Manufacturing

Westview Group has signed an agreement with Hatch to finalise the remaining engineering, approvals and construction planning required for a final investment decision on its planned steel mill.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has entered an exclusivity deed that increases the prospect it will agree to a takeover offer from Advanced Innergy Holdings.

Two contractors of CBH Group's rapid rail project are in a legal dispute over a multi-million-dollar settlement.

Duratec will acquire NSW-based Pacific Welding Australia for up to $12 million in a move which gives it access to Orica's Kooragang Island ammonia and nitric acid facility.

Shares in Matrix Composites & Engineering rose strongly today but are still slightly below the price at which Advanced Innergy Holdings plans to bid for the Perth company.

Advanced Innergy Holdings has lobbed a second takeover offer for Perth-based Matrix Composites & Engineering after addressing issues that caused its first offer to flounder last year.

A Beijing-based green steel specialist has warned Australia's hopeful iron ore processors they need a reality check as they wade into a costly and competitive sector.

Austin Engineering's efforts to further improve its South American operations have received a boost, following a key development.

The Australian Fashion Council and RM Williams have launched a national plan to rebuild Australia's manufacturing capability across the textile, clothing and footwear sector.

A break from professional practice put podiatrist Paul Griffin on a pathway to manufacturing sustainable footwear.

Bhagwan Marine shareholders seem unperturbed by some lacklustre half-year results, with shares notching up despite large revenue and profit declines.

BlueScope Steel has rejected a revised takeover offer from Stokes' SGH but says its board remains open to a deal at a higher price.

Timber products group has survived an adverse manufacturing environment in WA.

Duratec boss Chris Oates says he is confident the engineering firm is ideally placed heading into the second half of FY26.

Shares in Fleetwood fell by more than 20 per cent early on Wednesday, despite posting a first-half net profit after tax of $8.6 million.

Austal has delivered a bumper result after its Australian operations posted a 60 per cent hike in revenue for the first half of the year.

Western Australians will have more access to Tip Top white sliced bread after the company behind it, Tip Top Bakeries, opened a $130 million state-of-the-art bakery line in Canning Vale.

Shares in GR Engineering Services fell early on Friday morning, following the release of its first half results for FY26.

A week after an accounting error forced Austal to downgrade its earnings guidance by 18 per cent, the President of its US operations, at which the mistake occurred, has announced her retirement.

Concrete manufacturer Holcim has cleared a planning hurdle in its plan to redevelop its Carlisle batching plant and triple production capacity.

Ryan Stokes-led SGH and its US partner Steel Dynamics have announced an improved takeover proposal for Australia's largest steel producer, valuing BlueScope Steel at $15 billion.

Private equity firm Viburnum Funds has invested in Magellan Power, a Perth-born power systems manufacturer for the resources, defence and data centres industries.

The Stokes family-controlled SGH says it has delivered a strong first-half result, and signalled its not for turning on its rejected BlueScope takeover bid.

First Graphene boss Mike Bell says the junior has a great opportunity to grow global revenue and growth across new and emerging markets, on the back of a key announcement.

Another hopeful Pilbara ore processor has entered the fray, this time in the form of a Japanese-backed British pelletising firm.

Australia's largest steelmaker BlueScope Steel is under new leadership as investors wait for the next shoe to drop in its ongoing takeover saga.

Fleetwood has appointed seasoned executive Andrea Pidcock as its chief executive, effective from February 2.

WA Police hit Tronox dissident Alexander Cokic with telecommunications abuse charge as investigators hang onto his laptop.

Unprecedented price hikes in the value of silver have left The Perth Mint struggling to meet consumer demand for some products.

A Henderson-based graphene company is taking a methodical, measured approach to its business.

MAG PREVIEW: Business News explores Westview Group's plans to develop Australia's first new steel mill in 40 years.

BlueScope Steel is returning an extra $438 million to shareholders one week after the company passed on a $13.2 billion buyout led by Ryan Stokes' SGH.The takeover target declared a $1-per-share