Manufacturing is widely perceived to be an industry in terminal decline, so it’s rather surprising that the Australian Bureau of Statistics found it to be one of Western Australia’s biggest industry sectors, supporting more than 100,000 jobs.
Kwinana manufacturing company Ausclad Group has reported its biggest profit and completed its second acquisition in a year after taking the unusual step of listing on Singapore’s SESDAQ stock exchange.
22 Aug 2006
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