Industry News
Australian professor recognised for contributions to automatic control theory
Laureate Professor Graham Goodwin has been named the 2013 recipient of the Rufus Oldenburger Medal by the ASME for his contributions to automatic control theory and practice. [ + ]
Ford Australia to cease local manufacturing in 2016
Ford Australia has announced it will cease local manufacturing operations at its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants in October 2016. [ + ]
Calls for more women in mining, construction, utilities
The WGEA has welcomed a new toolkit of strategies to increase gender diversity in male-dominated industries. The toolkit aims to help the mining, construction and utilities industries to attract and retain female talent. [ + ]
2013 Process Technology Roadshows head to Queensland
The travelling Process Technology Roadshows are the only industry events of their kind that visit remote and regional Australia, bringing the major players to you and providing the opportunity to keep up to date with the latest developments within your industry. [ + ]
Innovation key theme at RSTechED
In its thirteenth year, the popular event was sold out weeks in advance with more than 150 end users, system integrators, partners and OEMs attending the three-day event. [ + ]
Gastech brings CoTEs to Korea
Gastech will bring its Centres of Technical Excellence (CoTEs) to Korea in 2014. The CoTEs are free-to-attend educational seminars led by high-level speakers from respected associations and organisations. [ + ]
AMMA award winners announced
Leading Australian mining, oil and gas companies have been recognised for excellence in workforce recruitment and practices at the annual AMMA 2013 Industry Awards. [ + ]
Capping self-education expenses a ‘backward step’
Federal Budget measures limiting tax deductibility for work-related self-education expenses will undermine workforce professional development, Engineers Australia claims. [ + ]
Environmental engineer wins environment award
Environmental engineer Veena Sahajwalla received top honours in the Environment category at the prestigious annual InStyle and Audi Women of Style Awards ceremony last night. [ + ]
Increasing women in mining is imperative, says Anglo American CEO
Speaking at the Australian Women in Resources Alliance (AWRA) Conference, CEO of Anglo American Seamus French said attracting more women employees is a top corporate priority for the world ‘Top 3’ coal exporter. [ + ]
Emerson opens flow calibration and service centre in Singapore
The US$1 million Southeast Asia Flow Calibration and Service Center is reportedly the first in-region, internationally traceable calibration facility. [ + ]
Ausenco predicts surge in asset optimisation services
Global engineering and project management firm Ausenco says it anticipates a surge in asset optimisation services as the mining industry shifts its focus from capital-intensive greenfield projects to getting the most out of existing operations. [ + ]
CSIRO unveils robotics research on Star Wars Day
CSIRO has released details about its latest crop of robots that indicates advances in ICT research will see closer collaboration between people and robots in the not-too-distant future. [ + ]
New machinery safety course comes to Australia
An internationally recognised machinery safety course is to be offered in Australia in September to provide an expert level of training and an industry-wide recognised level of competence. [ + ]
Industrial robot demo at NMW 2013
ABB will showcase the IRB 2600 industrial robot in a plasma cutting demo cell using Hypertherm equipment at National Manufacturing Week (NMW) at stand 3517. [ + ]