A rare, exciting opportunity is open for engineering graduates at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Lucas Heights campus in south Sydney. [ + ]

Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have completed a project in which robots are able to work cooperatively with each other. [ + ]

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Honeywell Process Solutions to distribute Honeywell's process control instrumentation. [ + ]

Corrosion is a continuing challenge to industries and governments around the world. It has been estimated that more than 3% of global GDP each year is spent on corrosion mitigation and repair, making it vital that the latest technologies and practices are applied to managing this insidious threat. [ + ]

After successful tests in accordance with VDI 2083 Part 9.1, the international industrial guideline concerning the various functions and measures of cleanroom technologies, Universal Robots' lightweight collaborative robot arms can now be implemented in controlled environments. [ + ]

A new British standard on the ethical design of robots, which shows just how far robotics technology has come in recent years, and where it is heading, has been released. [ + ]

Every October, Safe Work Australia Month is held to raise awareness of the importance of workplace safety. [ + ]

The Profibus Australia annual general meeting reflected that 2015 was defined by industrial transformation and a focus on innovation. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has launched an industrial cybersecurity practice in Australia to improve protection for utility, resources and manufacturing industries from attack. [ + ]

SEW-Eurodrive has begun construction on a new facility in Mackay to house its Heavy Industrial Solutions Service Centre. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation and Endress+Hauser have opened their first joint test plant for validation purposes in Europe. [ + ]

Twenty years after the technique was developed, a collaboration between scientists at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Belgium, and Stanford University has revealed the mechanism behind the direct conversion process of natural gas into methanol at room temperature. [ + ]

Intel Security's latest McAfee Labs Threat Report, September 2016 has revealed that the healthcare and manufacturing sectors are among the least prepared to prevent information theft, while retail and financial services have the greatest cybersecurity protections in place to deal with data loss. [ + ]

GE will provide maintenance services and support for Rio Tinto's locomotive network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, under a five-year agreement. [ + ]

The Victorian and federal goverments have awarded grants in excess of $15 million to Victorian manufacturers. [ + ]