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The state of Australia’s defence manufacturing

Manufacturer's Monthly

A snapshot of global defence manufacturing Current data illustrates the dominance of U.S. billion from its defence division, though military contracts form a smaller part of its broader operations. What does Australia manufacture? firms in the global arms industry, with the top five positions held by American companies.

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Soft Skills Prove a Sharp Edge in Plastics Manufacturing

Modern Machine Shop

It’s easier for them to subcontract it out,” says Mark Rohlfs, president and one half of the brother-and-sister ownership team of East Coast Precision Manufacturing. “Connecticut has a long history of manufacturing and machine shops,” Nancy says. All photos by Modern Machine Shop. We have Sikorsky.

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Manufacturing is the answer to improving Australia’s falling complexity ranking

AU Manufacturing

The Harvard index systematically ranks 133 countries by their ability to manufacture and export diverse and complex things and has been a global benchmark of a nation’s global impact since 1995, when Australia ranked 55 on the index.

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Building an Integrated, End-to-End R&D and Manufacturing Service Platform with Innovative R&D and High-end Preparation Technologies

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

In 2016, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology identified high-end preparations as a key development area, recognized for their superior compliance, safety, and convenience. This closed-loop industry chain spans innovative drug and high-end preparation development, custom manufacturing, and commercial production.

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$2.35 million housing manufacturing hub to be set up in Portland

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Victorian state government is backing more jobs in regional Victoria with a new housing manufacturing hub to be set up in Portland. The funding will enable Geelong-based manufacturer FormFlow to transform the unused Portland airport hangar into a housing manufacturing hub. The fund forms part of the $17.4 The post $2.35

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Roadmap provides a pathway for domestic solar manufacturing

Manufacturer's Monthly

An industry roadmap for domestic solar PV manufacturing supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) outlines a credible pathway for Australia to build domestic supply chains from raw material processing to module manufacturing.

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Auto supplier Gissing enters Chapter 11, owes Tesla $13.3M

Plastics News

The company, a subsidiary of a Chinese automotive supplier, manufactures interior acoustic and cargo management systems for Tesla, GM, Ford Motor Co., subsidiary was formed in 2016. Gissing supplies acoustic components to automakers, including thermoformed panels. It filed for bankruptcy Aug. 8 in the U.S.

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