Government announces $2.7 LIFT funding to create jobs for retrenched automotive workers
The Victorian State Government has announced $2.7 million in grants under the Local Industry Fund for Transition (LIFT) program to create 130 new jobs...
Focus Press opens new $8 million facility
Focus Press has unveiled its new $8 million Canberra-based facility that is expected to increase the group’s capacity by around 13% and bring about...
New $5m initiative to help create automotive engineers of the future
Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews has officially launched a new $5 million initiative aimed at encouraging high quality graduate engineers to...
Toyota to cease manufacturing in Australia in October
Toyota Australia announced that it will discontinue vehicle production at its Altona manufacturing plant on 3 October 2017.
The end of manufacturing operations and Toyota...
Government releases new plans to aid Australian defence businesses
The Federal Government has released the first two Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Implementation Plans designed to help Australian small businesses to invest more in...
Victoria revamps grant programs to drive workforce innovation
The Victorian Labor government has revised two key grant programs to better help disadvantaged learners and support the industry in finding the workers they...
Cleanaway expands Melbourne ops with Citywide Waste integration
Cleanaway Waste Management has announced the completion of its acquisition of Citywide Waste, aiming to expand its operations in inner metropolitan Melbourne.
New manufacturing facility to accelerate medical device development in Victoria
Victorian Minister for Innovation, Medical Research and the Digital Economy Jaala Pulford officially opened Neo-Bionica – a joint initiative between the Victorian Government, the...
ADC launches anti-dumping investigation into steel rods imported from Asia
Australia’s Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has launched an anti-dumping investigation into steel rods in coils exported to Australia from Indonesia, Korea and Vietnam.
The investigation was...
HMA celebrates two decades of manufacturing milestones with 2024 finalists
The Hunter Manufacturing Awards (HMA) announced the finalists for its 2024 awards, coinciding with its 20th Anniversary Gala Awards Night.
The event will take place...
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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.
