Find out how a 32-year-old engineer is adding value to our state’s aircraft manufacturing sector.
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Manufacturing
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Meet Victoria’s new Defence Industry Advocate
Building up our local defence industry is on the radar for John O’Callaghan.
Don Matthews
Local Jobs First Commission working for Victorians
WATCH THE VIDEO: We met with Victoria’s Local Jobs First Commissioner Don Matthews to talk about his work.
The Australian delegation in Mobile, Alabama, with an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship at Austal USA.
Naval shipbuilding: a digital future in advanced manufacturing
Victorian businesses are poised to capitalise on the next revolution in manufacturing, dubbed Industry 4.0.
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Melbourne’s mining credentials on display
VIDEO: Australia's largest mining event was on in Melbourne. We speak to a team of technology makers whose new product could change mining.
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High capacity trains on track for manufacturing and jobs
Across the High Capacity Metro Trains Project, local workers are getting a go in Victoria’s next manufacturing boom.
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Get your business moving with the Small Business Bus
Could your business do with some free one-on-one advice? Then jump aboard the Small Business Bus.
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BlueScope Steel: a super competitive supplier of steel products
BlueScope’s Western Port steel works has reinvented itself to take advantage of the surge in demand for its steel products.
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Alba Cheese continues to make its mark in Tullamarine
WATCH THE VIDEO: Some of the best business ideas are built on age-old family traditions.
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Winning streak: manufacturing on the rise in Victoria
Victorian manufacturing is on the up. Australian Industry Group (AIG) CEO Innes Willox takes us inside the resilience of our manufacturing sector.
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ManuFutures: the “next generation of advanced manufacturing in Geelong”
WATCH THE VIDEO: By being part of Manufutures – Geelong’s advanced manufacturing innovation & industrial accelerator – Flaim Systems can grow faster.
Hands holding a small, gold, metal hearing aid which splits in half and has a cord hanging off the side
New Victorian Hearing Aid Tech is music to all ears
WATCH THE VIDEO: The Victorian Government is supporting local, world-first technology, giving Victorians better access to affordable hearing.
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Sweet Success at the Confectionery House
WATCH THE VIDEO: Thomastown chocolate & honeycomb producer is creating jobs & expanding its production thanks to a Victorian Government grant.
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Five minutes with … Marita Cheng, tech entrepreneur and the inaugural Victorian Government TechSchools ambassador
The 28-year-old – named Young Australian of the Year in 2012 – has garnered international acclaim for her robotics inventions.
Dr Amanda Caples
Five minutes with … Victoria’s Lead Scientist, Dr Amanda Caples
Dr Amanda Caples, appointed as Victoria’s Lead Scientist in mid-2016, walks us through her career and shares her love for all things science.
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More opportunities for life science entrepreneurs
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is establishing a new Innovation Partnering Office with Monash University.
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New engineering opportunities with world-class facility at Fishermans Bend
The establishment of lucrative emerging industries is transforming Fishermans Bend and will help turbo-charge Melbourne’s future prosperity.
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Life Science jobs – just what the doctor ordered
Nutribiotech has chosen Victoria as the location of its fourth global manufacturing facility, creating 150 new jobs in Dandenong South.
