News that Australian steel drum manufacturer HP Steel has been put up for sale by receivers after its parent company was placed into receivership in December 2011 potentially signals another gloomy year for local manufacturing.
10/01/2012
Medical device manufacturer Medical Australia has secured several new product supply contracts worth a total value of up to A$1.5 million (in annual revenue for the 2012 financial year).
28/11/2011
Vesta Partners has expanded its maintenance management and SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) technology services into the Australia AsiaPac region setting up a new office in Melbourne.
22/11/2011
Metromatics are now the sole distributor in Australia and New Zealand for Acromag embedded computing products.
Refractory and insulating materials manufacturer Shinagawa Refractories Australasia is offering voluntary redundancies at its Unanderra office due to depreciating market demand.
Fourt per cent of the Boeing Dreamlinertwin engine aircraft are manufactured at Boeing Australia’s Fisherman’s Bend plant and shipped for assembly to Boeing’s US factory in Everett, Washington state.
18/11/2011
The MATLAB Technology Tour 2011 is a series of free, one-day events held throughout Australia in May. Each event includes a keynote, technical presentations, real-world case studies, product demos, and in-depth workshops.
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