If you would like to engage in international trade and have a commercial product or service ready for export, then you should apply for Smart Australia soon. [ + ]

One year after announcing its acquisition of B&R, ABB is to invest €100 million to build an innovation and training campus at the home of B&R in Austria. [ + ]

Metso to increase valve automation offering with Indian technology. [ + ]

The world's first microfactory that can transform the components from e-waste has been launched in Sydney. [ + ]

Australia's largest oil and gas event has completed its 37th successful staging, with plans revealed for a significant industry expansion in 2019. [ + ]

Researchers have designed a new wastewater treatment system that requires less than half the electricity to operate. [ + ]

Unlocking the value of digital manufacturing. [ + ]

Santos is considering the bid, the fourth in a series of offers made by the US company. [ + ]

Queensland industrial IoT company secures $4.8m in venture capital. [ + ]

Sydney Water is reducing its carbon footprint by awarding Cambi the contract to install a thermal hydrolysis plant at the St Marys Water Recycling Plant. [ + ]

Twain Drewett was appointed to the position of managing director of Pilz Australia and New Zealand on 1 January 2018. [ + ]

Emerson Australia has announced that its Australian Flow Calibration Centre has been successfully accredited to ISO\IEC 17025 by NATA. [ + ]

Researchers in the USA have published findings that robots (and automation in general) could be affecting workers' health through fear for their job security. [ + ]

NHP has been granted sole distributor rights for Rockwell Automation products, systems and solutions in the South Pacific, effective 1 May. [ + ]

A fleet of wind- and solar-powered autonomous vehicles has been unveiled in Hobart before setting off on a mission to capture valuable ocean data. [ + ]