Workplace Equipment Feature Articles

CEOs have been told to look beyond to the current gloomy economic news, and take intelligently aggressive steps to capitalise on the mega-trends transforming business.

After years of decline, US manufacturing is set to rebound in the next five years, as China gradually loses its competitive advantage.

Graphene, the world’s thinnest, strongest and most conductive material, has received a huge research boost in the UK, set to bring the material into mainstream global commercialisation. ...

Innovative, Australian-made technology, developed by the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA), is set to become operational next month, when Ergon Energy's ...

It's not quick enough to win a City to Surf, but a US-built robot that can run like a person, could soon perform duties where humans fear to tread.

New research has added more gloom to the threat of strikes by showing how the emotional strain of protracted negotiations can lock rivals on a path to mutual destruction.

A combination of two algorithms developed at MIT in the United States allows autonomous robots to execute tasks much more efficiently — and move more predictably.

While the words "Carbon" and "Tax" seem inextricably linked in political debate they are separate issues and should be viewed as such, a group of Melbourne’s leading industry CEOs ...

The resources boom is not costless. What happens when it ends? Australia needs to prepare.

It’s becoming a familiar refrain, but according to a new report on Australia’s skills shortage, engineers need better training to fill the rapid demand for engineering professionals. ...

A mathematician working on a new description of gravity and a scientist producing microscopic materials for the next generation of electronic devices are to receive a prestigious ...

Collective bargaining via the trade union movement is facing strong resistance from multinational enterprises operating in Australia, but union bosses say the system is working.

An international research team has discovered a new material, superdense aluminium, which has never before been found on Earth.

The government says Australia is recreating itself, and building a new economy on a new type of manufacturing. Industry sees it differently.

Innovative Australians are improving the things they make and the way they make them, ensuring a fairer, richer, healthier and greener future.

Swinburne engineers have developed an inspection system based on artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and characterise internal flaws in composite materials in aircraft.

Measurement and automation leader publishes its Automated Test Outlook to help engineers stay up-to-date on current technology trends.

Australia’s creaking infrastructure may not be as bad as many of us are lead to believe.

A survey of over 2,300 engineers has found 60 per cent identified a skills shortage in their work area, according to the Australian National Engineering Taskforce.

Maintenance must be more than an afterthought, particularly when it comes to your industrial water system.