Industry experts suggest that technical excellence that supports best practice is critical in the current climate of increased demand for and production of uranium.

A long-term alliance between Emerson Process Management and oil, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) provider Qatargas was announced yesterday.

Moore Industries International has appointed a new director of strategic planning.

LogicaCMG has launched an RFID Innovation Warehouse in Sydney to demonstrate how RFID technology can be applied in real warehouse business scenarios.

ABB Australia and the Society of Automotive Engineers Australasia have announced the launch of the National Robotics Innovation Competition.

After spending 12 months in New Zealand in a product management role, Rockwell Automation’s Michael Cahill has returned to Australia to take on the role of customer support manager.

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.