celebrates 60 years in Australian manufacturing
As Australian gear manufacturer prepares to celebrate 60 years in business, this family-owned Victorian company has vowed to continue on.
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Mondelez opens R&D centre, adds 63 jobs and increased emphasis on Asian exports
This week Mondelez opened an Asia Pacific Centre of Excellence in Ringwood, east of Melbourne, creating 63 jobs.
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Manufacturers have two choices – to innovate or perish
Whether they like it or not, change is on the horizon for South East Melbourne’s manufacturers. Hartley Henderson reports.
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Vic Labor promises more trains
The Victorian Opposition has promised new trains which are at least 50 per cent Victorian-made if it wins power at the next election.
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Coca-Cola Amatil to shut Bayswater factory, cut 60 jobs
Coca-Cola Amatil will close its Bayswater bottling plant, cutting 57 jobs and moving production to a larger plant over the next year.
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Vic Premier promises a 3D printer for every school
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine pledged to put a 3D printer in every government secondary school during yesterday’s election campaigning.
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Proposed RET changes welcomed by Portland Alcoa smelter
Yesterday the federal government announced its proposed changes to the renewable Energy Target, which were welcomed by Alcoa’s Portland smelter.
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$60 m manufacturing grant scheme for SA and Vic launched
High value manufacturers in Victoria and South Australia have been encouraged to apply for the Next Generation Manufacturing Investment Programme.
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Quickstep earns $1.76m grant, will create automotive division, 30 Geelong jobs
Carbon composites technology company Quickstep has received a $1.76 million grant, which it will use to create an automotive division.
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Broadmeadows food maker receives $1.1m assistance
Food manufacturer Colonial Farm has received $1.1 million in assistance as part of Melbourne’s North Innovation and Investment Fund.
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3D Printing factory opens in Melbourne
3D Central Advanced Manufacturing Centre, a manufacturing plant that uses only 3D printing in the production process, has opened in Melbourne.
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Shepparton Pactum Dairy site to expand
Freedom Foods Group has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire land adjacent to the Pactum Dairy site in Shepparton Victoria.
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Alstom missed out on rail contract: AMWU
Train manufacturer Alstom has missed out on a contract to build more metropolitan trains for Victoria, according to the AMWU.
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Bosch $40 m Melbourne investment a “huge vote of confidence”
Bosch Australia announced yesterday that it would make a $40 million investment in its Clayton headquarters.
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Geelong Alcoa workers may find work in prisons
The Victorian Department of Justice is targeting retrenched Geelong Alcoa workers for possible jobs in the Victorian prison system.
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90 jobs to go when cable maker shuts Victorian factory
Nexans will shut its Tottenham manufacturing facility by the year’s end, with the cable maker citing a structural decline in demand and the high dollar.
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