Metalworking & Machining Feature Articles
The psychology of industrial disputes 9/26/2011
New research has added more gloom to the threat of strikes by showing how the emotional strain of protracted negotiations can lock rivals on a path to mutual destruction.
Ford Motor Company and an open-source hardware and software provider are teaming up to explore how to make in-car connectivity more available, affordable and personalised for the ...
Aluminium industry outlook mixed: AAC 9/12/2011
Australia is a leader in the production of bauxite, alumina and aluminium, and growth potential exists, just as long as the policy environment does not reduce the attractiveness of ...
The resources boom is not costless. What happens when it ends? Australia needs to prepare.
It’s becoming a familiar refrain, but according to a new report on Australia’s skills shortage, engineers need better training to fill the rapid demand for engineering professionals. ...
Figures show economy getting patchier 8/30/2011
The patchwork economy seems to be getting patchier by the day.
An international research team has discovered a new material, superdense aluminium, which has never before been found on Earth.
Australian manufacturing at a crossroads 8/27/2011
The government says Australia is recreating itself, and building a new economy on a new type of manufacturing. Industry sees it differently.
Mining boom not boosting our mood 8/23/2011
The mining boom is supposed to making us better off - so why doesn't it feel that way?
Smart automation solves skills shortages 8/12/2011
As the debate around Australia’s skills shortage rumbles on, industry is looking to technology as a way to beat the problem.
Choosing the right tool for a job isn’t always as simple as it seems, but ask yourself the right questions, and it can be.
Innovative Australians are improving the things they make and the way they make them, ensuring a fairer, richer, healthier and greener future.
With a new financial year upon us, <em>IndustrySearch</em> takes a look at the likely winners and losers across the industrial landscape in the coming 12 months.
Now, businesses can begin planning 7/11/2011
Some industries hate it, others love it, but at least the details of carbon pricing are out now.
Despite a tough decade, manufacturing in Australia still has a promising future if it focuses on getting closer to the customer and improving the value proposition, says Kathy Rankin ...
Australian Industry Group members say lack of trained staff will present a "high risk factor" in the next five years.
Pat Boland was appointed president of the Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited (AMTIL) in January this year. Boland is a founding partner of the ANCA machine tool ...
The question lingering over the latest bout of weak economic figures is whether they have been depressed temporarily by adverse weather or reveal a longer-lasting economic malaise.
Industrial relations (IR) is an all-encompassing term for the relationships existing between employers, workers and their representatives.
The high price of work stress 10/11/2010
Excessive pressure at work is costing Australia's economy $730 million a year due to job-stress related depression, a University of Melbourne and VicHealth report has revealed.
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