Jeff Connolly, the current Senior Executive Vice President of Siemens North East Asia, has been appointed as CEO of Siemens in Australia effective 1 March 2012 and succeeds Albert Goller (pictured alongside) who has resigned after nine years in the position.
06/02/2012 |
New Zealand-based building materials manufacturer and distributor Fletcher Building has announced that its Formica business will acquire metal and specialty laminates manufacturer and distributor, Homapal Plattenwerk for EUR$30 million (approximately A$37 million).
01/02/2012 |
Power and automation technology group, ABB will acquire electrical, electronic, mechanical and utility products manufacturer Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion.
01/02/2012 |
CLIMATE and energy security think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions claims the Australian car manufacturing industry will fail if it does not shift from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles.
01/02/2012 |
NEC is laying off 10,000 people, after forecasting a loss of 40.0 billion yen for the 2011 financial year.
01/02/2012 |
The new model eliminates the potential for contamination of the manufacturing area and the components being processed.
01/02/2012 |
The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union has today launched a petition calling on the Federal Parliament to continue supporting the local car manufacturing industry and save the more than 200,000 jobs in the local car and auto-component industry.
30/01/2012 |
Kurt Manufacturing Company, Industrial Products Division, has announced that the USA-based automated manufacturing of precision AngLock vises is ready for shipment and marketing in China.
27/01/2012 |
Orica have confirmed that it will push back the restart of its Kooragang Island ammonia plant.
24/01/2012 |
ABB, 4R Energy, Nissan North America, (NNA) and Sumitomo Corporation of America have formed a partnership to evaluate the reuse of lithium-ion battery packs that power the Nissan LEAF, the all-electric car designed for the mass market.
20/01/2012 |
Machine tool company DMG/Mori Seiki Australia is raising its number of service staff members by 30%, to support a 50% market growth strategy in 2012.
18/01/2012 |
With reports of manufacturers closing down or culling staff all too common this past year, it is pleasing to hear of one Bendigo-based family company that is ramping-up for global success in the New Year.
18/01/2012 |
Finnish high-tech company Real Time Systems has recently developed an advanced electrode control system that, compared with conventional systems, offers substantially higher productivity and reduced specific energy consumption in electric arc furnaces.
13/01/2012 |
300 workers at a Foxconn factory in China have threatened mass suicide after the manufacturer a rejected a request for a pay rise.
12/01/2012 |
Australia’s automotive industry has reportedly been 'secured' until 2016, with Ford and the Victorian and Australian governments guaranteeing $103 million and 300 new jobs for production of Ford’s Falcon and Territory SUV at its Broadmeadows facility.
11/01/2012 |
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 |
Leading-edge manufacturing and technology solutions are at the core of Australia’s advanced precision manufacturing and machine tool industry.
14/12/2011 |
Real Time Systems' novel control system incorporating advanced estimation of process quantities makes it possible to increase the production speed of electric arc furnaces and to reduce the specific energy consumption.
14/12/2011 |
Chinese bathroom fittings manufacturer Xiamen Springking Industry Co has secured a contract to produce the Cullector, a water-saving shower device invented by an Australian.
14/12/2011 |
Panasonic Corporation's build a new solar panel manufacturing facility in Malaysia to produce wafers, solar cells and full modules.
13/12/2011 |