Australia’s unemployment rate hits 13-year high
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australia’s unemployment rate surged to a 13-year high of 6.4% in January, its highest level since...
Fonterra one step closer to partnership with Beingmate Baby & Child Food
New Zealand Fonterra Co-Operative Group has announced that it has submitted a tender offer to acquire a stake of up to 20% in Chinese...
Iconic liquorice manufacturer Betta Foods might stay in Australia
Four months ago we reported that Re:Capital, the international investment arm of British restructuring company Hilco Capital, announced the acquisition of confectionery manufacturer Betta Foods and the...
SA shipyard workers pressure Government to fulfil submarine promise
South Australian shipyard workers have flown to Canberra to warn the Government against breaking its election promise to build Australian submarines in Adelaide.
According to...
Is Ford contemplating early Australia exit?
Rapidly declining sales of Ford’s legendary Falcon model coupled with poor results for the Holden Commodore could see the company abandon its manufacturing operations...
New Samsung team to work on virtual reality, robotics, 3D printing, robotic telepresence, drones...
Samsung Electronics has established a new independent team that will work on developing hi-tech innovative business projects on virtual reality, robotic telepresence, drones and...
Is it time to migrate control platforms?
Embracing rapidly evolving market changes via adoption of newer technology can help businesses and organisations differentiate their offering and distance themselves from their competitors.
Adopting...
Mark Bernard named new head of Holden
Mark Bernard will return to Holden as Chairman and Managing Director to oversee the company’s transition from manufacturer to importer and distributor of GM products...
The Andrews Labor Government calls on the Abbott Government to save shipyard jobs
Concerned about the workers in Victoria’s defence industries, Minister for Industry, Lily D’Ambrosio, yesterday visited BAE Systems in Williamstown to receive an update on the...
Wind farm initiative must be built with Australian steel, AWU says
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) has called on the winners of the ACT Government’s wind energy contract auction to commit to using Australian steel...
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From ship repair to autonomous underwater vehicles: Griffin Industrial’s next chapter with growth capital
Some of Australia’s most critical manufacturing happens where almost no one sees it: inside a fuel tank on a Navy tanker, in a machine shop south of Perth, on a workshop floor in western Sydney where a team is helping build autonomous underwater vehicles. Griffin Industrial does all three.
