News
Ingal Invests In New Road Safety Barriers
11 December 2007
Australia's leading road safety barrier manufacturer Ingal Civil Products has made a major breakthrough in steel barrier safety systems. The system is designed to provide safe vehicle containment and redirection on urban and metropolitan highways and motorways. Read more
Standards breakthrough for XLERPLATE® steel
03 October 2007
Steel fabricators using North American welding codes will be able to qualify welding procedures using readily available XLERPLATE® steel from 2008. Read more
TAS Mining Sales Strong
03 October 2007
Tasmanian based company Caterpillar Underground Mining is experiencing strong sales growth. Based in Burnie on the state's north west coast, Caterpillar Underground Mining designs, manufactures and exports underground mining equipment. Read more
Fabricators Join Forces For Wind Tower Project
03 October 2007
Acciona Energy, reportedly the world's largest wind farm developer and builder, commissioned Victorian based Keppel Prince Engineering and Tasmanian based Haywards Steel Fabrication and Construction to fabricate wind towers for Waubra Wind Farm in Victoria. Read more
Samaras Structural Engineers Secures WA Rail Bridges Contract
03 October 2007
Samaras Structural Engineers is fabricating and delivering eight surface treated rail bridges for the Fortescue Metals Group's Cloud Break Mine in Western Australia. Read more
Local Buckets Leverage Liebherr's Success
03 October 2007
Demand for Liebherr-Australia's excavation equipment, including buckets and dump trays, has doubled since July 2005. The fabricator, based in the Adelaide suburb of Para Hills, manufactures hydraulic shovel and backhoe configured excavators for the Australian mining industry. Read more
XLERPLATE® Upgrade For Masonry Machine
02 October 2007
Hanson Building Products has upgraded the steel plates in its Hess machine at its masonry plant in the suburb of Stapylton, half way between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Read more
More Local Orders Fill L&A Pressure Welding's Books
02 October 2007
Business is booming for family owned fabricator L&A Pressure Welding because of growing demand for specialist petrol and chemical bulk storage facilities. Read more
XLERPLATE® Airwalk For The Illawarra
02 October 2007
A tourist viewing platform made from XLERPLATE® steel is being built in the New South Wales Illawarra region. Tasmanian based fabricator Crisp Bros is drawing, fabricating and erecting the 500 metre elevated tree top walk 'Illawarra Fly' on the escarpment at Knights Hill above Wollongong. Read more
Engineering Company Continues Export Success
03 April 2007
One of Australia's longest established engineering companies is in the midst of an export boom as it continues to prosper more than 140 years after it was first established. Read more
