Developed by Engineering Education Australia on behalf of Engineers Australia, the EOL centre (www.engineeringonline.com) has been described as a "game changer" for engineers' continuous professional development. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation has been named as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the sixth time. The company has also announced its 2013 Corporate Responsibility Report is available. [ + ]

RMIT has launched the Australia-India Research Centre for Automation Software Engineering (AICAUSE) with industry partner ABB. [ + ]

Honeywell's Building Solutions and Process Solutions businesses have received the highest level of CMMI - Maturity Level 5. Of the more than 6000 organisations with published appraisals results, only 6% have achieved this result. [ + ]

The 100 largest accidents in the hydrocarbon industry are estimated to have cost the industry more than US$34 billion, a new publication from insurance provider Marsh shows. [ + ]

BP's Kwinana and Bulwer Island Refineries have achieved reaccreditation of their Accredited Company Training Scheme (ACTS) from IChemE. [ + ]

Australia's new engineering conference, ACI Connect, to be held in Melbourne on 9 and 10 April, closes off its 25% early bird conference pass discount this coming Friday, 21 March. [ + ]

Australia's manufacturing industry could be given a welcome boost if it takes advantage of some of the latest research here and overseas to create ultra thin and flexible electronic devices, says Scott Watkins from the CSIRO. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has announced a partnership with Rio Tinto to deliver services and solutions for its global Processing Excellence Centre (PEC). [ + ]

Bürkert has released its 2014 training calendar for the Bürkert Academy and announced an expanded range of process industry courses. Courses will be conducted in all state capitals and regional processing centres throughout the year. [ + ]

Emerson's Rosemount Quick Ship and Repair Centre has opened in Melbourne. The centre provides more than 6000 product and service solutions for Emerson's Rosemount pressure, temperature and DP level instrumentation range. [ + ]

The demise of Australia's car manufacturing industry could see up to 39,600 jobs lost, mostly in Victoria and South Australia, Productivity Commission modelling has predicted. [ + ]

A Victorian manufacturer has received a $250,000 new technology grant from the Victorian Government to fund new high-tech equipment to improve its competitiveness. [ + ]

Ai Group has released a 10-point plan that it says will help lift Australia's economic growth and resilience. It covers a number of key policy issues that Ai Group says need to be addressed to improve the health of the manufacturing sector. [ + ]

Looking to earn CPD (continuous professional development) hours? Engineers Australia has announced it will credit 10.5 CPD hours to delegates who attend both days of the ACI Connect conference. [ + ]