Industry News
Hands-on air compressor training courses on offer
Hands-on air compressor training courses offered by compressor technology group Sullair Australia are providing Australian industry with practical experience in compressor maintenance and operation.
[ + ]Manufacturing innovators receive accolades
Austal, Production Parts and FlexiCut Engineering were among the winners at this year's AMTIL Advanced Manufacturing Awards Gala Dinner.
[ + ]Rio Tinto's Pilbara train drivers set to strike
Train drivers at Rio Tinto's Pilbara operations are expected to walk off the job for 12 hours this Saturday 11 October, as part of a push by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union to get driver compensation for Rio's planned driverless train system.
[ + ]Rockwell Automation receives Best Practice Award
Rockwell Automation has been awarded the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Industrial Technologies Award for Asia Pacific PLC Company of the Year.
[ + ]WirelessHART becomes international communication standard
The WirelessHART Communication Specification (HART 7.1) has been approved by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as a Publicly Available Specification (IEC/PAS 62591Ed. 1), making it the first officially released industrial wireless communication standard.
[ + ]New process makes biomass conversion system viable
Gold Coast company Knetic Renewables plans to bring a new dimension to the renewable energy sector, converting waste products and the power of ocean waves to electricity.
[ + ]Compressor technology group appoints state manager
Australian compressor technology group Champion Compressors has announced the appointment of Ross McNamara as its NSW state manager.
[ + ]Robots help recreate the Big Bang
Two of ABB's IRB 140 robots were part of the laser welding system that manufactured the two accelerator rings of the Large Hadron Collider, located at CERN on the Swiss-French border.
[ + ]Rockwell appoints new MD for ANZ
Rockwell Automation has appointed Twain Drewett as managing director for Australia and New Zealand.
[ + ]Citect connects with customers amid coconuts, cocktails and cake
Citect celebrated 35 years in the real-time intelligence and industrial automation industry, and the 21st birthday of CitectSCADA at its sixth annual Citect Connects Oceania User Conference.
[ + ]Rio, GE, Atlas unite to automate mining
Rio Tinto has formed separate alliances with Atlas Copco and General Electric (GE) to develop autonomous drilling and energy-efficient mining solutions.
[ + ]Manufacturing confidence at two-year low
Employment prospects for jobseekers in the manufacturing sector have fallen considerably as employers cease hiring for the second half of 2008, according to the recently released Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
[ + ]Garnaut projections show mitigation bearable
The costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions are less daunting when the alternatives are considered, according to the Garnaut Climate Change Review.
[ + ]Role of compressed-air solutions explored
At the Drill 2008 conference in New Zealand, compressor technology group Sullair Australia explored the crucial role of compressed-air solutions in keeping Australian and New Zealand drillers online.
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