News Archive - February 2004

All articles are ordered by the date they were published to the website.

• Industrial and municipal vacuum sweeper
• Integrated HMI simplifies manufacturing systems
• Product lifecycle management
• Remote temperature sensor
• Two and four-wire SHDSL
• Tanner EDA eyes Taiwan
• Multirate laser driver
• Three-axis accelerometer is MEMS based
• 5kV insulation resistance tester
• Web capabilities for controller platforms
• Electronic overload relays
• Catalogue of innovative fasteners
• Transfield boosts trading results
• Government plan for science industry
• On-Chip measurement speeds design
• Industrial, hand-held grinder
• 8-bit flash micros offer enhanced power management
• High speed operational amplifiers
• Circuit breaker racking units
• Software monitors CNC machine status
• Mack trucks for the Army
• First self-checkout technology installed
• Impact crusher’s improved performance
• Silicon tuner chip
• $3.3m R&D grant for Brisbane company
• Exchange rate negates mining improvements
• Bluetooth board
• Reliance ac drive range expanded
• Smorgon profit hit by "adverse effects"
• Drought affects strong wine production
• Laser level transmitters
• Temperature probes
• Dielectric test set for insulating oils
• Rental catalogue
• Viscosity measurer
• Brambles revenue up but profit down
• Formaldehyde gas detector
• Chassis for large-storage servers
• Fibre trouble shooting platforms
• Gas sensors
• Record profit for Pacifica
• Employee share ownership promotion
• Dissipation factor test
• Handles for battery connectors
• Wireless Ethernet and serial connectivity
• Web linked security camera
• Expansion for network analyser
• Portable spectroradiometer
• Power factor correction toolkit
• Locking MCCB terminal covers
• Halogen-free connectors
• Moomba gas supply now exceeds demand
• 17" LCD extends touch monitor line
• Rolleston’s rolling
• Power supply and control module
• Hydraulic control valves
• Input current limited battery
• High performance industrial cameras
• Vertical shaft impact crusher to break performance records for aggregate producers
• Lego mining machines meet challenge
• Carey Mining is now moving east and underground
• Telfer gets integrated open pit management system
• Network/controller data sharing device
• Toll delivers another record result
• Optical automation inspection device
• Recovery winches
• Quad power over ethernet controller
• Half-bridge n-channel MOSFET driver
• Automotive TrenchMOS MOSFETs
• Spectrophotometer for paper industry
• Integrated power modules
• $106m loss for Aristocrat
• The signs are great for mining safety
• Control system
• Xstrata approves Rolleston coal project
• Personal combustible gas monitor
• Confronting the electronics migration
• Sony makes second big investment in Cell processor
• Lift truck
• 100kA surge protection
• QPSX secures funding for spin-off
• Ice cream container
• Billabong announces "strong result"
• Strong inflation faces Queensland SMEs
• Drinktec 2005
• Spring actuators and isolators
• Employment rises for SMEs
• Bulk exports earn up to $26bn a year
• Next generation product development suite
• Multi-purpose lift truck
• Hutchison ‘3’ needs $1 bn
• Water everywhere doesn’t bother Blair
• Forklift speed controllers
• AMP forecasts higher profit result
• Web headline compulsory
• Single chip power amp shrinks by 70 percent
• Boiler company expands product range
• Pneumatic clamping for welding fixtures
• WA sustaining mining safety, but signs of fatigue set in
• Bulkex used to introduce innovations
• Largest thickener is bound for Telfer
• Symex announces $4.07m net profit
• Had a good experience with ferret.com.au?
• Software to convey benefits to miners
• Auto-darkening welding filters
• Many more join the rush to production
• Friction-fighting plastic is one solution to wear and load problems
• Forum puts spotlight on mine lighting
• Electronic visitor management system
• WA government coughs up to explore remote regions
• Industry group advises on emissions
• West Angelas: demand for marra mamba drives a rolling ramp up
• Belt support system kinder works well
• Positioners for easy welding
• 100-year-old machine made as good as new, no wind up
• Dick Smith Foods celebrates fourth birthday
• Mini oven bakes like real oven
• Fox goes to ground near Karratha in search of nickel
• Mariners ready to set sail once more
• SEMI announces new standards
• Low resistance and ohm meter
• Piston gauges
• BHP Billiton reports 30% profit lift
• Oxygen sensors
• Thiess awarded major coal project
• Trend estimates for motor sales down
• Optical transceivers double performance
• Automated component tester
• Qantas businesses “return to profitability”
• Strong result for Bluescope Steel
• PCI Express sets the standard for fast switching
• Check weigher
• Amcor integrates overseas acquisitions
• Local government changing attitude on packaging issues
• Nominations open for 2004 Victoria prize
• Samsung chip powers satellite mobile phones
• Industry groups agreed on new packaging self-regulation
• Wireless audio systems
• LCDs outship CRTs in 2004
• Inductive proximity sensors
• Solid result for ALH Group
• Planned chips protect against hackers
• Aussie dollar hits seven-year high
• Taskforce to help exporters tackle US market
• ‘Super’ air knife eliminates static
• Advanced composite for auto industry
• Vacuum-fluorescent display drivers
• Milking new markets
• ESD-protected USB transceivers
• Southcorp making “solid progress”
• Bluescope invests $280m in China
• $5,860 penalties for workers comp fraud
• Hot swappable I2C bus buffers
• Low cost high performance amplifier
• 1.8V dual-port device
• Fixed-frequency step-down controller
• Synchronous PWM controller
• Electrochemical oxygen sensor
• Leighton reports $12.5 billion of work in hand
• Universal mid-force testing machine
• Two and a half years for tax fraud
• Full extension draw slide
• Surface mount trimmer capacitors
• Hi-tech noise control materials
• Screw cap torque tester
• Kettle discharge valve
• High strength, flexible acoustic insulation
• Hollow reaction torquemeter
• Product and packaging seminar
• Victorians spending more
• High traffic, wet weather mat
• OneSteel reports $45.5 million after tax profit
• Acoustic underlay stops noise through floors
• New line of high speed I/O interfaces
• Chassis connection kits
• Solar ‘super bright’ LED floodlight
• $4.8m R&D funding for six manufacturers
• Tensile, compression & flexure testers
• Touch screen terminals
• Food colour measurement system
• Semi-solid stick adhesives
• Lubricant free, sliding bearing
• High performance portable hydraulics
• LCD controller
• Rise in traditional apprenticeships
• Three new employment bills help SMEs
• Wireless FireWire to arrive later this year
• Dynomic growth trajectory for booming explosives company
• WWII vintage drill rig makes comeback
• Single operator stock picker
• Reliable solid state relays
• Semi-automatic tub dispenser
• Pressure and depth transducer
• Software to replace hospital chart
• Blast hole rig shines like a diamond
• Large range of new drilling products debut at bauma 2004
• Wine in a 250ml can
• RFID shunned in future roadmaps
• Computer and internet monitoring system
• Low voltage headphone amp
• Bluescope to acquire Butler Manufacturing
• Big vac keeps warehouse clean
• 100V dc/dc controller
• Direct inline sleeve labeller
• Blasting plugs with drill cuttings stemming is cost effective
• Control system analogue module
• Membrane boosts fuel cell performance
• Health and safety catalogue
• Integrated security appliances
• Food approved polymer conveyor belt
• State-of-the-art frequency inverters
• NSW vineyard wins Luna Park contract
• Bespoke flat wire springs
• High capacity diaphragm pumps
• Scientific Solutions distribute JDSU lasers
• Fast Ethernet drops in price
• High transfer efficiency spray gun
• 100 years of Australian IP
• Australia attacks EU sugar subsidies
• Humidity and temperature sensors
• Pilot spray dryer
• Voltage and continuity test probes
• Mapping/imaging radar system
• Pipes and valves: novel maintenance and repair techniques save
• In-line high frequency sealing machine
• High resolution digital multimeters
• Upgraded mobile mapping and field data collection software released
• Non-contact door switch
• Laser scanning safety system
• Liquid filtration solutions
• RF power amplifiers
• Laser coder for demanding environments
• Food supply chain workshops
• Melbourne electronics company triples staff
• ac/dc clamp-on tester
• High transfer efficiency spray gun
• Here and now DCS has tomorrow in mind
• Lead-free soldering machines
• Above and underground communications on the double
• Western Australia: the state of excitement
• Plant control is now more intuitive
• Rest assured as new GIS validation CITE goes live online
• Three of the latest pumps have arrived for Australian miners
• Valve system helps regulate cash flow
• Power supplies diagnose faults
• Capacity pooling fosters innovation
• Light emitting transistor to speed up telecomms
• Fast FPGA targets DSP designs
• Obfuscators stop IP thieves
• Thermometer/anemometer
• NATA accreditation
• Brisbane companies outfit NZ super yacht
• Medium duty MIG/MAG welders now come with smart software
• ViewAnyWare industrial visualisation hits the road
• 'World first' for Aussie company
• Tuna processor has big hopes for FTA
• Logic-level translator
• Security holes may lead to ‘bluejacking’
• Online monitoring for electrical supply gear is now a reality
• Ore sorter worth its weight in nickel
• More full-time jobs, less part time
• Mitsubishi installs $7m system in Adelaide
• Fosterville plant gets upgrade ahead of gold production
• Batch blender
• Logic analyser Web demos
• Membrane reinforces bunding against acids and alkalis
• Systems overcomes HIAB crane hazards
• RCD/loop/continuity and insulation tester
• New range of TMR 48 panel-mounted timers launched
• 40 Gbps backplane assembly
• High-visibility safety range
• Waterproof USB connectors
• Three-phase drive technology fitted on open cast mining trucks in Colombia
• Contaminated mail handling
• Businesses unsure about software licensing
• Industrial skin protectant
• Height and safety training
• Powered respiratory helmet
• Respirators and gas detection equipment
• Safety switches and accessories
• Compact grinder safely improves floor safety
• Mercury spills controlled
• I/O interface catalogue and guide
• Safety relays and systems
• Plastic materials handling products
• Bendigo grows by 1Moz
• Ergonomic safety training
• UK plant named top Ford factory
• Motion analysis software
• Study supports mining at Jaguar
• Ride-on pallet truck
• Native title agreement gives nod to Northern Territory exploration
• Power-supply controllers
• Wesley Alumina finds itself in DOIR trouble
• Conveying info along with iron ore
• Powerful portable hydraulics lift bar on power-to-weight limits
• Analogue crosspoint switch
• New comprehensive OH&S product catalogue released
• More gold for Newcrest
• Intelligent assist jibs
• Blowers move hazardous air
• Cut resistant safety gloves
• Ride-on pallet truck
• Safety laser scanner
• Luminescent safety signs
• Waste compaction press
• Touch screen operated printer
• High visability clothing
• Australian companies win more fighter work
• Australian companies vie for Iraq contracts
• Midwest iron ore exports on track
• BHBPIO expands capacity in WA
• Foster gold JV formed
• Fall arresting harness range
• New MD appointed for QAD Australia and NZ
• Apollo upgrades Laverton gold resource
• BHP Billiton settles 2004 coking coal prices
• Airswept dust-tight sieve
• Composite rollers, cores and shafts
• Foreign trusts investigated for tax avoidance
• Wireless network system
• New features for serial device servers
• Low drift voltage reference
• Floor grinder/leveller
• Bulk handling show in Sydney
• New release of packaging machines
• IDCII terminals and screwdriver/cutting tools
• Small company hopes FTA will boost profits
• Wesfarmers record first half profit
• Automatic test systems
• Forklift rider reach truck
• Mattress durability tester
• 250-V N-Channel MOSFETs
• Carbon dioxide laser lenses
• Compact welders
• Warehouse management system
• Car manufacturers to benefit from FTA
• $29.4m for new training places
• Food industry welcomes trade agreement
• Laser cutting system reliability upgrade
• Microfluidic devices support lab-on-a-chip
• Aromatic electrolyte boosts fuel cell output
• Injection, CT/VT and loss angle test systems
• PLM industry goes open for all end users
• Relay and opto-couplers
• Promotion for QLD automotive jobs
• Water-injected screw compressor
• 2004 LAA Supply Chain Seminar
• Steel, polypropylene and polyester straps
• CSC designs smart building
• Stacked chips enhance memory density
• Polymer piping catalogue
• Uninterruptible power supplies
• Planar declines acquisition
• Project management tool
• Electronic enclosures and data racks
• Safety PLC
• New anti-fall regulations
• Spectrum analysers
• Titanium flexishaft pump
• Optical power meter and light sources
• Pallet dispensers and accumulators
• Compact servo drives
• Electrical bayonet connector
• Toyota dominates counter-balance forklift market
• Terrorism features at OH&S conference
• Opportunities for Australian companies in new EU
• Investigation into Australand fatality completed
• Slow speed drum mixers
• Rental options for label applicators
• US Free Trade Agreement settled
• Terrorism features at OH&S conference
• Heavy duty interlaced spring
• Stand up pouch tuna packer
• Pre-load spring
• Heavy duty dunnage bags
• Sterile environment flowmeter
• Slewing jib cranes to suit any requirement
• Toyota corrects website errors
• Smog-busting paint soaks up noxious gases
• Rohde & Schwarz win air traffic deal
• Radio frequency terminals
• Treotham Trading acquires Numericon components
• Plate laser cutting heads and controllers
• Services activity eases
• Configurable safety controllers
• Material gains for Electron Device Meeting
• Packaging systems on show
• Production improvement system
• EDA comes to programmable chips
• Plasma metal cutting system
• WA consortium awarded $20m gas contract
• MEMS capacitors reduce mobile circuit sizes
• Stickpack packaging machine
• Servo-assisted proportional valve
• NEC unveils broadband R&D centre
• Research into cheap textile printing
• Self-calibrating wireless transmitter
• Torch consumables
• Industrial catalytic converters
• Weigh price labeller
• Pulse width modulation controller
• Growth for the solar power industry
• Low loss power path controller
• USB host and peripheral controllers
• PCB automatic test system
• No calibration point level detection
• Electronic joint venture with China
• Dual-input digital thermometer
• Multi-channel sludge blanket monitor
• Contact-free extension measurement
• New challenges from consumer trends
• Growth opportunities for innovative composites
• 533MHz (PC4300) memory modules
• Tiny electromagnetic batching flowmeter
• Advanced digital temperature controller
• Sensor with L-shaped sealing ring
• Valve actuator master module
• High current MOSFET relay
• LCD user interface controller
• MyDoom storms to top virus
• Triple video driver
• High feed face mill
• Carrier board for GPS and modems
• Power source selector
• Titanium machining tool
• Multipurpose spray-on synthetic lubricant
• New spindle clamping set
• Calcium enriched juice sales at risk: AFJA
• Face and plunge mill
• Electrical and industrial products catalogue
• Inaugural “Endeavour” manufacturing awards
• Light cutting face mills
• Davey commissions $300,000 pump testing station
• Extra small turning tools
• Synchronous flyback controller
• Processing change is automatic
• High-speed frequency counting to 8GHz
• Temperature switches
• Doors open for safety in food processing
• M1 ERP software meets Schiffer’s needs
• Free programming software tool
• QS-RAM designed into active devices
• US Swift visits Norfolk
• 2004: big year in food and beverage
• Engine investor signs agreement for up to $8m
• Automotive product life cycle software
• Sensors to power Aussie athletes to gold
• SBC for 486-based embedded systems
• Australian optics in imaging breakthrough
• High power I/O relay board
• 600A digital clamp multimeter
• 30V MOSFETs for automotive applications
• ASDA rejects sport drinks claims
• Labelling and the law in food manufacture
• Nanotube chip switches on
• Easy plant validation system
• Global health kick heralds export bonanza
• Personal noise dosimeters
• Domestic demand continues to support manufacturing
• IBIS interconnect modelling specification
• Two chip Bluetooth solution
• Asset management software enhancements
• Vertical discharge roof fans
• New Toyota design centre in Notting Hill
• Thinking outside the box
• Pre-cut lid for pre-packed drink
• MOSFET diode OR controller
• Four new PC/104 I/O products
• From the top: pack in NZ
• Malt at fault for sleepy yeast
• Microelectronic relays
• Panel mount APC coupling
• Advanced OEM flow sensor family
• Metric open-ended wrenches
• Eight brick dc/dc converters
• US, Australia lead anti-spam initiative
• National Pollutant Inventory shows reduced emissions
• ‘No obligation’ manufacturing system for SMEs
• Ministers meet to enhance trans-Tasman business
• 8 and 16 channel ammonia detectors