 
The decline in Australia's car making sector has deepened, with Holden cutting jobs and shifts at its plant in South Australia, despite growing political angst over the Federal Government's multi-million dollar grants to the car industry.
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Deakin University, one of the VCAMM’s major partners, has another sizeable step toward becoming a world leader in developing state of the art carbon fibre composites - the building materials of the 21st century with the arrival of the Favimat (AI) Robot2.
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Listen to Brad Dunstan (9Mb MP3 file), CEO of the Victorian Centre for Advanced Manufacturing on the ABC's Friday Panel: Australia's manufacturing future, hosted by Jonathan Green.
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On 15 September, Composites Australia staged a tour of three top composites facilities in Geelong, VIC. Industry personnel came along to view the state-of-the-art facilities and see their processes and products.
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HARD Technologies Pty Ltd, a metallurgical-based research and development organisation working in partnership with Deakin University and the Victorian Centre for Advanced Manufacturing (VCAMM) has developed a ground-breaking new duplex surface treatment which it is now marketing to the world.
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VCAMM would like to congratulate DMTC on their successful bid for more than $9million funding from the Government to put toward research for the protection of soldiers of the Australian Defence Force.
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A CONCEPT car being built in a unique collaboration between business, students, government and volunteers will showcase cutting-edge Australian technologies to global automotive manufacturers at the Frankfurt motor show in September – if the not-for-profit AutoHorizon Foundation can raise the funds to finish the car in time.
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A new multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art Innovation Centre opened today at the Victorian Centre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing (VCAMM) facility in Knoxfield. This new facility promises to spur new opportunities in innovation and research for Victoria’s quality-driven manufacturing industry.
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VCAMM and Deakin University, leaders in the Australian development of carbon fibre technology and expertise recently organised "Carbon Fibre - Future Directions", an international conference designed to position Australia as a power player in the carbon fibre composite materials market in the future. International experts shared their knowledge with Australian companies and researchers and helped to devise a path that would help Australia become integral to this high technology field.
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What are the ideal conditions for a long-term advanced manufacturing industry in Australia? This question is central to the role that VCAMM plays as the lead agency promoting Australian initiative and enterprise in advanced manufacturing. Ideally it should be part of a national conversation.
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A Victorian company is set to achieve a multimillion dollar return from global sales of new surface treatments that significantly improve the performance of metal parts.
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Bushfires are a fact of life in Australia, but the loss of 173 lives in Victoria on Black Saturday in February last year has forever changed the community's response to them.
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A new manufacturing process developed in Victoria could deliver a windfall to global transport markets worth more than $94 billion, at a fraction of the cost of currently available technology.
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A revolutionary new surface treatment (DST-Cr) will soon be available for Australian manufacturing Industry in Altona Victoria.
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The Australian Government will invest $37 million to develop a world first Australian Future Fibres Research and Innovation Centre (AFFRIC) at Deakin University.
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Federal government investment will make a new centre a leading source of nanofibres.
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On Friday, Kevin Rudd announced a $37 milion grant towards a new Australian Future Fibres Research and Innovation Centre at Deakin. Plans to manufacture strong but light carbon fibre at Deakin University in Geelong could deal Australia into a prosperous and secretive global industry that serves aerospace and automotive customers.
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The Autohorizons FR1 project concept car was one of the star attractions at DIIRD's Autoweek display, held during the Formula 1 Grand Prix in March. Jacinta Allan MP, amongst many other industry and Government personnel, attended the Autoweek launch held Monday 29 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.
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The Victorian Government's $637.6 million Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Initiative represents the largest sustained investment in STI by an Australian State Government. The clear finding from this review is that this investment has already delivered substantial net benefits to
the Victorian innovation sector and the wider Victorian community.
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In March this year, Diver Consolidated Industries invested heavily in MicroHeat Technologies. It made the decision despite the tough economic conditions, buoyed by the start-up's market potential and the synergies recognised by VCAMM.
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The Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame celebrates local companies and individuals with the dedication, creativity and energy that will see Victorian manufacturing continue to go from strength to strength.
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Researchers at CSIRO are working with the Australian company VR TEK Operations to develop new technologies designed to reduce waste tyres to devulcanised and activated high-quality rubber powders that can be used to manufacture new rubber products.
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It is called the FR1 and is being shown for the first time in public at the Melbourne Motor Show.
But the FR1 is not just a car. It is also a dream machine, a window on the future of motoring in Australia, and the first step in the creation of a major motoring foundation to educate the next generation of industry professionals.
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Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, today announced the members of the Future Manufacturing Industry Innovation Council, which meets for the first time in Canberra.
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VCAMM has been given approval by the Department of Defence to be a Defence Recognised Supplier under the Defence Recognised Supplier Scheme.
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Brad Dunstan, CEO of VCAMM has been invited to speak in Tasmania as an Australia Day Ambassador on the 26th January, 2009.
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At the AMAus Innovation Excellence Awards held on the 14th October, 2008, the Academic Achievement Award sponsored by VCAMM was won by Betime Nuhiji of Deakin University.
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A Brumby Government fund of $4 million will help small and medium-sized manufacturers get better value for their research and development investments in high-tech expansion and create jobs in Victoria.
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"If Australia is to remain a viable manufacturing nation it is critical that it moves from its current reliance on traditional manufacturing to value added, knowledge-based advanced manufacturing," says Brad Dunstan, VCAMM CEO.
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The Board of Directors of Quickstep Holdings Limited (ASX: QHL - "Quickstep") is pleased to announce the appointment of highly experienced international executive, Mr Philippe Odouard, to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective 13 October 2008, to lead the Company's future growth. In addition, Mr Peter Williams has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective 8 September 2008.
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With oil prices at an historic high and global concern about vehicle emissions, consumer demand - and the focus in car manufacturing - is shifting to lightweight, low-fuel consumption cars. CSIRO's Light Metals Flagship recently showcased technologies which offer high-performance, light-weight car components at three US automotive industry conferences.
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International advanced composites group Quickstep Holdings Limited (ASX: QHL - "Quickstep") has further demonstrated the benefits of its patented composites manufacturing process, today announcing that the Company has recently been successful in curing a number of solid carbon fibre composite laminates of up to 60 mm (2.4 inches), including one void-free tapered panel ranging from 50mm down to 20mm.
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Australian-based integrated piping solutions provider Vortex Pipes Ltd (ASX: VTX) and international advanced composites group Quickstep Holdings Ltd (ASX: QHL) have joined forces to develop and market a new generation of high-strength, corrosion resistant pipes to be manufactured using Quickstep's patented composites manufacturing process.
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International advanced composites group Quickstep Holdings Limited (ASX: QHL - "Quickstep") has hit the ground running in 2008, today announcing the commencement of aircraft parts manufacturing at its Australian headquarters located in Fremantle, Western Australia - marking the first stage in establishing the site as a fully equipped, world-class aerospace manufacturing facility.
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Quickstep Holdings Limited (ASX: QHL) is pleased to advise that its patent application No. 10/204938 in the United States covering the "melding" aspect of the Quickstep Process for composites manufacture has been awarded.
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International advanced composites group, Quickstep Holdings Limited (ASX: QHL - "Quickstep") has taken a major step towards the large-scale production of component parts for the global aerospace sector, today announcing that it has signed a Cooperation and Development Agreement ("CDA") with Eurocopter, the world's largest helicopter supplier.
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VCAMM was approached by the Department of Defence to gather together a number of project proposals for submission to the Australian Joint Strike Fighter project (JSF).
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Brad Dunstan, CEO of VCAMM visited the USA to present at the Center for Automotive Research (www.cargroup.org) annual conference in Traverse City, Michigan.
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VCAMM was gold sponsor for the Society of Automotive Engineers-Australasia Engineering Leadership Conference held in Melbourne late August.
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At a ceremony attended by over 200 invited guests from Australian industry and academia, the Hon John Brumby MP, The Victorian Minister for State and Regional Development and Minister for Innovation officially opened the Victorian Centre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing www.vcamm.com.au.
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