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     <title><![CDATA[Perth-based Vmoto ships electric scooter to Malaysia]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Perth-based global scooter manufacturer and distributor, Vmoto has begun shipment of its 12OS Electric Scooter to Malaysian electric vehicle company, Eclimo.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:08:05 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/sa-to-consider-holden-s-latest-offer-under-200m-b</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[SA to consider Holden's latest offer under $200m bailout deal]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[General Motors Holden and the South Australian state government are in the final stages of a bailout agreement which will keep the carmaker operating in Australia.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:13:06 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/sa-to-consider-holden-s-latest-offer-under-200m-b</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/new-apprenticeships-allow-accelerated-learning-in</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[New apprenticeships allow accelerated learning in metals and engineering]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Challenger Institute of Technology’s new apprenticeships in metals and engineering are giving apprentices the opportunity to save time by accelerating their learning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:54:26 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/new-apprenticeships-allow-accelerated-learning-in</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/mahle-industry-acquires-innowa-membrane--1</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[MAHLE Industry acquires InnoWa Membrane]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[MAHLE Industry has acquired the technology venture InnoWa Membrane. Both companies are based in Germany.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:45:07 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/mahle-industry-acquires-innowa-membrane--1</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/free-workshop-to-help-injured-workers-return-to-wo</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Free workshop to help injured workers return to work]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Work Safe Victoria will hold a free workshop showing employers how to help injured workers return to work sooner.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/free-workshop-to-help-injured-workers-return-to-wo</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/nmw--crucial--for-nsw-industry-says-o-farrell--2</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[NMW "crucial" for NSW industry, says O'Farrell]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has backed National Manufacturing Week - Australia's largest integrated manufacturing industry event as a "crucial" industry event.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:33:32 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/nmw--crucial--for-nsw-industry-says-o-farrell--2</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/defence-manufacturing-suffers-under-high-dollar-t</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Defence manufacturing suffers under high dollar; Thales to sack 60 Bendigo workers]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Defence manufacturing has always been considered a steady, if not tight niche market for local industry; however last week’s announcement that at Thales will sack up to 60 employees at its Bendigo plant brings forth the reality that defence manufacturing is not immune to market forces as the industry has hoped.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:02:45 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/defence-manufacturing-suffers-under-high-dollar-t</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/semiconductor-industry-mourns-loss-of-micron-c--1-</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Semiconductor industry mourns loss of Micron CEO]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[MICRON Technology’s CEO Steve Appleton died on Friday 3 February in a small plane crash, aged 51.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:21:55 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/semiconductor-industry-mourns-loss-of-micron-c--1-</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/toyota-launches-8fbn-series-electric-forklifts</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Toyota launches 8FBN series electric forklifts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[TOYOTA Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has launched a new range of four-wheel, counter-balance electric forklifts, with capacities from 1.5 to 3 tonnes at 500mm load centre.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:17:47 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/toyota-launches-8fbn-series-electric-forklifts</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/pro-pac-acquisition-takes-hills-business-model-nat</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Pro-Pac acquisition takes Hills business model national]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National packaging group, Pro-Pac Packaging has announced that it will purchase the business and assets of Sydney-based industrial packaging, safety and warehouse product distributor, Hills Industrial Products (Hills) for an undisclosed amount.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/pro-pac-acquisition-takes-hills-business-model-nat</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/orica-repairs-faulty-compressor-resumes-ammonia-p</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Orica repairs faulty compressor; resumes ammonia plant restart]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Orica has resumed the restart of its Kooragang Island ammonia plant after repairing a faulty compressor.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/orica-repairs-faulty-compressor-resumes-ammonia-p</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/festos-adaptive-gripper-learns-from-nature</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Festo's adaptive gripper learns from nature]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Learning from nature, Festo has built the adaptive gripper DHDG to handle fruit, bulbs or pressure-sensitive food quickly and reliably. This is possible due to the so-called "Fin Ray effect" which is based on the design of the tail fins of fish.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:32:30 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/festos-adaptive-gripper-learns-from-nature</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/jeff-connolly-appointed-ceo-of-australia</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Jeff Connolly appointed CEO of Australia]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:23:08 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/jeff-connolly-appointed-ceo-of-australia</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/don-t-miss-your-chance-to-be-recognised-at-the-201</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Don't miss your chance to be recognised at the 2012 Endeavour Awards!]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Send in your nominations now, for your chance to be recognised for your manufacturing innovations at the 9th Annual Manufacturers' Monthly Endeavour Awards!]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/don-t-miss-your-chance-to-be-recognised-at-the-201</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/industrial-scientific-recalls-gasbadge-plus-cites</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Industrial Scientific recalls GasBadge Plus, cites detection fault]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Industrial Scientific has recalled the GasBadge Plus instruments version 2.2 and earlier due to a defect that may cause the user to be exposed to noxious gases without being alerted, resulting in poisoning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:10:40 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/industrial-scientific-recalls-gasbadge-plus-cites</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/reckitt-benckiser-off-shores-only-australian-produ</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Reckitt Benckiser off-shores only Australian production; 200 jobs axed]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Household and healthcare manufacturer, Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has announced that it will shut-down its only Australian manufacturing facility in Sydney's northwest, moving its production of consumer products, including Mortein and Dettol, off-shore.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:01:57 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/reckitt-benckiser-off-shores-only-australian-produ</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/leussink-engineering-increases-apprentice-uptake-i</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Leussink Engineering increases apprentice uptake in Illawarra]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In what ranks as a complete antithesis to the generally gloomy forecast for manufacturing in the NSW industrial region of Illawarra, engineering firm Leussink Engineering has announced it is increasing its 2012 uptake of apprentices.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:10:09 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/leussink-engineering-increases-apprentice-uptake-i</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/fletcher-buildings-formica-acquires-german-lamina</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Fletcher Building's Formica acquires German laminates manufacturer for $37m]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[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).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:56:30 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/fletcher-buildings-formica-acquires-german-lamina</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/blackwoods-2012-catalogue-to-reveal-new--green--1</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Blackwoods 2012 catalogue to reveal new 'green' workplace solutions]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Blackwoods is launching a new range of ‘green’ workplace solutions, set to be revealed in the company’s 2012 product catalogue, out in March.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:59:31 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/blackwoods-2012-catalogue-to-reveal-new--green--1</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/engineer-who-inspires-next-generation-of-innovator</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Engineer who inspires next generation of innovators receives OAM medal]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sydney engineer and businessman, Michael Myers, has received the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in recognition for his work over the past 13 years to raise up a new generation of innovators and technicians with a “No-one said we couldn’t” attitude.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:18:54 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfen.com.au/news/engineer-who-inspires-next-generation-of-innovator</link>     
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