Manufacturing

Henderson-based Austal has been awarded a $20 million contract, through a joint venture with a Chinese shipbuilding company, for the design and build of four high-speed ferries.

3D printing company Aurora Labs has strengthened its board, announcing the appointments of non-executive chairman Paul Kristensen and director Mel Ashton effective today.

Western Australia’s automotive industry has finished the year down 2.5per cent in new vehicle sales relative to last year, after a drop in sales for December ended a two-month run of strong growth.

Western Australian indigenous business Carey Training has been awarded a $2.5 million training contract with the Malaysian Institute of Technology Academy based in Kuala Lumpur for the next three years.

Korean car maker Kia Motors will increase its offering at DVG Automotive Group dealerships in Midland and Morley after recent showroom upgrades worth more than $1 million.

Perth-based shipbuilder Austal has signed a memorandum of understanding with JR Kyushu Jet Ferry to develop a new high-speed trimaran passenger ferry for the company’s Japan-to-South Korea route.

Western Australia's automotive industry has registered a second straight month of strong growth in new vehicle sales relative to 2016, with solid increases in purchases of light and heavy commercial vehicles in November.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has highlighted mining industry concerns regarding grinding media company Moly-Cop’s proposed acquisition of competitor Donhad in its statement of issues.

Perth companies Austal and Civmec are looking forward to working on the construction of 10 navy vessels at Henderson but the amount and type of work they will undertake is unclear after the federal government selected Germany's Luerssen as its preferred designer and builder.

Quintis has revealed that a group of shareholders is taking legal action against the embattled sandalwood producer in relation to a supply contract with pharmaceuticals company Galderma.

Perth-based shipbuilder Austal has denied it sent an update to shareholders signalling the potential closure of its Henderson shipyard, with chief executive David Singleton telling Business News the company was strongly positioned to remain in Western Australia.

Engineering and construction contractor Civmec, which plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange, has reported a quarterly net profit of $S3.7 million ($A3.5 million) and modest growth in its order book.

Shares in Aurora Labs closed nearly 20 per cent higher today after the company signed a binding term sheet with WorleyParsons to use its metal 3D printing technology across a range of industries.

Burrup Fertilisers' creditors meeting tomorrow will be without its star attraction, after Pankaj and Radhika Oswal said they would not return, and added that Perth may not be part of their future plans.

Norwegian fertiliser giant Yara has lifted the veil on its concerns about the financial dealings of Burrup Holdings, controlled by Indian business couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal, in a hearing of the Federal Court in Perth.

The winner of last year’s national Telstra small business of the year award, local footwear developer and manufacturer Footwear Industries, believes that success has had a valuable effect on its business.

WA know-how has produced the goods again.From the construction of the showpiece for the biggest sporting event in the world to providing embroidery on souvenir towels, WA firms have helped Olympic organisers stage the world’s biggest sporting event in S