It seems the odds are stacked against manufacturers at the moment with the strong Australian dollar and the high labour costs of operating i…
It seems the odds are stacked against manufacturers at the moment with the strong Australian dollar and the high labour costs of operating i…
Each week it seems that another manufacturing company has collapsed or is relocating its factory to India or China. The strong Australian…
Getting local industry – especially smaller players – ready for the big league is no small task. One of the reasons our companies mis…
While the media obsesses about the Labor leadership and the election, the strength of the Australian dollar is a key unacknowledged factor c…
Popular RV company Winnebago Australia has officially changed its name to Avida Motorhomes, following a legal dispute with American company …
Amcor laid off 300 people yesterday and attributed the redundancies firmly to the “continued strength” of the Aussie dollar but as Amcor…
Amcor cut 300 jobs yesterday and the packaging manufacturer announced it will close two factories and downsize another. The redundancies …
Pacific Brands CEO John Pollaers, who last year replaced Sue Morphet following a big goodwill writedown, today announced a $38.9 million net…
The government’s industry statement released yesterday defies expectations in being, probably, the least worst possible statement of indus…
Furniture retailer Freedom is no longer going to stock locally produced items in its stores and is moving sofa manufacturing jobs offshore. …
Amid the gloom about the prospects for manufacturing in Australia — and the difficulties facing an economy dominated by small businesses (…
Creditors of the collapsed engineering group Hastie have now voted for all 42 of the company’s subsidiaries to be placed in liquidation. …
