Shipping industry news
Lion Nathan equips NZ brewery with non-slip floors
The non-slippery flooring solution has been applied to the beer processing, packaging and warehousing areas.
Newly Weds Foods buys out Witwood
The combination of the two businesses will give customers across the globe access to a range of products and technologies.
Safety guide helps minimise health risks
The safety guide produced by Pro-Visual Publishing reinforces that sanitisers are unlikely to be effective in the presence of food residue and detergents.
AUSPACK PLUS 2011 sells 50%
AUSPACK PLUS is owned and presented by the APPMA, Australia's only national packaging and processing machinery organisation.
Shamic Sheetmetal implements stage one of lights out system
SHAMIC Sheetmetal (Aust) has made a stage one implementation of the Finn-Power Night Train FMS ‘lights out’ system.
Set top box market reaches all time high
Satellite set top boxes accounted for 48 per cent of 2009 global set top box unit shipments.
WiMAX, Femto Forum publishes femtocell standard
The WiMAX femtocells will enhance coverage and capacity inside buildings and in small outdoor areas, as well as support advanced services.
Multiple factors to hamper future WiMAX development
In-Stat's research found that global WiMAX subscribers have more than doubled from 2008 and reached 6.3 million 2009.
Report: Semiconductor inventory remains low
iSuppli has forecasted for inventory in the second quarter to rise by 3.3 per cent to $26.6 billion, continuing the slow upward movement that began at the start of this year.
Four companies to synchronise 28 nm semiconductor manufacturing
The synchronisation process is expected to help ensure that customers' chip designs can be produced at multiple sources in three different continents with no redesign required.
WA royalties invested in 233 regional development projects
Western Australian Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls has announced more than $140 million worth of grants through the Royalties for Regions scheme.
Rio Tinto opens automated Pilbara Operations Centre
Rio Tinto today opened an automated hub which can control its rail systems, infrastructure facilities and port operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
Gillard to cut tax rate
In a sign of consensus in the mining tax dispute, Prime Minister Gillard has agreed to cut the proposed rate.
Coal mine strike
Miners at the Tahmoor colliery went on strike Friday over pay disagreements with operator Xstrata Coal.
NSW Business Chamber releases free manual handling training resource
The NSW Business Chamber has developed a manual handling training resource called ‘Manual Handling Toolbox Talks for Employers/Supervisors on behalf of Australian Business Industrial’.
VersaCold invests in new Linde forklift fleet
Refrigerated warehousing company VersaCold has invested in a fleet of 500 Linde electric counterbalance forklifts to pick and pack food stuffs at its 125 warehousing facilities. Sean Moylan writes.
Prato Conference key speakers announcement
The conference on Transportation Scheduling and Disruption Handling will once again be held in Prato, Italy, on the 20 to 22 of September 2010. Constraint Technologies is happy to announce the key speakers.
Biologically inspired robots to inspect bridges
THE AUSTRALIAN Research Council has awarded funding to researchers from the University of Technology, Sydney to develop bridge condition assessment robots.
Printing company convicted of recklessly endangering workers
GEELONG-based Express Promotions has been convicted for recklessly endangering the health and safety of its workers.
QR privatisation restricts coal chain
Asciano has claimed that the ongoing privatisation of Queensland Rail has stopped co-operation of coal chain logistics.
