Tag: Victoria
Orica reviews all options due to dreary manufacturing environment
The gloomy Australian manufacturing environment has forced explosives maker Orica to consider all possible options and review its $1.2 billion-a-year industrial chemicals business.
According to...
Cootes’ rough patch continues as Shell cancels fuel supply contract
Victorian trucking company Cootes Transport has lost its contract to supply Shell service stations following the involvement of one of the company’s fuel tankers...
SPC Ardmona to stir up divisions in the Government ranks
Senior Government members have raised their concerns regarding the way the economic rationalists are handling the situation with struggling SPC Ardmona and their stubborn...
CRC for Future Aviation proposed by RMIT receives grant from Victorian Coalition
RMIT University has received a $30,000 grant from the Victorian Coalition Government for the proposed Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Future Aviation which will...
Australia’s dairy industry looking to increase its breeding value
The Australian dairy industry is looking to improve its fertility and return by urging dairy farmers to provide as much mating data as they...
Manufacturing union proposes plan to minimise impact of Holden closure in Victoria
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has submitted a plan to minimise the job losses in Victoria which would follow the impending closure of Ford...
OPT announces funding agreement with Australian Government for A$66.5 million grant
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT) has announced that Victorian Wave Partners Pty. Ltd (VWP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ocean Power Technologies, Australasia (OPTA),...
Victorian Coalition calls for nominations to Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2014 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards.
Victorian Manufacturing Minister David Hodgett called on the State’s manufacturers, both companies...
Victorian Coalition Government announces 36 red tape reforms
Acting Premier and Minister for State Development Peter Ryan and Treasurer Michael O’Brien have announced 36 red tape reforms to increase productivity and reduce...
Victorian research capitalises on therapeutic foods market
A new government-supported research could help boost Victoria’s export economy by capitalising on the growing trend toward therapeutic foods.
Elizabeth Ross, a bioscientist with the...
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APS Industrial expands regional footprint with Control Technologies acquisition
APS Industrial (APS) is expanding its regional presence through the acquisition of Albury-based Control Technologies, a move the industrial products supplier said will strengthen its local service capability and support further investment in warehousing, stockholding and technical support.
