A Federal Court ruling halting any variations to Toyota Australia’s workplace agreement is the latest roadblock threatening the car maker’s local manufacturing future. Justice Mordy Bromberg yesterday supported four Toyota ...
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott and senior government ministers are holding talks with Toyota in a bid to ensure the car maker remains in Australia following Holden's decision to cease local manufacturing in 2017. Coming a day after Toyota ...
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Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux insists he was telling the truth at yesterday’s Productivity Commission hearing when he said no decision had been made on the company’s local manufacturing future. Devereux ...
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Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux says no decision has been made on the future of the car maker's Australian manufacturing operations. Speaking to the Federal Government's Productivity Commission?in Melbourne, Devereux ...
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Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux is appearing at the Federal Government's Productivity Commission into the car industry this morning, with an announcement on the car maker's local manufacturing future expected. ...
Shadow industry minister Kim Carr says the Federal Government has documents that reveal it would cost $300 million extra per year to secure the local manufacturing futures of Holden, Toyota and 160 parts makers to 2025, and less than half ...
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has demanded Holden make its intentions clear about its manufacturing future following reports and speculation that it has decided to cease production from 2016. The ABC and The Australian both quote senior ...
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Holden has decided it will cease vehicle production as early as 2016, according to sources quoting senior government ministers. The ABC and The Australian both report that the car maker was poised to announce its decision to close its ...
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Australia's three surviving car makers have called for continued financial support, a reassessment of tariffs and trade agreements, and policy clarity in their submissions to the Federal Government's inquiry into the current state and the ...
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Arkema has officially started its new 60,000 MTY emulsion polymers facility on its Changshu platform. The plant, part of Arkema's Coating Resins business unit, will serve customers in the Asia Pacific region with a full line of waterborne ...
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Toyota Australia sales and marketing executive director Tony Cramb has revealed that an official decision on whether to close the company’s local manufacturing operations will be made “in the first half of 2014″. ...
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The Perstorp Group iis increasing its investment in the North East Asia Region. Considerable investments have already been made into a new Neopentyl Glycol plant at Zibo, in China, as well as increasing sales, market development and ...
Toyota Motor Corporation boss Akio Toyoda has said the company’s Australian manufacturing operations needs to “aim at achieving sustainable growth” if it is to remain viable. Speaking at a pre-Tokyo motor show dinner, ...
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In response to the requirement of the Brazilian government on local manufacturing, JAC recently announces to increase its capital in its Brazilian plant “JAC Motors Brasil” which makes it a joint venture that is engaged in ...
Valerus, one of the world's leading providers of integrated oil and gas handling and processing solutions, announced that they have been awarded a contract from Pittsburgh-based EQT Corporation to provide 15,000 HP of compression for two ...
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