Grundfos Pumps Pty Ltd has officially opened its Victorian/Tasmanian state office.

The 2009 Australasian Oil and Gas Expo attracted 7784 visitors, more than double the number of visitors to the 2007 show, according to event organisers.

On Wednesday 11 February, Grundfos Pumps Australia Head Office, based in Adelaide, was visited by Søren Ø Sørensen, Grundfos’s Group Executive Vice-President, and Carsten Andersen, Chairman of Grundfos Pumps Pty Ltd Board of Directors.

Davey Firefighter pump sets are under evaluation by China's army.

Global bulk handling manufacturer Flexicon has increased its presence in Australia by tripling its manufacturing facilities in Brisbane, Qld, and opening a sales facility in Sydney, NSW.

Grundfos Pumps has officially opened its Victorian/Tasmanian state office, after a commemorative ceremony and plaque unveiling held on Friday 13 February.

Victoria’s Minister for Industry and Trade, Martin Pakula, has officially opened the new headquarters and manufacturing facility for compressed air specialist, Champion Compressors.

Rockwell Automation will be touring Australian and New Zealand cities this year, presenting a trade show-style exhibition with workshops and presentations to highlight its latest industrial control and automation solutions.

Fluke Corporation has joined the internet forum craze with the launch of Action Eco, a web forum designed to provide managers a place to learn low-cost, energy-saving techniques and share their own ideas and experiences.

Advantech has launched an online industrial automation forum, ADAM, for technical information and applications from around the world.

The Wireless Cooperation Team is close to validating specifications and compliance guidelines for a common interface and wireless solution that supports the HART, Foundation fieldbus, Profibus and Profinet communications networks.

A company has developed a portable test kit for the CAN protocol versions of its off-highway M-series linear position sensors to assist cylinder manufacturers and equipment OEMs in the off-highway market to verify functionality of the sensors after they are installed.

The government’s 10% investment allowance for capital equipment purchases will cover deals made at National Manufacturing Week, to be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 12–15 May 2009.

The OPC Training Institute has launched a vendor-neutral online resource centre for standards-based OPC technology used in process control and manufacturing automation.

Backplane Systems Technology (BST) celebrated 20 years of trade in January 2009.