advanced manufacturing Archives

Advanced Manufacturing Skills

Volvo has now built its 50,000th truck in Brisbane

Volvo Group Australia has celebrated the build of the 50,000th Volvo truck at its Wacol, Queensland plant. Volvo Group handed over the FH16 XXL vehicle to its customer Nolan’s...

CSL to build $800m Melbourne vaccine facility

16 November 2020 | by Peter Roberts

Biotechnology giant CSL will spend more than $800 million building a new vaccine manufacturing plant at the Melbourne Airport Business Park, with operations expected to start in 2026. The...

Electric vehicles, made in South Australia

19 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Australia has an opportunity to be an exporter of electric vehicle technology and drive its modern manufacturing industry, according to ACE-Electric Vehicle Group managing director Greg McGarvie. This month’s...

Manufacturing and renewables: Albo’s budget reply

9 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has unveiled his alternate vision for Australia’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on revitalising local manufacturing through renewable energy and defence industry...

Industry backs new manufacturing strategy

2 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Technology and commercialisation sits at the heart of the federal government’s $1.5 billion manufacturing strategy, according to the METS Ignited growth centre chief executive Adrian Beer, and that’s a...

Billion dollar baby: Manufacturing gets a boost

1 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Direct grants for research collaboration and commercialisation will be on offer as part of the federal government’s new $1.5 billion manufacturing strategy, which is squarely targeted at specific priority...

The manufacturing that Australia can win

31 May 2020 | by David Chuter

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has plunged our country, and the world, into economic chaos. The impact of the virus has truly challenged the old order and we...

Steven Marshall on the post-COVID economy

25 May 2020 | by James Riley

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall says his government is working to an economic plan that aims to ensure the state exits 2020 in a stronger position than when it...

Sovereign capability a new priority: Andrews

20 May 2020 | by James Riley

The swift onset of the coronavirus pandemic badly exposed supply chain gaps in Australia for critical health sector products and materials, putting a new urgency on issues of sovereign...

Stop inventing and start innovating: Stuart Elliott

19 May 2020 | by James Riley

Healthcare is a naturally slow-moving environment, and for good reasons, Stuart Elliott says. You can visit a doctor and still find them using fax machines, a decade or so...

Tag: advanced manufacturing