Rockwell Automation's Automation University event will tour regional centres in Australia and New Zealand during 2015. [ + ]

Universal Robots has announced the official opening of its APAC headquarters in Singapore. [ + ]

MathWorks has announced an expanded relationship with Siemens Automation Systems to make it easier for customers to take advantage of model-based design for developing and implementing complex control algorithms. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has been recognised for its efforts to conserve and manage energy consumption at more than 300 company facilities around the world. [ + ]

RoboJob - a Belgian company specialising in the automatic loading and unloading of CNC machines - has reached an agreement with machine builder Okuma to provide robotic machine loading and unloading in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

Australia's first internet-enabled manufacturing hub designed to connect manufacturers to their customers and suppliers more efficiently has been launched. [ + ]

Organisers of the 2015 Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference (AOG) have announced a presentation by leading Timor-Leste dignitaries. [ + ]

Gear units supplied to Rio Tinto have won Bonfiglioli Transmission Australia the Bulk Handling Award for 2014 in the category of Excellence in the Application of Gears, Motors or Drives. [ + ]

OneHarvest has contracted Wiley for the construction of the largest fresh-cut salad facility of its kind in NSW. [ + ]

The Australian manufacturing sector has shown some positive signs, experiencing its third consecutive month of improved results and edging narrowly into overall growth, according to November's Australian Industry Group PMI result. [ + ]

SmartVentilation is a solution to the challenge of providing fresh air and venting toxic gases from subterranean mines while minimising energy use. [ + ]

IICA has developed a new Functional Safety Engineer training course for Safety Instrumented Systems, which is being assessed by TÜV Rheinland and is expected to have approval in early 2015. [ + ]

Laser physicists at ANU have built a tractor beam that can repel and attract objects, using a hollow laser beam that is bright around the edges and dark in its centre. [ + ]

China has revised its forecast gas demand downwards just as gas supply is about to surge - which could spell trouble for big gas producers. [ + ]

Floating LNG (FLNG) will be a major topic of conversation for the annual Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference (AOG), to be held in Perth next March. [ + ]