Australian Car Industry

[dedja]

Toyota have pulled the pin, finishing up in 2017.

Australian car manufacturing ... RIP

[tigerpie]

Australian manufacturing RIP!
Without the innovating r and d programs that the car industry generates, we are in big strife...
So many job losses and technology losses. We will now be known as the dumb country when it comes to local manufacturing.

[dedja]

We are known as the dumb country ... just look at the last 3 PMs

[bennymacca]

Australian manufacturing RIP!
Without the innovating r and d programs that the car industry generates, we are in big strife...
So many job losses and technology losses. We will now be known as the dumb country when it comes to local manufacturing.

most of our recent cards werent designed here anyway, they werent doing that much in the way of r&d, that ship had already sailed.

speaking of ships, it is about the only high end manufacturing left (and submarines). BAE still make the bushmaster APCs too, though that is small scale compared to the car indursty ask a whole.

I think it is time we invested in high end skills, if our future isnt in manufacturing, it could be in things like IT and software engineering, and other highly skilled jobs (like electronic engineering hopefully haha)

HP have announced 400 new jobs in adelaide, that is a good start

[scoob]

I find it confusing that the ALP are so anti-big corporates, yet are willing to give $25M of the taxpayers money to Coca Cola?

[Psyber]

I find it confusing that the ALP are so anti-big corporates, yet are willing to give $25M of the taxpayers money to Coca Cola?

If Coca Cola get a large donation of federal government funds as support, what proportion of it do they then donate to the party's funds?

[Jimmy_041]

and looking to make over $500m in Nett profit after tax for 2013
but SPC Ardmona is a problem for them
In the 2012 Annual Report, they blame the high AUD for SPCA's problems
Not sure where that's disappeared to now we're under 90c

[tigerpie]

Australian manufacturing RIP!
Without the innovating r and d programs that the car industry generates, we are in big strife...
So many job losses and technology losses. We will now be known as the dumb country when it comes to local manufacturing.

most of our recent cards werent designed here anyway, they werent doing that much in the way of r&d, that ship had already sailed.

speaking of ships, it is about the only high end manufacturing left (and submarines). BAE still make the bushmaster APCs too, though that is small scale compared to the car indursty ask a whole.

I think it is time we invested in high end skills, if our future isnt in manufacturing, it could be in things like IT and software engineering, and other highly skilled jobs (like electronic engineering hopefully haha)

HP have announced 400 new jobs in adelaide, that is a good start

I would like to know where you get that information from. I've worked in the industry for many, many years, and thats not correct.
Our high volume manufacturing r and d is/was world class and most of it was generated by, or for, automotive engineering!

[Q.]

and looking to make over $500m in Nett profit after tax for 2013
but SPC Ardmona is a problem for them
In the 2012 Annual Report, they blame the high AUD for SPCA's problems
Not sure where that's disappeared to now we're under 90c

My thoughts exactly Jimbob

[bennymacca]

I would like to know where you get that information from. I've worked in the industry for many, many years, and thats not correct.
Our high volume manufacturing r and d is/was world class and most of it was generated by, or for, automotive engineering!

my apologies, i thought the new commodore was based on a chevrolet design, but just did a bit of googling and it seems to be the other way round.

is the commodore the only car still designed in australia though?

and i know our engineers in australia are world class (i am one ) just that i didnt think there was much auto design done these days, happy to be corrected.

[kickinit]

Australian manufacturing RIP!
Without the innovating r and d programs that the car industry generates, we are in big strife...
So many job losses and technology losses. We will now be known as the dumb country when it comes to local manufacturing.

most of our recent cards werent designed here anyway, they werent doing that much in the way of r&d, that ship had already sailed.

speaking of ships, it is about the only high end manufacturing left (and submarines). BAE still make the bushmaster APCs too, though that is small scale compared to the car indursty ask a whole.

I think it is time we invested in high end skills, if our future isnt in manufacturing, it could be in things like IT and software engineering, and other highly skilled jobs (like electronic engineering hopefully haha)

HP have announced 400 new jobs in adelaide, that is a good start

I would like to know where you get that information from. I've worked in the industry for many, many years, and thats not correct.
Our high volume manufacturing r and d is/was world class and most of it was generated by, or for, automotive engineering!

Are you talking about technology we use to manufacture products, or the products we actually manufacture?