Champion Compressors has recently achieved one million production hours without a 'lost workday case'. This means that for nearly four years, all Champion Compressors' work places — both its own manufacturing facility and its customers' sites — have remained injury-free.

GE Fanuc Automation has announced that it has formed an agreement with Pepperl + Fuchs North America to provide interface components for connections in industrial automation systems.

An Australian tour is being organised for a group to go to Interkama 2008, an international showcase for industrial technology and automation, to be held at the Hannover fair in Germany.

Sullair Australia has appointed Goughs Power Systems/Goughs Cat as its exclusive distributor in New Zealand. Goughs Cat has a network of 16 branches across the country.

Phoenix Instruments were the winners of the best product award, presented by Westwick-Farrow Publishing at the Manufacturing Technology InFocus Exhibition held in Sydney this week.

Eaton Corporation has been selected by Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer to provide the hydraulic power generation system for its Phenom 300 light jet program.

The FDT Group held its third User Forum on 28 June 2007 in the Congress Center of Basel, Switzerland. The forum is a platform where end users and suppliers exchange practical experience in implementing the FDT technology in their process plants and give feedback to the FDT Group about their requirements and priorities for technology enhancements.

Balluff-Leuze is celebrating having supplied over 5000 optical safety units into the Australian Market in the last 10 years.

Professor John Beynon, Swinburne University of Technology’s Dean of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, has been elected a Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering.

Conference producers Communique Australasia have gathered leaders in corporate competitive sustainability from across Australia and the UK to examine how to boost organisational profit through sustainable development, over a 1.5 day conference.

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.

The globalisation of Ampcontrol continues with the announcement that the company has purchased a major UK-based company.

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.

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.

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.