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Australian Manufacturing and Government Policy

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It’s been almost a year since the Coalition came to power, so let’s review what actions and policies have affected Australian Manufacturing. During the 2013 election campaign, the Coalitions pointed out 5 pillars of the economy, one being Manufacturing. Ian MacFarlane, was sworn in as the Minister for Industry on September 18th, 2013. About 4 months before that, Ford announced they were shutting shop…

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Mockup 360 Now in Product Design Suite 2015

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Open Collaboration Services Added to the Suite’s Subscription Services. If real-time open collaboration (regardless of CAD tool), large scale 3D visualisation, clash detection analysis and project management ticks boxes as benefits in your design workflows, then take a look at Mockup 360. Product Design Suite Services are cloud based services such as Autodesk 360 (Document Hosting, Sharing, Editing & Collaboration), Optimisation Studies for Inventor…

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What’s New in Autodesk Inventor 2015

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Hybrid Parametric Direct Editing, N.U.R.B.S with T-Splines and more… Inventor 2015 is one of the best releases yet, unlike any other CAD tool on the market today because it not only delivers enhancements to existing tools and UI but adds new technology that makes this product so unique. There’s 2 big additions and many enhancements, so in this article…

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Has Australia Turned its Back on Manufacturing?

Companies Offshoring, No Auto Makers and Government Shifting Focus to Other Industries. Prime Minister, Tony Abbott had a vision coming into the election of 5 strong pillars, one of them being manufacturing. I’d like to know his opinion of this pillar as the mother of all manufacturing sectors has announced unanimously that it doesn’t make business sense to manufacture…

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Australian Manufacturing is Offshoring When U.S Companies are Reshoring

What is driving the reshoring trend in the U.S. when Australian manufacturers are moving their manufacturing overseas?    With Chinese wages rising 15% per annum and the cost of transportation, the reasons are stacking up for U.S. companies to bring their manufacturing back .home. A shorter supply chain, being closer to their customers and retaining their IP are other…

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Titanium Additive Manufacturing: The Answer to Australia’s Prayers

Will Additive Manufacturing Get Australian Manufacturing Competitive Again? The short answer is no, not today, but there is hope for the future. The only problem is will it get here quick enough to save the industry… Ok, here’s the argument for TiAM (Titanium Additive Manufacturing); you have two factories, one in China, one in Australia. There’s 10 TiAM Machines,…

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