Infrastructure services company Cardno Limited has announced a 16.4% increase in net profit after tax to $8.3 million for the half-year ending 31 December 2006. Revenue for the half-year was $111.1 million, up 23.8% over the corresponding period.

Fifteen of Australia’s brightest students have been awarded scholarships that will see them financially supported for the duration of their study at The University of Queensland.

The first powder handling seminar to be held in New Zealand will be presented in Auckland on 24 May.

The former director of Queensland Traceable Calibrations (QTC) will join Calibration Services (CS) – an associate company of Scale Components – following its acquisition of QTC.

An industry-sponsored robotics innovation competition will be launched at an information evening on 7 March.

WorkSafe Victoria announced this week that nominations for its 2007 WorkSafe Awards are open.

Innovative industrial control technologies and automation IT will be key to leveraging potential Australian carbon trading schemes into business benefits, according to Rockwell Automation Australia.

Expanding on its drive to provide not just software but also all the necessary backup and technical upgrades demanded by the cabinet-making industry, Planit has added an integrator to its ranks.

Unguarded machines and inadequate procedures are some of the easiest workplace health and safety issues to fix, according to WorkSafe Vic executive director, John Merritt.

Texas Instruments has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research.

National Manufacturing Week 2007 (NMW) is to be held from 22-25 May at the Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre.

Now entering its seventh year, AUSEN (Australian Engineering Network) welcomes new chairman, Dino Alessio, marketing manager of Australian compressed air specialist, Champion Compressors.

Sustainable business management and new dual degrees are some of the new study options at The University of Queensland this year.

ABB announced that it has established a Regional Asia-Pacific Consulting (RAC) group to serve its users in the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific market.

Champion Compressors has appointed Clency Mahon as manufacturing manager at its Melbourne plant.