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National Manufacturing Week and Austech (NMW 2010) began yesterday with a call for more people to enter the industry as the advanced manufacturing sector grows. “Despite international competition, the GFC and other challenges, Australia’s manufacturing industry is alive and well,” said Shane Infanti, CEO of peak body Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute (AMTIL). “Manufacturers contribute more [...]
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Australian manufacturing has suffered a number of blows over the years, and it’s the advanced segment that’s bouncing back from the ropes and the business is still going global. Manufacturing is dead. At least, that’s what the media seemed to report when Pacific Brands moved their textile production offshore last year. But it seems manufacturing [...]
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The textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) industry is set to receive a boost thanks to the Federal Government’s new funding round of TCF Small Business Program grants, where businesses can apply for grants of up to $50,000 a project. Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr said the grants would help “boost the [...]
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Australia is a land girt by sea, so it’s no surprise we have a thriving marine sector at home and abroad selling everything from widgets to yachts, engineering services to marine maintenance.
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A new Victorian Government Business Office has opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. While it is the 12th office of its kind established by the Victorian Government, it is the first in South East Asia. Victorian Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation Jacinta Allan opened the office and said it would help drive exports and build [...]
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The US National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has spoken out against the country’s climate bill, fearing that some 2 million jobs would be lost overseas if the legislation passes through the Senate. The association says higher costs from the cap-and-trade plan on greenhouse gas emissions would drive manufacturing jobs offshore and “will ultimately discourage economic [...]
...read moreSingapore’s gross domestic product grew a seasonally adjusted 20.7 percent in the June quarter according to its Trade and Industry Ministry. Manufacturing rose 49.5 percent, surging due to a spike in biomedical manufacturing and inventory re-stocking, said the ministry. Additionally, construction rose 32.7 percent and financial services recorded a 22.8 percent increase compared with the [...]
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Favouring local products and services in government procurement on the premise of saving Australian jobs will damage Australia’s reputation as a trading nation, says Minister for Finance Lindsay Tanner. While the issue will generate a strong public reaction, he said the unions needed to look into the longer term. “If we actually tilt the playing [...]
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The Commonwealth Bank has renewed its sponsorship of the Small to Medium Manufacturers category in the forthcoming Australian Export Awards, the 22nd year the bank has supported the awards. “We are proud to be associated with an awards program and in particular the SME category that recognises Australian companies dedicated to creating innovative products and [...]
...read moreA resurgence in the manufacturing sector in Singapore has led the Asian nation out of recession with early figures showing that gross domestic product rose in the June quarter, according to advanced estimates issued by Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry. The estimates, extrapolated from the first two months of the quarter, indicate that on [...]
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