Whether or not this is down to the so-called ‘Trump Effect’, according to the Australian Financial Review (AFR), Foxconn Technology Group, the biggest assembler of Apple devices, is
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Are millennials a manufacturing innovation opportunity?
In June last year, it was announced that Australia’s manufacturing sector had achieved year on year expansion recording the longest unbroken period of growth in a decade. Although that sounds like good
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Pilz launches new online presence
Pilz Australia launched its new website which incorporates a new E-Shop for its customers.
E-Shop will allow customers to not only browse the company’s vast portfolio of products, it enables them to
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ABCC amended local content rules will help Australian steelmakers compete against low-quality imports
Senator Xenophon deserves a Christmas card from the nation’s steelmakers, after his negotiation with the government to deliver their Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) legislation.
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Sydney’s new trains to be made in China
According to reports, Downer Rail has sub-contracted all manufacturing duties of 24 double deck Sydney A or Waratah class trains to joint venture partner, China’s CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles
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New laser machine set to launch in the Australian market
The HLF series fiber laser is the newest edition to the range of Yawei sheetmetal machinery to be available from Applied Machinery.
Yawei is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of CNC press brakes,
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Kaeser helps to decorate the royal Christmas tree
As the lights were illuminated on this year’s Christmas tree at Windsor Castle, they sparkled in some very special baubles that were hand blown and adorned with various emblems, the stamps for which
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New tech hub opened in South Australia
South Australia has opened a new manufacturing technologies centre to help businesses grow by providing access to the state’s best researchers, financial institutions and global supply chains.
The $1.2
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Fanuc & Nvidia announce AI collaboration
Nvidia and Fanuc Corporation have announced that they will be collaborating to implement artificial intelligence on the Fanuc Intelligent Edge Link and Drive (FIELD) system to increase robotics productivity
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Siemens acquires Mentor Graphics
Siemens and Mentor Graphics have announced that they have entered into a merger agreement under which Siemens will acquire Mentor for US$37.25 per share in cash, which represents an enterprise value of
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Stone & Wood mulls expansion to quench thirst for demand
Byron Bay beer maker Stone & Wood has been reported to be looking to further expand its largest brewery as sales jump by 60 per cent to more than $30 million as a response to rivals’ “corporate
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Trumpf and Siemens to collaborate on 3D metal printing
Trumpf and Siemens are joining hands to produce a software solution for optimised and streamlined additive manufacturing of metal parts with Trumpf printing machines – from part design to 3D printing.
The
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Turnbull trusts in a Trump TPP turnaround
With Asia Pacific leaders reaffirming their commitment to free trade at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Peru, Malcolm Turnbull is “confident” that US president elect Donald Trump will
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CSIRO set to improve chemical manufacturing
CSIRO has launched its “FloWorks” Centre for Industrial Flow Chemistry today in Clayton, Victoria.
The aim of FloWorks is to provide cutting-edge research into flow chemistry capability, making
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Cochlear loses US patent appeal
ASX-listed Australian hearing implant manufacturer Cochlear has lost a court case in the US over two disputed hearing aid patents.
In a ruling delivered last Thursday, the [US] Court of Appeals for the
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3D printed organ company to open in Brisbane in 2017
Schaeffler cuts jobs but Asia Pac remains unaffected
In a bid to re-strategise its business plans for growth in 2017, German bearing maker Schaeffler has announced that it looks to shave off 500 jobs at its industrial division in Germany and other European
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Kion completes Dematic acquisition
Materials handling company, the Kion Group, has successfully completed its $2.1 billion dollar (A$2.86 billion) acquisition of automation and supply chain optimisation specialist Dematic earlier this month.
With
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Boral cements its acquisition of US building products maker
Boral has entered into a binding agreement to acquire US building products maker Headwaters.
The US$2.6 billion deal is subject to shareholder approval and regulatory approval, and is expected to complete
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Slow motion inspection camera for packaging plants
The X-Stream XS-720p slow motion camera by IDT offers continuous frame streaming via the PCI express 2.0 x4 interface with a sustained transfer speed of 1.75GB/sec.
I has been designed for checking and
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