Industry News
Centre for mine automation to be established
Rio Tinto has announced major funding for one of the world’s largest civilian robotics research centres, a centre for mining automation, which will be based at The University of Sydney.
[ + ]Company expansion
The globalisation of Ampcontrol continues with the announcement that the company has purchased a major UK-based company.
[ + ]APICS NSW seeking applications for Women in Manufacturing Scholarship
APICS NSW is once again co-sponsoring the Women in Manufacturing Scholarship with the NSW Department of State and Regional Development. The scholarship will enable a woman actively involved in manufacturing in NSW to attend an 18-month internationally recognised supply chain certification – the CPIM.
[ + ]Yong Park appointed controller of Moore Industries
Moore Industries has appointed Yong Park to the position of controller. Park brings nineteen years of progressively responsible experience within the manufacturing, construction and international trading industries. Most recently, Park held the title of controller with Plastic Services & Products, Inc., where he successfully completed a merger with a competitor company, as well as two outside acquisitions.
[ + ]Western Australian company Sensear set to revolutionise noisy work environments
Sensear has developed a world-first technology that can differentiate between speech and background noise. This has allowed the development of earmuffs and plugs that can protect the wearer’s ears in noisy workplaces, but still allow them to hear their workmates talk without removing them.
[ + ]Yokogawa and Maverick Technologies announce new agreement with Chevron
Yokogawa and Maverick Technologies have announced that their joint alliance has been selected as the main automation and control contractor for Chevron’s global refineries in a long-term agreement.
[ + ]Rockwell Automation appoints business development manager for process solutions
Rockwell Automation has appointed Andrew Sia as business development manager for process solutions in the Asia Pacific region. Sia, with an extensive background in distributed control systems, brings 12 years cross-industry experience to the growing process solutions group.
[ + ]Champion Compressors earns 'Australian made' status
Champion Compressors has been made a licensee of the Australian Made Campaign, earning the right to display the green and gold kangaroo logo on its range of industrial rotary-screw air compressors.
[ + ]Engineering Training & Learning Conference - call for papers
IDC Technologies is pleased to introduce the Engineering Training & Learning Conference. The objective of the conference is to provide you with the latest know-how and practices in engineering training. You will learn strategies to successfully launch a program using either classroom-based training or online delivery.
[ + ]GE Fanuc announces go-to-market agreement with Wipro Technologies
GE Fanuc Automation has announced that it has entered into a solution provider go-to-market agreement with Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited. The two companies will work together globally to better serve manufacturing enterprises in the automotive, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and consumer packaged goods industries with product management solutions.
[ + ]Qld Coal rail project moves a step closer
The Queensland state government is closer to filling in a ‘missing link’ in Queensland's coal rail network after reaching an agreement with property owners to secure a 69 km stretch of the proposed corridor.
[ + ]Emerson opens technology centres in China
Emerson Process Management, an Emerson business, has opened two technology centres in Tianjin, China, to help meet the rising demand for control-valve and valve-automation products for the growing process manufacturing industry in the Asia-Pacific region.
[ + ]ZI-Argus Acquires Controlsoft Pty Ltd
Controlsoft Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s leading industrial automation and control system engineering companies and headquartered in Melbourne, has been acquired by ZI-Argus, a member of the Zuellig Industrial Group.
[ + ]Australia’s greenest coal-fired power plant to come online in September
An international Siemens-led consortium is building a 750 MW supercritical-steam coal-fired power station at Kogan Creek, near Chinchilla in Queensland. The $1.2 billion project is scheduled to come online in September this year and will be the largest single-block power station in Australia.
[ + ]Machines receive gift of sight
A futuristic ‘eye’ developed by Pilz and DaimlerChrysler claims to allow people to work next to robots and other automated machines without physical safety barriers.
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