Metalworking & Machining Feature Articles

Ninh Binh Mechanical and Electrical Company manufactures and supplies specialized steel structures and lifting equipment of up to 100 tons.

Removing swarf keeps your machines running and reduces equipment failure.

MIG welding is a popular welding method with many useful applications. Before you buy a welder however, it is essential to understand their benefits and key features, and this guide ...

The escalating trade war between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, is already having an impact on smaller economies all over the world.

The Government is investing $200 billion to modernise Australia’s defence capability. Australian businesses, large and small, will be essential to delivering these new capabilities. ...

With the demise of local car manufacturing, many companies that previously supplied automotive components have had to diversify into other areas to grow their businesses.

The old way to make a countersink was a three-step process: punch the hole, drill the sink, deburr. Costing you more time and money.

Applications requiring multiple tools can cost you time as a result of multiple setups. Staged tooling is one of the most effective ways to reduce setup time in a press brake operation. ...

The latest release of apprentice and trainee data show there were 282 900 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 30 June 2016, a decrease of 7.8% from 30 June 2015.

A Hunter Valley metal fabrication business has been fined $240,000 on appeal after a 15 year old work experience student suffered partial blindness from welding without eye protection. ...

After a sharp drop in August, the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) regained 2.9 points to record a broadly stable 49.8 in ...

What causes workplace conflict? Well, in its broadest sense, human nature.

The Government continues to allow companies to source engineers from overseas when thousands of Australian based engineers struggle to find work.

"Ai Group is embarking on a major collaborative project that could reinvent apprenticeships in Australia."

If you’re not up to speed with podcasts, they’re a great way to stay up to speed with anything and everything while, well, operating at speed.

With eCommerce and an ever-growing market of impatient customers expecting everything yesterday, manufacturing has never faced more challenges.

WITH up to 1 in 3 fly-in fly-out workers reportedly experiencing mental health difficulties[1], suicide prevention organisation R U OK? is urging workmates to support one another ...

Mental and stress related disorders such as depression, anxiety and burnout account for a large percentage of all work-related health problems.

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) welcomes the SA Government's initiative in job creation and the Job Accelerator Program.

Where do we look when we're developing new ways to improve the quality of our products and reduce their cost?