Meet the outstanding finalists for the 2025 Women in Industry Awards.
These inspiring women have demonstrated exceptional leadership,
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On track with cam follower bearings
Cam followers, or track followers are utilised everywhere – from washing machines and dishwashers to sewing machines and lawn sprinklers. They also often play a critical role in packaging and food processing. Cam follower bearings, therefore, are also an essential component in food processing and packaging operations.
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Achieving the best maintenance potential during planned downtime
Preventative maintenance is a crucial aspect of industrial risk management. Without regularly scheduled assessment and repair of critical machinery, chances of a sudden, catastrophic failure increase dramatically.
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New glass manufacturing facility to produce 1 billion bottles annually
Can these mechanical seals handle the heat?
According to the Australian Food and Grocery Council, food and beverage processing is the country’s largest manufacturing sector, and remains on a steady rise despite ongoing challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Help us help you: how communication can drive more accurate stock forecasting
As companies around the world contend with supply chain complications and lengthening lead times, Motion Australia is working closely with Strategic Supply Partners to offset challenges and maintain reliable stock holdings.
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Your additive manufacturing 2.0 journey in F&B starts now
The manufacturing industry is going through its biggest change in over a hundred years, fuelled by supply chain challenges, shifts in customer demands and rising costs, forcing manufacturers to explore radically new ways of creating and capturing value.
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High steaks, smart solutions
Anyone who has tried scrubbing thick grease off metal knows just how stubborn it can be. Soap and hot water will only go so far, often leaving a residual sheen that just won’t budge.
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NTN offers full solution package for heavy industries
Sourcing equipment componentry from various different manufacturers can prove costly and inefficient, with potential for more issues to arise due to incompatibility. Through an established supplier network, Motion Australia aims to provide cohesive, industry standard product that best suits the relevant application, and ensures long service life from plant and machinery.
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Bioremediation for a greener, cleaner, parts washing system
As sustainable manufacturing continues to take priority for businesses striving to meet their net zero goals, industrial solutions suppliers like CRC Industries – an internationally recognised supplier of aerosol and bulk lubricants, anti-corrosion, and maintenance products – have experienced an uptick in the demand for greener products.
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Multi point automation for food grade lubrication
Lubrication is the lifeblood of industrial manufacturing environments. Without high-grade, reliable lubricant products, components like chains and bearings have significantly reduced wear resistance, and end up costing businesses far more in the long run. According to John Knight, Lubrication Systems product manager at Alemlube, premature component failure can almost always be put down to poor lubrication practices.
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Aussie made, Aussie grade
When operating on agricultural land, it is important to prioritise services and supply designed for our unique and often unpredictable landscapes. So often, Australian farmers are left disappointed with the quality of imported consumables such as tractor lubricants. This was the case for Peter Vicary in the 1980s, when he and his sons, Ben and Andrew, founded Gulf Western Oil.
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Rising from the ashes
When it comes to an industry as broad as food manufacturing, it is hard to be one of a kind. Primarily supplying to the foodservice market, Phoenix Frozen Foods is Australia’s only vertically integrated potato product manufacturer, overseeing the lifecycle of the product from farm to plate.
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Chill out knowing Bonfiglioli has you covered
When it comes to food handling and production, time is a valuable resource. If managed poorly, it can lead to both output delays and product loss due to non-compliance with health regulations.
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Dairy manufacturer gets its bearings
Endeavour Awards 2021: Tickets on sale now
Tickets for the postponed 2021 Endeavour Awards, Australia’s premier manufacturing industry awards, are on sale now – celebrating the best in Australian innovation, products and services on 24 March 2022 in Melbourne. The 2022 Endeavour Awards will run as planned later in the year.
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AMIC welcomes essential food supply workers’ eased isolation
The Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) has welcomed the federal and state government’s response to protect food supply chains across Australia, actively addressing meat processing, manufacturing and distribution issues as part of the wider food supply chain easing isolation rules.
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NSW workers critical to food supply exempt from isolation
Critical workers in the manufacturing and food logistics sectors in NSW furloughed as close contacts will be permitted to leave self-isolation to attend work if they have no symptoms of COVID-19, to ensure the state has continued access to essential goods.
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PM boosts Australian food manufacturing with $33 million in grants
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a further $33 million will support Australian made food and beverage companies in the latest round of Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) funding.
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A tale of two compressors
Finding the right compressor for the job is easier said than done. That is why Motion Industrial Centre Technical Experts like Jamie Robertson are there — to relieve that pressure.
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