Test & Measurement Feature Articles

"The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has proposed to the Government and Opposition a five point plan for tax reform to further improve the performance of the economy," Ai Group ...

A new study carried out by the Australian Industry Group has found that many Australian businesses are concerned about how they are going to cope with the growing demands to reduce ...

Australia's manufacturing activity eased in August, as growth in consumer demand and new orders unwound from recent strong highs, with the Australian Industry Group - PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

Queensland’s mineral explorers are about to benefit from new advances in mineral mapping technologies.

Australian scientists and optical engineers will be making a perfect sphere that may one day re-define the kilogram – and they’re taking delivery of the cylinder of silicon from ...

Australia's nanotechnology is expecting further growth with the establishment of a $21.5 million (US$17.8 million) National Nanotechnology Strategy, announced by Prime Minister John ...

"The Australian Industry Group welcomes the approach to apprenticeships outlined recently the National Press Club by the Minister for Vocational and Further Education, Andrew Robb," ...

No.1: Reflect on the activities of 2006 and what, how and why you want to do some things better or differently in 2007. Revisit your business plan and see where the business is now ...

In a world first, a new Australian Standard designed to measure the glycemic index (GI) of foods, released recently, will play an important role in ensuring nutrition and health ...

Standards Australia CEO, John Tucker, says that business regulation is costing the Australian economy around $86 billion a year, or more than 10 percent of the nation's GDP.

The global use of RFID is increasing very rapidly from a US$2.7 billion business in 2006 to over $26 billion in 2016. As an enabling technology, it is already being widely used, ...

Australian scientists are helping to build a profitable new industry which turns 'noise' into money.

There has been an ongoing debate in economic circles regarding the influence of technological change on economic growth. Thus recent studies have looked at a range of factors ...

There is a perception in some quarters that the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) program is not suited to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). In this article we examine ...

Australia’s early measurement system was transferred from England 200 years ago, in the early years of the colony. In 1824 New South Wales commenced the development of a local ...

Deloitte's Global Managing Director of Manufacturing Industries, Gary Coleman has said that driving sustainable, profitable revenue growth is the top priority for manufacturing ...