By Peter Roberts Well, it has finally come to this. Manufacturing in Australia really has sunk to a low ebb when this nation blessed with rich agriculture regions can barely make even the most humble of products. I confess to being an occasional eater of baked beans – they must have been something my dear…
Mining and energy company Fortescue continues to try to reverse a widely held impression that it has gone soft on green energy and hydrogen in particular. Only two months ago the company reorganised its energy business deprioritising a number of green hydrogen projects and, according to some reports, ‘pivoting downstream along the conveyor belt to…
Mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering has continued its run of strong sales and profit increases in FY24, announcing underlying EBITDA up 48.9 percent to $46.6 million on revenue up 21 percent to $313.2 million. As the company continued its improvements driven by its Austin 2.0 programme begun in 2021, Austin reported a statutory NPAT of…
@AuManufacturing and Epicor have brought together three established Australian manufacturers, each international in outlook that have thrived by serving customers with challenging technical demands (Details and sign up here). Hear how these leaders made their companies resilient to economic ups and downs, changes in consumer demand, and technology shifts How are they approaching hot operational…
Australia’s only manufacturer of solar PV panels is beginning to build its local supply chain through an agreement with aluminium extrusion company Capral Aluminium in preparation for embarking on a project to build a massive new factory. While Tindo’s plans to increase its output to 1GW per annum are in the development stage, it has…
It turns out that GFG Alliance’s decision to halt shipments of coal to fuel the Whyalla steelworks blast furnace as it moves towards green iron and steel production was premature. In September last year GFG heralded the arrival of the last shipment of coal used to produce coke used in a traditional blast furnace, with…
By Peter Roberts We all know that Australia is scrambling to build up its missile defences, but it is somewhat galling to find the latest US$100 million purchase involves no local production whatsoever, and no technology transfer of any sort to Australians. Well that’s not entirely true, they will teach us how to fire the…
To Geoff Wadsworth, co-CEO of Toowoomba, Queensland based Russell Mineral Equipment, resilience is having the right supply chain, and the right materials, skills and capabilities to make sure you can satisfy customer needs when they want them. A speaker at @AuManufacturing’s upcoming webinar – Lessons in Resilience – to Geoff that means not only optimising…
On Wednesday the Industry Capability Network released a study by University of Sydney’s Phillip Toner and UTS Emeritus Professor Roy Green which recommended it should be mandatory for project proponents to work with the service which connects businesses to opportunities. Here @AuManufacturing talked to Professor Roy Green. @AuManufacturing: The ICN has been in operation for…
Hearing implant manufacturer Cochlear has reported sales revenue up 15 percent to $2.3 billion for FY24, with growth across all business units. Cochlear implant units increased nine percent with strong growth across the developed markets, while services revenue increased 15 percent driven by strong upgrade demand for the Cochlear Nucleus 8 Sound Processor (pictured). Statutory…