AMWU welcomes Victorian opposition pledge to build trains locally
The Victorian Opposition’s promise to favour a local build for $350 million of new railway rolling stock if it wins next month’s election was...
SRC Aus wins $17m contract for JSF EW support
SRC Aus has launched a new Canberra office after securing a multimillion contract to produce data sets for operational missions for the F-35A Joint...
University of Wollongong houses new ARC Training Centre for sustainable mining
The University of Wollongong’s Innovation Campus is now home to the Australian Research Council’s new Training Centre for Innovative Composites for the Future of Sustainable Mining Equipment.
SA manufacturing leaders recognised at 2025 Welding Excellence Awards
South Australia’s manufacturing capability took centre stage in Adelaide as Weld Australia announced the winners of its 2025 South Australia Welding Excellence Awards, celebrating achievements across fabrication, welding and training.
NSW Parliament supports jobs by stocking local tea brand in Parliament Office
The New South Wales Parliament House has shown its support for jobs in the State by drinking a local tea brand and keeping stocks...
Global biologics manufacturing to double by 2035 amid outsourcing surge, report finds
The global biologics manufacturing sector is forecast to more than double in value over the next decade, according to new data from ResearchAndMarkets.com.
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Assembly begins on massive tunnel boring machine that will build Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel
Assembly work is now underway on the first of the two massive tunnel boring machines (TBM) that will build the West Gate Tunnel –...
Kibaran Resources formalises agreement with 3D Group for R&D joint venture
Following the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) in June, Australia’s Kibaran Resources, a miner and supplier of graphene and graphite, has announced that...
Manufacturing feasibility study launched for Australia’s first clothing Smart Factory
The Australian Fashion Council (AFC) has launched a feasibility study into what it says would be Australia's first Clothing Smart Factory, an initiative aimed at exploring new approaches to advanced onshore clothing manufacturing through technology-enabled production.
Weld Australia calls out Federal gov’t for ‘sacrificing’ manufacturing for wine
Industry representative Weld Australia has denounced a new recommendation from the Anti-Dumping Commission for tariffs on Chinese wind towers to expire on 16 April 2024— calling it a move that appears to be sacrificing wind towers for wine.
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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.
