November 2014

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Robert Bosch Australia awarded overall winner at SAE-A Awards
Automotive Transformation Scheme Amendment Bill 2014
Australian Defence Engineering Conference
SME Defence Networking Opportunity at Navantia Industry Day
AutoMechanika – Kuala Lumpur
Opportunities in the UK Automotive Industry
Student Support – Information about restoring VTG
SAE-A Events
AMTIL establishes a new Additive Manufacturing Network
Service Providers
November 2014
Robert Bosch Australia awarded overall winner of SAEA’s 2014 Awards for Mobility Engineering Excellence
The SAE-A recognised engineering innovation and excellence in the mobility
industry at the Society’s 2014 Mobility Engineering Excellence Awards
(MEEA), on the 29th of October. More than 140 of the industry’s leading
engineers attended the Award presentation dinner.
The most prestigious award of the evening; the overall winner of the
professional awards category, was presented to FAPM Member Robert Bosch
Australia for their highly innovative Automatic Emergency Braking Rear (AEBRear) product. The AEB-Rear has significant export opportunities for many
global platforms. AEB-Rear uses ultrasonic and radar sensing technologies
combined with automatic braking to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities as
well as unintended collisions caused when a vehicle is reversing.
For more information, please see the media release here.
Automotive Transformation Scheme Amendment Bill 2014
On 25 September 2014, the Senate referred the provisions of the Automotive
Transformation Scheme Amendment 2014 to the Senate Economics
Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 24 November 2014.
Copies of the FAPM and other final submissions can be found here.
Australian Defence Engineering Conference
25-26 November 2014
The Australian Defence Engineering Conference will run a two-day
conference from 25-26 November as part of Engineers Australia's Convention
2014 in Melbourne. The theme for 2014 is 'the contribution of engineering to
Australia's defence capability'.
Further information relating to the convention or the conference is available at:
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Engineers Australia's Convention here.
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Australian Defence Engineering Conference here.
If you require further information regarding either event, please direct all
enquiries to:
Email: info@convention.org.au
Phone: +61 2 6270 6555
Toll Free: 1300 653 113
Fax: +61 2 6273 1488
SME Defence Networking Opportunity at Navantia
Australia Industry Day
The Navantia Australia Industry Day, a collaboration between the Victorian
Government, Australian Industry Defence Network Victoria & the Industry
Capability Network Victoria will be held on:
Monday 1 December 2014
9:00AM
Level 27 / 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
The Industry Day is being held to brief Australian industry on opportunities to
engage with Navantia on existing and future projects including the Supply Ship
Replacement Project (SEA 1654) for which Navantia is a contender.
Please register your interest by 22 November here.
AutoMechanika – Kuala Lumpur
As the automotive market in the ASEAN market continues to grow, it is
becoming increasingly important for firms to connect with companies and
customers.
Automechanika Kuala Lumpur is expected to attract more than 6,000 visitors
when it is held on 19 – 21 March 2015 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention
Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
To pre-register online click here. For more information, please contact:
Messe Worldwide Sdn Bhd
T: +60 3 7802 2276
E: info@malaysia.messefrankfurt.com
W: www.automechanika-kl.com
Opportunities in the UK Automotive Industry – An
Overview
The UK Trade & Investment, British Consulate-General is performing a global
road show associated with potential opportunities in the expanding UK
Automotive Industry.
An overview of the market is accessible here.
Please contact Alison Airey, Head of Investment – VIC, SA & TAS (Inward
Investment) for more detail:
P: 03 9652 1621
M: 0477 331 581
E: Alison.Airey@mobile.ukti.gov.uk
Student Support – Information about restoring students’
entitlement to training under the VTG
Following recent publicity in regards to Certificate III in Competitive Systems
and Practices and/or Certificate III in Warehousing Operations and Certificate
II in General Education for Adults, the Victorian Government Department of
Education and Early Childhood Development has undertaken a review of
these qualifications to determine if they had been delivered to an appropriate
standard.
Affected students will have their entitlement to training under the VTG restored
as there have been sufficient quality issues with the training they undertook
and will be provided with another opportunity to undertake further government
subsidised training.
A copy of the press release can be found here.
For more information, please contact VET on 1300 275 276 or
skills@kangan.edu.au.
SAE Australasia upcoming events
The Society of Automotive Engineers Australasia warmly invites you to two of
its major upcoming events.
APAC Conference
10-12 March 2015
For more information click on invite.
AMTIL establishes a new Additive Manufacturing Network
The Additive Manufacturing HUB is built on the foundation of strong support
from industry, the research community, technology suppliers, government
agencies and other service providers.
The key benefits of this network are Education & Knowledge Transfer,
Networking & Communication, Marketing & Promotion, Research Capability
and Market Access.
Membership of the Additive Manufacturing HUB is free to AMTIL members. If
you are interested in becoming a member of AMTIL and the AM HUB, you can
email Shane Infanti at AMTIL: sinfanti@amtil.com.au.
SERVICE PROVIDERS
Vacancies. Queue here. – Opinion piece by Tim Olding
Last week the electric car company Tesla came to town to go “shopping” for
engineers.
It is no secret that the Australian car industry is winding back its operations in
anticipation of plant closures in 2017.This means that large product
engineering departments are shedding hundreds of highly qualified and
experienced engineers.
To read the full blog post, click here.
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