The Logistics Association of Australia (LAA) has announced that the 2003 Logistics Development Award (LDA), sponsored by CHEP Australia, has been won by Peter Bainbridge, Logistics Manager of a large Melbourne-based importer which distributes to over 1400 retail outlets within Australia and New Zealand.

ABB has successfully commissioned a major new industrial process control system (PCS) on Woodside Energy Ltd's Goodwyn A (GWA) gas production platform on the North West Shelf off Western Australia. The system is the first of its kind in Australia, namely an offshore web-enabled system with the provision to be controlled and managed remotely as well as on-site. Importantly, it also provides the foundation for Goodwyn A's PCS to continually integrate other technologies as they become available, thanks to the ABB Industrial IT open architecture.

The Federal Government has awarded the Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA) a grant to further develop its pioneering cluster initiatives in Australia. Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources Ian Macfarlane announced the award of the $140,000 grant under the Innovation Access Program - Industry, an initiative of Backing Australia's Ability, the Federal Government's commitment to innovation.

In a move which is certain to change the face of the electrical industry, not only in Australia but worldwide, the shareholders of Gerard Industries Pty Ltd have decided to sell its core electrical business to Schneider Electric.

Heat Treatment Australia will soon begin a substantial expansion at its Brisbane headquarters to cater for more furnaces and to install a manufacturing plant.

Small to medium businesses faced with tricky materials technology problems can now turn to the new Australian Materials Technology Network (AMTN) for access to world-class diagnostic analysis and solutions.

Microsoft Corp has snagged some Unified Modelling Language (UML) heavy hitters from partners IBM Corp and Rational Software, to help build a simplified framework for constructing workflows in .NET.

ABB has announced it has won a major consulting technical maintenance systems service contract with Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL).

Cincom Systems has marked the occasion of its 35th birthday with the signing of two new Australian customers. From humble beginnings in the basement of company founder Tom Nies, and an investment of just US$600, business software specialist Cincom has grown into a global undertaking providing customers including Citibank, Ericsson and Trane with software for customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), data access and integration technology, IT outsourcing services and more.

Hewlett-Packard is planning to invest some $200m to expand its IT services presence in China. According to reports, the California-based HP will invest the sum in developing its IT consulting, systems integration and outsourcing services. This will add to the company's plan to open a financial service centre in Shanghai over the coming months.

Camms Profit Impact has been announced as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Business Intelligence (BI) in leveraging Microsoft technologies to provide BI-related solutions within process and manufacturing industries.

Technology provides manufacturers with competitive advantages, according to the Automatic Data Capture Association (ADCA).

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Alcoa World Alumina Australia has released its first sustainability report covering Alcoa's operations in Australia, including Alcoa Kaal and Portland Aluminium.

Honeywell Industry Solutions has received a US$17 million order from the Zakum Development Company (Zadco) to supply, engineer, test, commission, and start up an Experion PKS Process Knowledge System for the Zirku and Satah plants on Sirku Island, Abu Dhabi.