The biennial Austech precision manufacturing and machine tool exhibition returns to the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre on May 9-12, 2017.
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Australian manufacturing remains buoyant
Australian manufacturing has grown for its sixth straight month in March, according to the Australian Performance and Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI).
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Penthrox maker opens new Melbourne facility
Medical Developments International (MDI), the maker of the acute pain killer Penthrox (commonly known as 'the green whistle') has opened a new manufacturing facility in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Scoresby.
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Linde forklifts parent Kion Group acquires Dematic
Materials handling firm Kion Group, the parent company of Linde forklifts, has acquired supply chain automation company Dematic.
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Australia now manufactures carbon fibre
Australia has joined the ranks of a small number of countries able to manufacture carbon fibre, thanks to a new breakthrough from CSIRO and Deakin University.
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CSIRO creates graphene using soybeans
Soybeans are being used to make the world's strongest material, graphene, more commercially viable in a breakthrough process led by CSIRO scientists.
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Small manufacturers hit hard by late payments, report says
Small and medium Australian manufacturing companies are perpetually owed on average $35,833 each, with outstanding and disputed invoices crippling their ability to grow, according to the Invoice Market’s SME Cash Flow Crisis Report.
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Viva Energy opens $18 million lubricants terminal in Brisbane
Viva Energy Australia has opened an $18 million bulk lubricants terminal close to Brisbane Airport, with a storage capacity of 3.2ML.
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Good December bodes well for Aussie manufacturing
Australian manufacturing ended 2016 on a high, with the Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) increasing by 1.2 points to 55.4 in December.
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Materials handling equipment market set to grow
A report conducted by market research company Technavio has predicted the global materials handling equipment market will grow at an annual rate of around 6 percent over the next four years to 2020.
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