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Agile manufacturers create new ventilator industry

Victoria’s world-leading manufacturers have created a ventilator production industry from scratch with Ballarat’s Gekko Systems to start making the country’s first Australian-designed machines within weeks.

Sep 2, 2020

Business boost with push for PPE manufacturing in WA

The WA Government has launched another initiative encouraging industry to be part of Western Australia’s COVID-19 recovery by releasing a Problem and Opportunity Statement to secure manufacturing of healthcare personal protective equipment (PPE).

Aug 28, 2020

Winds to power new local manufacturing opportunities in WA

As part of the WA Recovery Plan, the WA Government will drive more local manufacturing opportunities, to become more self-sufficient and create a pipeline of Western Australian jobs.

Aug 6, 2020

Australian PCI®: Construction slump eases in July 2020

The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI®) rose by a further 7.2 points to 42.7 points in July 2020. This indicates business conditions remained negative across the construction industry in July 2020, but the pace of contraction eased from…

Aug 5, 2020

Positive start to the new financial year for manufacturing

Ai Group Chief Executive Innes Willox said: “With the encouraging lift in July (2020), Australian manufacturing has expanded for two consecutive months for the first time since October 2019. Despite the improvement, weak spots persist. July’s (2020) expansion was driven by the two largest manufacturing…

Aug 3, 2020

Medicinal cannabis manufacturing boost for the South-West

The WA Government has awarded $300,000 towards new medicinal cannabis manufacturing facilities in the State’s South-West region.

Aug 3, 2020

Trade & anti-dumping

Mark Vassella, BlueScope Managing Director and CEO, discusses how Australia needs to sharpen the focus on its anti-dumping regime if it wants to keep a domestic manufacturing sector as the nation recovers from the coronavirus.

Jul 2, 2020

Toughest manufacturing conditions since the Global Financial Crisis

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) dropped by 17.9 points to 35.8 in April 2020, recording the largest month-to-month fall in the 28 year history of the index as Australian manufacturing contracted at its worst pace since April 2009 (readings…

May 1, 2020

Australian PMI®: Manufacturing downturn adds weight to calls for fiscal stimulus

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) increased slightly by 0.2 points to 48.3 in December 2019, marking two consecutive months of contraction in the Australian PMI® for the first time since mid-2015 (readings below 50 points indicate contraction in activity,…

Jan 6, 2020

Australian PMI®: Food and beverages underpins manufacturing expansion

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) fell by 3.1 points to 51.6 in October (2019), with an earlier-than-usual pre-Christmas boom in the food & beverage sector offsetting the broader industry’s flagging growth (readings above 50 points indicate contraction in activity,…

Nov 1, 2019

Manufacturing conditions improve again in September 2019

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) improved by 1.6 points to 54.7 in September (2019), indicating faster growth across the manufacturing sector (readings above 50 points indicate contraction in activity, with the distance from 50 indicating the strength of the…

Oct 2, 2019

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Manufacturing Modernisation Fund will encourage and promote innovation

“Ai Group welcomes today’s (September 5 2019) launch of the Manufacturing Modernisation Fund by the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews. It is an initiative that will encourage and promote innovation in Australian manufacturing,” Ai Group Chief Executive, Innes Willox, said.

Sep 5, 2019