Tag: @AuManufacturing

Gold Coast simulators behind emerging gaming icon

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Professional drivers and elite race teams are turning to simulators to stay on track and in peak racing condition as Covid continues to disrupt global motorsports events from Formula...

A digital path to growth in manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
The southern Adelaide industrial suburb of Lonsdale has been going through hard times recently with the closure first of Mitsubishi then Holden and a nearby oil refinery leading to...

BYD arrives to heat up local e-bus market

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
A number of companies are now lining up in a race to secure major orders for electric buses from states such as New South Wales determined to electrify their...

CRC program stands alone in federal industry support

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
The Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) program has assumed even greater importance to the future of manufacturing with the likely demise of the growth centres initiative, though the CRCs too...

Can manufacturing escape the new Covid strains?

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Sitting in my hotel room in Melbourne I am beginning to feel anxious at being away from home with the onset of a Sydney lockdown that bodes ill for...

Killing growth centres will enable ‘rorts’: Labor

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor has accused the government of trying to kill off the Industry Growth Centres to gain control of their grant programs for political purposes as the Opposition ramps up...

Being proactive on a small nuclear option

Posted on   |  by Brent Balinski
A small piece of news last week gave a small amount of hope to Australians wanting nuclear energy as part of our future energy mix. Among 60 recommendations in...

Manufacturing’s seventh straight month of growth

Posted on   |  by Staff Writers
Manufacturing achieved its seventh straight month of growth in April, and its quickest rate of expansion in three years, according to the Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index....

Push for second vaccine maker too late?

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Pharmaceutical manufacturer IDT Australia is undertaking a feasibility study to assess the possibility of supplementing production of the COVID-19 vaccine in Australia. IDT will assess the possibility of using...