The Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA) national Cleaner, Greener, Smarter conference and exhibition was held on Tuesday and Wednesday 15 and 16 October, at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Held concurrently with Austronics, Electrix and Automate, the combined event was deemed a "great success" by those in attendance.

Peacock Bros, a leading manufacturer and supplier of data capture equipment, barcode labelling systems and custom barcode labels, has created a joint venture company - Peacocks MD & B Pty Ltd - that will give it Australia-wide sales and service centres.

Sumitomo Chemical has developed a new process to produce fatty acid methyl esters without generating any environmentally undesired by-product, by the reaction of methanol with vegetable oil in a supercritical state. Fatty acid methyl esters are widely used as intermediates for higher alcohols which are raw material for surfactants.

Australian manufacturers should start planning to beef up their investments in information technology over the next 12 months, according to a recent survey.

Australia's leading specialist in safety, anti-fatigue and ergonomic matting for industry has appointed a Darwin company as an authorised distributor of its extensive ranges of Australian and international products designed to curb workplace accidents and injuries.

National Instruments, a leader in virtual instrumentation, recently announced plans to relocate their Australian headquarters from its present location in Melbourne to new offices in Sydney.

SAP AG today announced that the Wrigley Company has selected mySAP.com® as the information technology platform to unify and increase the efficiency of its worldwide operations, enhance customer service, and improve communication and information available to its employees.

Inmarsat Limited, the world's leading global mobile satellite communications provider announced today it has topped more than 250,000 activated satellite communication terminals worldwide.

Perth-based systems integrator ICON Technologies won the Best Application Paper contest in the Measurement and Automation Category at NI Week 2002, held recently in Austin, Texas.