Tag: Manufacturing

The 2026 Hunter Manufacturing Awards (HMA) program has been launched with a renewed focus on regional manufacturing capability, innovation, and competitiveness, as entries open for the Awards’ 22nd year.

Manufacturing performance and frontline productivity are set to be targeted under a new global partnership between Argon & Co and QAD | Redzone, which aims to support manufacturers in improving shopfloor execution across factory operations worldwide, according to Argon & Co.

A new report by Oxford Economics Australia has warned that workforce shortages across Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing sector are expected to intensify over the next decade, with demand projected to outpace labour supply in several critical manufacturing-related occupations.

Hydrix has signed a binding contract with NIOA Group to support the design, development and integration of a telemetry-capable inert proximity fuze and kinetic effector payload package for small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS), in a move aimed at strengthening Australia’s sovereign manufacturing and counter-drone Defence capability.

The Australian Food and Grocery Council has welcomed measures in the Federal Budget aimed at supporting productivity, business investment and workforce capability, while warning that escalating instability in the Middle East could still place upward pressure on costs across manufacturing supply chains and for consumers.

Australia’s manufacturing sector is set to receive targeted support under the Federal Government’s $14.8 billion fuel resilience package, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers outlining measures aimed at strengthening supply chains, securing fuel supplies and supporting domestic production amid ongoing global oil disruptions.

RTX’s Raytheon has been selected to provide SeaRAM ship self-defense systems for Australia’s new Mogami-class frigates under the Sea3000 General Purpose Frigate program.

Australian small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses recorded sharp falls in revenue, profitability and inventory levels in the first quarter of 2026 as disruption linked to the Middle East conflict weighed on markets, according to a new report from Unleashed.

Global metal cutting and machining solutions company Sandvik Coromant says manufacturing automation continues to face a key limitation at the point where the cutting tool meets the material, despite broader advances in robotics, connected systems and analytics.

Manufacturing capability in Australia’s medtech sector and the role of AI in strengthening sovereign manufacturing were in focus at a recent ARM Hub BioBriefing in Brisbane, where industry leaders, investors and manufacturers gathered to discuss pathways to commercialisation and growth.