Tag: welding

Australia’s manufacturing and fabrication industry is seeking stronger local content requirements, improved compliance checks and investment in workforce development, with a Weld Australia survey finding that many businesses have limited confirmed work despite concerns about future project demand.

Weld Australia has partnered with the Australian Academy of Welding Technology (AAWT) to use the new Adelaide facility as its primary training centre in South Australia, as demand for skilled welders grows alongside major defence and infrastructure projects.

Weld Australia and the Australian Stainless Steel Development Association (ASSDA) have formalised a new partnership aimed at strengthening collaboration and capability across Australia’s manufacturing, welding and stainless steel sectors.

Leaders in welding and manufacturing from across New South Wales and the ACT were celebrated in Sydney at Weld Australia’s 2025 NSW & ACT Welding Excellence Awards, honouring standout projects, people, and organisations shaping the industry’s future.

Weld Australia has called on the Federal Government to urgently invest in its vocational welding training program, following the release of a new Productivity Commission report showing Australia is failing to meet most of its Closing the Gap targets, particularly in areas such as Indigenous incarceration and youth detention.

FBR Limited has announced the launch of its new robotic welding product, Mantis, which incorporates the company’s proprietary Dynamic Stabilisation Technology (DST). 

Weld Australia has launched a new initiative, ArcAhead, aimed at extending the life of legacy augmented reality welding simulators while delivering social and environmental benefits across the country.

Indigenous artists from Australia and New Zealand are being encouraged to showcase their welded artworks on a global stage as part of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) 2025 Digital Collection Welded Art Photographic Exhibition: Progressing Biodiversity.

Weld Australia has launched a 12-week micro-credential program to address the nation’s critical welding skills shortage, which threatens major projects like the $9.9 billion Torrens to Darlington (T2D) development and the AUKUS submarine initiative. 

TasTAFE has become the first institution in Australia to implement advanced Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) welding simulators, offering students a safer and more cost-effective way to learn metalwork.