The falling exchange rate has been given much of the credit for the continued growth of Australia’s manufacturing sector, with a key indicator edging up a further 0.8 points to 51.8 in June and completing a full 12 months of continuous expansion. Read More
Makinex Construction Products has taken out Safe Work Australia’s Award for Good Design at an awards ceremony in Sydney for its powered hand truck. Read More
FoodTech Queensland is a new trade event for technology related to the food and beverage manufacturing sector taking place at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre from 26-28 June 2016. Read More
A distribution centre able to sort individual items at high volume, directly to store and online orders, is being developed by outdoor travel and adventure brand Kathmandu and intralogistics and materials handling company Dematic. Read More
Australia is perfectly positioned to take advantage of advanced manufacturing, so the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council (AAMC) has partnered with the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) to produce a video tackling common misconceptions about the sector. Read More
Queensland Caterpillar dealer Hastings Deering is holding its 6th Dig Day on Saturday 7 May, allowing contractors to try and — hopefully — buy machines from the entire Cat Building Construction Product range. Read More
The Australian manufacturing sector has reason to smile with March’s Ai Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) showing the strongest monthly growth figures since April 2004. Read More
Australian automated guided vehicle (AGV) specialist, NDC Automation, has been acquired by international warehousing and logistics technology producer Dematic. Read More
Crown, Jungheinrich and Still have secured three nominations each in the prestigious International Forklift of the Year (IFOY) awards, proving they are the ones to beat in the materials handling industry. Read More
