THE AUSTRALIAN Steel Institute has released results of a survey of 48 Australian steel fabricators, showing the sector is boosting its capacity and competitiveness.
19/11/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Stainless Steel Development Association (ASSDA) has released a 68-page Accredited Fabricators Directory.
25/02/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Steel Institute (ASI) is distributing a wall chart to its Steel Shed Group (SSG) members, which outlines how to choose the right shed for the right spot.
07/07/2008
JAPANESE gas company Inpex’s decision to build a $12b gas plant in Darwin will see a David versus Goliath struggle over metal workers and other trades people.
30/09/2008
MAXITEC says the economic crisis is widening the gap between the successful and the struggling metal fabricators in Australia and New Zealand.
29/04/2009
THE CUSTOM Group says fabricators should gear up appropriately during the global recession in order to maintain a workflow.
22/07/2009
ABB Australia says the fabricators at its Port Kembla Performance Service Centre have completed the refurbishment of Oceanlinx’s 250kW Wave Energy Conversion unit.
16/03/2009
TOOWOOMBA Metal Technologies has restricted its operations to four days a week, a month after retrenching 22 workers, as an indication of the effect of the economic downturn in Toowoomba.
04/03/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Stainless Steel Development Association has announced the Stainless Fabrication Forum, its AGM and a Networking Dinner for 23 October 2009.
02/07/2009
THE Australian Stainless Steel Development Association (ASSDA) is running a workshop on fabricating stainless steel to avoid corrosion.
20/05/2008
TFG AUSTLINE was recently commissioned to install a new brewhouse and fermentation equipment for Little Creatures Brewery, based in Fremantle.
24/03/2009
SHEET metal machinery supplier Maxitec says an increase in the Federal Government’s once-off capital equipment investment allowance could work well for fabricators.
15/07/2009
RISING costs of raw materials such as iron ore is driving up the price of steel in most countries, but the Indian industry is going in the other direction.
04/07/2008
AUSTRALIAN engineering and steel fabrication companies Ausclad and United Industries say they are holding their own, despite increased competition from Asia.
04/07/2008
SHEET METAL machinery specialist Maxitec says the current economic circumstances are perfect for a technological upgrade.
04/08/2009
MAXITEC, an automated sheet metal production machinery supplier says it is imperative to properly maintain the tooling on sheet metal automation or risk costly outcomes.
02/02/2010
THE CUSTOM Group believes the global financial crisis may have an indirect positive for itself and other Australian sheetmetal fabricators.
16/12/2008
SHEET metal company Maxitec has opened a dedicated office in Victoria to take advantage of the high concentration of fabricators and jobbing shops in industrial Melbourne.
20/02/2008
SHEETMETAL fabricators Custom Built Sheet Metal has changed its name to Custom Group and moved to new premises in Milperra, Sydney.
03/12/2008
FINLEASE says metal products fabricators and other manufacturers should take advantage of the Australian Investment Allowances before they are withdrawn.
16/10/2009