Tag: Australian Manufacturing
Cheltenham food manufacturer receives funding to install state-of-the-art chocolate depositor
Victorian Manufacturing Minister David Hodgett has announced a $250,000 new technology grant for Cheltenham food manufacturer Corvina Foods to help the company buy state-of-the-art equipment that will...
The Australian Technologies Competition is seeking Australia’s best companies in the technology sector
The Australian Technologies Competition will be open for entries from March 13th to May 6th, 2014.
The competition, which is open to technologies that support efficiency...
BlueScope releases 2014 half year results
BlueScope reported a $3.7 million net profit after tax (NPAT) for the first half of FY2014, a $27.5 a million improvement in financial performance...
RMIT University develops the world’s first liquid metal enabled pump with no mechanical parts
RMIT University researchers have successfully developed the first liquid metal enabled pump that will allow micro-fluidics and lab-on-a-chip technology to finally realise their potential,...
Siemens Australia chief says Australian manufacturing must rethink approach to innovation
Siemens Australia's CEO Jeff Connelly said Australia must choose the battlefields where it possesses natural competitive edge and play to its strengths as a...
Heinz strike puts pressure on fruit growers
Production at Heinz' Golden Circle juice plant at Mill Park in Melbourne came to a standstill on Thursday after workers held a strike and walked...
Caltex Australia to acquire Scott’s Fuel Division
Caltex Australia has announced that it will acquire Scott's Fuel Divisions for approximately $95 million, including working capital and related acquisition costs.
In a statement Caltex...
Driving research and delivering results for Australia
The Federal Government has appropriated $186 million to create three new Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) and extend four existing CRCs to encourage research that...
$60 million investment to secure the future for Tork hygiene products
SCA has completed the $60 million expansion of its Kawerau Tissue Facility in New Zealand which includes a new 14,500 square-metre tissue conversion hall,...
AMWU calls on the Government to draw up detailed manufacturing plan to save Australian...
The demise of Forge, the Alcoa closures and offshoring at Sensis have alerted the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) to urge the Federal Government...
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