Tag: Geelong
Regional Victoria’s unemployment rate reaches new low in August
Victoria’s regional unemployment rate slipped to 2.8 per cent in August from the previous 2.9 per cent record, according to the Australian Bureau of...
Quickstep expands Geelong facility to accommodate new drone orders
Leading aerospace composite company Quickstep Holdings has doubled the size of its Geelong facility to accommodate new orders from leading Australian drone companies.
In a...
Viva Energy’s Geelong Refinery is manufacturing its first new solvent product since the 1980s
Viva Energy Australia has announced that its Geelong Refinery has begun manufacturing a new solvent product once more.
The production of Vivasol X55 at Geelong...
Team Sentinel’s prototype sparks hope for Burnie to transform into an advanced manufacturing hub
Team Sentinel, a consortium of companies primed by Elbit Systems of Australia, which is one of four groups that are bidding for the $2.7...
Tasmanian Team Sentinel bids for $10bn LAND 400 project
Tasmanian manufacturer Elphinstone Group has partnered up with the Australian branch of Israeli-based Elbit Systems to bid for the multi-billion dollar defence project LAND...
Animal feed producer Ridley to construct new feed mill in Geelong
Ridley Corporation Limited has announced its intent to construct and operate a new feed mill at Geelong that will service customers in the region...
Geelong to usher in advanced manufacturing era with New Centre of Innovation
The Commonwealth Government will invest $14 million in an Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre in Geelong to support the transition from traditional to advanced manufacturing...
250 new jobs in Geelong with new ABS Centre of Excellence
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will establish a new Centre of Excellence in Geelong in collaboration with Deakin University, which will upgrade the site of the...
Skilling the Bay, Geelong workers to reskill
Minister for Higher Education and Skills Nick Wakeling has officially opened a 'one-stop-shop' to assist the retraining of Geelong workers as the region shifts away from traditional manufacturing...
Coalition Government commits up to $1m to support Alcoa supply chain
Alcoa Australia announced in February that it plans to close its Point Henry Aluminium Smelter in Geelong, Victoria and two rolling mills, one in...
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