Quintiq, a global provider of advanced planning and scheduling (APS) solutions, has announced the opening of a subsidiary for the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd has been warned that signing the Kyoto protocol won't be enough to tackle global warming in Australia.

A new Australian biofuel company, Jatoil, has closed its $10 million initial public offering oversubscribed.

Pacific Hydraulics has acquired the Fluid Power business of Engineered Products Group (EPG).

The FDT Group has released addendums for Profinet I/O and Modbus to its specification, which is the next step towards the application of the FDT technology in factory automation applications.

After five years of success in NSW, the LAA/APICS Mentoring Program is expanding to Victoria in 2008.

The Fieldbus Foundation has released specifications for H1 cable testing and standard temperature transducer blocks.

Using pure biodiesel or blending biodiesel with standard fuel could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a CSIRO report released recently.

CSIRO and Cleantech Ventures, with technology start-up company Smart Storage, are developing a hybrid battery suitable for storing electricity from renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind.

Dover Corporation has announced the combination of two of its Dover Engineered Systems companies: US-based Markem Corporation and French-based Imaje S.A.

Bosses are giving their workers extra leave and even airline tickets instead of wage increases to retain staff in a tight labour market, a report into collective workplace agreements has found.

The Women in Manufacturing Stepping Up Program will be offered again during 2008, following the success of the pilot program last year.

Flowexpo is an international exhibition on valves, pipelines, fluid engineering and process industry, founded in March 1997. It is held 26-28 March at Guangzhou, China.

Industrial components specialist Treotham Automation has seen one of its major suppliers, igus of Germany, recognised in a top-level design award competition.

BHP Billiton has ruled out selling the company’s petroleum division to help fund a potential takeover of Rio Tinto.