New data released shows the cartonboard industry must look east for growth, with Asia Pacific accounting for almost two thirds of demand for folding cartons by 2018, and liquid cartons by 2019. Diversification of consumption patterns, ...
Tags: Cartonboard, Asia-Pacific
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has this week been finalised after negotiations began in 2010. The TPP centers on a free trade zone between 12 countries located around the Pacific rim including Australia, the US, New Zealand, ...
Matthews Australasia has been appointed the Australasian agent for Compact Labelling Systems. Mark Dingley, General Manager of Matthews, says, “The Compact range has both automatic and semi-automatic models that will suit a wide ...
Removing parallel import restrictions would “promote competition and potentially lower prices for consumers”, according to one of the recommendations from the Harper Competition Review Final Report, released last week. ...
File image courtesy of Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. Hunt & Hunt lawyers, together with the Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA), has made a joint submission to Customs regarding its proposed changes to the criteria for ...
Capsicums are increasingly being used in some of the world’s most innovative food products launched in Australia, according to recent market research commissioned by the Australian vegetable industry. Following a recent domestic ...
Tags: Capsicums, Innovative Food Products, Food
The Australian International Furniture Exhibition (AIFE) opens from 11-13 July. Wattyl Industrial Coatings marks its presence at the Royal Exhibition Building. 'We're so pleased to have iconic Australian brand Wattyl partner with us in our ...
Tags: Industrial Coatings, Coating
News that Sydney has overtaken Melbourne as Australia’s largest manufacturing centre speaks to the success of its many niche manufacturers, says Anthony Reed, Exhibition Director of National Manufacturing Week 2014 (NMW), in Sydney on ...
Tags: High-Tech, manufacturing sector
February 10, 2014 Sophie Langley Retail food sales and manufacturing growth strengthening in Australia Year-on-year growth in retail food sales is at its strongest since early 2010, according to a report from food manufacturing industry ...
Tags: Manufacturing Growth, Food Sales, CHEP, AFGC
Australian Pump?s popular Mine Boss 4? diesel powered trash pump has been upgraded with new features to suit mine and construction sites. Aussie Pumps launched the Mine Boss series two years ago. The company claims it has been a success ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Pump
Research sponsored by cloud-based business software company NetSuite has revealed that the Australian manufacturing and wholesale distribution sectors are lagging behind in e-commerce adoption, with only 10 per cent of companies currently ...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has backed National Manufacturing Week (NMW), Australia's largest integrated manufacturing industry event taking place from 7–10 May in Melbourne, as a showcase of Australia's manufacturing strengths. ...
Tags: Service
The recent landmark currency agreement between Australia and China is good news for Australian manufacturers. Under the agreement, exporters will be able to directly trade the Australian dollar with the yuan and vice versa. The deal, ...
Tags: Currency Deal, Boost Trade
Australia's $9 billion polymers industry will be boosted by a national cooperative research initiative. The launch featured a novel degradable plastic film that Greening Australia and the Birchip Cropping Group have shown can dramatically ...
Tags: Chemicals, plastic film, Packaging, Printing
Asia's phenomenal growth can be the saviour of Australian manufacturing, says Minister for Trade Dr Craig Emerson. Though Australia has become “weighed down” by the high dollar, there are still many opportunities for ...
Tags: phenomenal growth, Australian manufacturing, Dr Craig Emerson