Tag: automotive manufacturing
Recyclable Packaging well positioned for future growth thanks to LIFT grant award
Recyclable Packaging, the family-owned manufacturer of biodegradable PET and polystyrene packaging, has created new jobs and expanded its business thanks to a funding support...
End of an era: Ford shuts down Broadmeadows and Geelong plants
The last Aussie-made Ford vehicle rolled off the production line in Broadmeadows on Friday, marking the beginning of the end of carmaking in Australia.
Ford...
Nine Victorian automotive supply chain firms receive funding to devise transition plan
Nine Victorian automotive supply chain companies will receive assistance under the Labor Government’s Automotive Supply Chain Transition Program (ASCTP) to develop a plan for...
SA Government expands auto industry support programs
The South Australian Government has adjusted two important assistance programs for the state’s automotive supply chain sector to become available to a broader spectrum...
Toyota workers launch cross appeal to ban car maker from removing future entitlements
Two months after the Federal Court ruled that Toyota Australia cannot implement changes to its Workplace Agreement, the car maker’s workers have launched a...
End car subsidies by 2020: Productivity Commission
The Australian Productivity Commission has called for all government subsidies to car makers to end by 2020, saying that arguments that support public subsidies...
Toyota Australia says Holden closure would make it difficult to maintain operations
Toyota Australia’s executive director of sales and marketing Tony Cramb has admitted that Holden’s factory closure would make it difficult for Toyota to maintain...
Fortescue Chief calls for abolition of support for car industry
Fortescue Metal Group Chief executive Nev Power has urged the Government to resist the pressure from special interest groups and abolish taxpayer-funded protection of...
Toyota Australia seeks to modernise work practices to ensure future viability
Toyota Australia is seeking to modify its Workplace Agreement terms and conditions in order to obtain greater flexibility and increase global competitiveness to make...
Future of local manufacturing is ‘uncertain’ says Holden boss
Holden’s outgoing boss Mike Devereux has admitted he believes the future of the Australian car manufacturing industry is “uncertain”.
According to a report from News.com.au,...
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