Industry News
Sydney's top engineers awarded at centenary celebration
The Sydney branch of Engineers Australia presented its annual Engineer of the Year Awards at its centenary celebration held on 17 August. [ + ]
IICA invites members to tour Rail Operations Centre
NSW IICA is inviting members to attend a technical site visit of Transport Sydney's purpose-built Rail Operations Centre. [ + ]
Robotic warehouses to increase by over 1000% in six years
Over 4 million commercial robots will be installed in over 50,000 warehouses by 2025 — up from just under 4000 robotic warehouses in 2018 — according to ABI Research. [ + ]
ABB names Björn Rosengren as new CEO
Rosengren will join ABB on 1 February 2020 and succeed current CEO Peter Voser on 1 March. [ + ]
MEGATRANS returns to Melbourne in 2020
Logistics and transport event MEGATRANS will be returning to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 1–3 April 2020, after a successful debut in 2018. [ + ]
Applications close soon for CORE Start Award
The award provides promising early-stage energy and resources technology start-ups with three months of co-working opportunities, coupled with industry connections, mentoring and network links. [ + ]
AI can enhance Australia's wellbeing: report
With careful planning, artificial intelligence offers great opportunities for Australia. [ + ]
UGL secures new rail and mining services contracts
CIMIC Group's services company, UGL, has been awarded new rail and mining services contracts across Australia, generating combined revenues of approximately $260m. [ + ]
Funding the future of Australia's energy resources
The Australian Government is providing $2 million in funding to help deliver the future of energy resources innovation. [ + ]
Nominations open for 2019 exida Safety & Cyber Awards
The 2019 exida Safety & Cyber Awards honour the most outstanding functional safety and cybersecurity products and processes certified by exida per IEC 61508/IEC 61511/IEC 62443. [ + ]
SKF enters strategic supply partnership with PROK
Under the terms of the SKF Equipped Programme agreement, SKF has now secured a supply contract with PROK for a range of components. [ + ]
Clean energy event open for registration
All-Energy Australia has announced the launch of visitor registration for its free-to-attend event to be held in Melbourne in October. [ + ]
Yokogawa receives Best Practice Award from Frost & Sullivan
Yokogawa Electric has received the Global Customer Value Leadership Award for Integrated Performance Management from Frost & Sullivan. [ + ]
How robots will change the world
Oxford Economics recently brought together a team of economists, econometricians, modellers and technology experts to analyse the robotics phenomenon. [ + ]
10 factories leading the way in innovation
The World Economic Forum has added 10 new factories to its global Lighthouse Network — a community of manufacturers that are showing leadership in Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. [ + ]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
