Compressed-air audit business expansion
05 March, 2013The continuing drive by industry to reduce energy costs has enables the Energy Efficiency Services division of CAPS Australia to expand its range of services and number of staff. The company has invested more than $150,000 in its growth.
Infrastructure delays see engineer salaries drop 3%
27 February, 2013Engineer salaries dropped by 3% in 2012, the latest edition of the Engineers Australia Salary and Benefits Survey has shown. This is the first salary decrease recorded in the history of the survey.
Become an engineering entrepreneur today
15 February, 2013The days of expecting a job for 30 to 40 years, say, from one company are rapidly diminishing as competition intensifies, so we need to approach the problem of employment from a different angle and create engineering jobs ourselves.
Honeywell awarded four contracts worth US$40m by Borouge
06 February, 2013A suite of Honeywell solutions to optimise operations efficiency for a petrochemical plant expansion.
GHD merger means more power
23 January, 2013One of the world’s leading engineering, architecture and environmental consulting companies, GHD, has merged with Hill Michael, an Australian firm specialising in the development and operation of electricity supply systems.
AMTIL names new president
15 January, 2013Paul Fowler has been named as the new president of the Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited (AMTIL), effective 17 December.
Honeywell to modernise Norwegian publisher’s press control and drive systems
11 January, 2013Norwegian publisher Edda Trykk has selected Honeywell to upgrade its Printa press control and shaftless drive systems at the company’s newspaper printing facility in Stokke.
Process Group wins AGL plant contract
06 December, 2012Process Group has won a contract to design, fabricate and deliver LNG pre-treatment technology for AGL Energy’s Newcastle Gas Storage Facility.
Sydney Water commits to $100m SCADA upgrade with Schneider
29 November, 2012Sydney Water has signed a $100 million Collaborative Services Agreement with Schneider Electric and Thompson Controls to upgrade SCADA systems at 33 of its water and wastewater treatment plants.
Santos says Australia needs foreign labour for energy projects
22 November, 2012Santos chief executive David Knox says Australia needs to use foreign skilled labour to meet the planned development of energy projects in the years ahead.
ABB to optimise productivity, energy efficiency for new coal mine
19 November, 2012ABB has won an order worth US$38 million to design, engineer and supply an integrated automation and electrification system for Anglo American’s new Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland.
$11m aircraft countermeasure defence project nearing completion
07 November, 2012A major investment to enter the defence sector is paying off for SAGE Automation, with the final stage of its $11 million project with Chemring Australia to build aircraft countermeasures.
LevelOne goes industrial
31 October, 2012LevelOne has launched its Infinity brand, which offers a range of industrial-standard networking solutions. The brand is aimed at large industrial enterprises such as mines, manufacturing assembly lines and power stations.
Gillard says Aussie solar plant dispels '2 big myths'
29 October, 2012Australia's only solar panel manufacturing plant is optimistic about being able to compete with China.
Panduit and Rockwell Automation form strategic alliance
23 October, 2012Rockwell Automation and Panduit have formed a strategic alliance that expands their long-standing Encompass product-referencing relationship.
