Engineers have combined innovative optical technology with nanocomposite thin films to create a new type of sensor that is inexpensive, fast, highly sensitive and able to detect and analyse a wide range of gases. [ + ]

ABB has introduced YuMi, the world's first truly collaborative dual-arm industrial robot at the Hannover Messe trade fair. [ + ]

Oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell looks set to take control of a $26 billion LNG processing plant in Queensland after agreeing to a $91 billion takeover of BG Group in what will be one of the biggest energy deals in history. [ + ]

ABB has introduced YuMi, the world's first truly collaborative dual-arm industrial robot at the Hannover Messe trade fair. [ + ]

Oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell looks set to take control of a $26 billion LNG processing plant in Queensland after agreeing to a $91 billion takeover of BG Group in what will be one of the biggest energy deals in history. [ + ]

Certified Profinet and Profibus courses will be available at all major industrial and engineering centres around Australia and New Zealand as Profibus Australia (PAA) announces a 5-week training campaign for 2015. [ + ]

Certified Profinet and Profibus courses will be available at all major industrial and engineering centres around Australia and New Zealand as Profibus Australia (PAA) announces a 5-week training campaign for 2015. [ + ]

MESA International is opening its Smart Manufacturing Working Group to global manufacturers/producers and solution providers, effective immediately - the goal being to demystify much of the technology-related information being thrown at businesses today, specifically as it pertains to manufacturing or production-related operations. [ + ]

MESA International is opening its Smart Manufacturing Working Group to global manufacturers/producers and solution providers, effective immediately - the goal being to demystify much of the technology-related information being thrown at businesses today, specifically as it pertains to manufacturing or production-related operations. [ + ]

WorleyParsons New Zealand has become the latest international company to join the Institution of Chemical Engineers' Safety Centre (ISC) as an industry partner. [ + ]

WorleyParsons New Zealand has become the latest international company to join the Institution of Chemical Engineers' Safety Centre (ISC) as an industry partner. [ + ]

Siemens has signed a service partnership agreement with Geared Engineering in Beresfield, NSW, to service the local coal mining industry. [ + ]

Australia's manufacturing sector is under considerable strain as globalisation fuels competition from lower-cost economies while simultaneously coming to grips with an ageing population, new technologies and increasingly stringent customer and compliance requirements. [ + ]

Siemens has signed a service partnership agreement with Geared Engineering in Beresfield, NSW, to service the local coal mining industry. [ + ]

Australia's manufacturing sector is under considerable strain as globalisation fuels competition from lower-cost economies while simultaneously coming to grips with an ageing population, new technologies and increasingly stringent customer and compliance requirements. [ + ]