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Articles include:

• $1 million partnership to deliver CSG training
• Nomination open for 2012 Manufacturing Skills Awards
• F1inSchools competitors race to a career in manufacturing
• Productivity boost draw major clients
• Fabric manufacturer curbs electricity costs
• A new sense of calm at MAS Mechanical
• Twenty things you need to ask yourself about innovation
• Inventor service support for the "Perfect Pour"
• The road to innovation - QUT's Innovative Road Products Survey 
• Ecohousing builds a market in New Caledonia
• Project recently listed on ICN Gateway: Mains & Kessels Road Upgrade  
• Project recently listed on ICN Gateway: Solar Dawn
• Thought catalyst for industry blog
• Our Twitter page

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• QMI Solutions and AIC combine
• Up to 85% subsidised training on offer
• Conference attracts and recognises industry excellence
• Manufacturing career sparked for Cairns student
• Hungry for innovative food processing techniques?
• QMI teams up with QGC
• BMW showcases product development processes to Queensland industry
• Ten technology trends of the next decade
• iPersonalised adds an extra dimension to printing
• Innovativity program launched
• Casting call for inventors, innovators and designers
• Steel and MIning Sector Managers commence
• MPSP drives Noja Power to $500K worth of work
• 2011 Major Project Conference
• Does manufacturing have a future in Australia?
• The cuckoo clock vs Michelangelo
• Our Twitter page

Articles include:

• Capacity for growth focus at 2011 Skills Conference
• Marine challenge makes a splash in Gold Coast schools
• Student drive their way to success
• Best practice means best performance at ENAP
• Chance encounter sparks Lean journey
• MPSP helps PPW Steel win $10M worth of work
• EHS wins $480K worth of work with help from MPSP
• 50 tips for successful innovation
• Time for a new logic to lead change
• The real reason it's so hard to predict bubbles
• Nine awesome interviews with creative visionaries

Articles include:

• Manufacturing Skills Conference launched
• Family approach a plus for apprentices
• Charmaine and Alissa make a future in manufacturing
• Teambuilding the key for Biomerieux turnaround
• Sparking change at Dix Welding
• Advanced Material Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM)
• Collaborate and Prosper - DIA's next Fresh Ground seminar (19 May)
• Access multiple project information at BHP Biliton hub
• MPSP creates buzz for Beehive
• How to unlearn - a key to innovation
• The myth of quick innovation adoption

Articles include:

• QMI helps Trelleborg rubber hit the road
• Quality, computerisation hallmarks at XO
• Queensland Made to Last program
• 2011 Skills Conference and Industry Awards
• Thought catalyst for industry blog
• Upcoming events

THE INNOVATION SOLUTION EDITION

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GUIDING YOUR JOURNEY TO EXCELLENCE EDITION

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• RME continues to grow with help from QMI
• CEO's message - Guiding your journey to excellence
• Helping regional manufacturers weather the GFC
• Conference and awards recognise the future of manufacturing 
• ICN ensures Queensland industry has a voice on CSG/LNG projects
• MSQ drives leadership at Varley
• Research Spotlight - Lasers in manufacturing 
• New logo for ICN
• Follow us on Twitter

GETTING INDUSTRY BACK IN THE FAST LANE EDITION

Articles include:

• BAC implements innovative processes for innovative technology
• CEO's message: Getting industry back in the fast lane
• Queensland targeted for benchmarking innovation
• Local supplier wins correctional precinct contract
• What's the cost of not up-skilling your people?
• Research Spotlight: Metal injection moulding at UQ
• Supplier Alert! Supplier opportunities for industry
• Learn Product Portfolio Management online

Articles include:

• Integra Packaging packs a punch in partnership with QMI
• Supplier Alert! Supplier opportunities for industry
• Business improvement tools online 

The Leading and Managing Change Edition

Articles include:

• AustChrome showcases Mackay manufacturing
• CEO's message: Good management practices - Pillars for success
• Breakthrough medical technologies showcased at QMI
• Play Hard Sports leads improvement initiatives from the front
• Research Spotlight: Pacific Polymers Conference
• Supplier Alert! Supplier opportunities for industry
• Interactive Business Planning online

Articles include:

• BAC implements innovative processes for innovative technology
• Finding the software you need
• Local suppliers make a break in prison project
• Supplier Alert! Supplier opportunities for industry
• Learn Lean for Job Shops online

THE TOWARD Q2: TOMORROW's QUEENSLAND EDITION

Articles include:

• Work flows better through the pipeline at PTE
• CEO's message: Queensland Manufacturing - Emerging stronger
• Innovation: The key to a strong Queensland Economy
• Production on the rise for Monadelphous
• Research Spotlight: Australian National Fabrication Facility
• Supplier Alert! Supplier opportunities for industry
• Learn Visual Performance Management online

Articles include:

• QMI Solutions announced as partner for Toward Q2: Tomorrow's Queensland
• Kador focuses on company-wide culture change
• ICN links Queensland suppliers with rail project
• Supplier Alert! Supplier opportunities for industry
• Learn 5S online

THE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION EDITION

Articles include:

• Trailers 2000 adopt new technology to boost production
• CEO's message - Technology: creating competitive advantage in your business
• Filling the gaps with new process technology
• Technology sees BWE through tough times
• Connecting industry with knowledge and technology
• 2009 Queensland Export Awards
• Research Spotlight - Millipede: an 'ideas to industry' example
• Supplier Alert! Supplier opportunities for industry
• Learn Enterprise Resource Planning online

 Articles include:

• Play Hard Sports Equipment score production goals
• Manufacturing Skills Conference
• Supplier Alert! Supplier opportunities for industry
• Learn Set-up Time Reduction online

THE INNOVATION SOLUTION EDITION
Articles include:

• Corradini Engineering innovate for success
• CEO's message - Get the edge through innovation
• The Innovation Solution
• QMI Solutions launch Third Party Provider program
• Arena Engineering create opportunities through diversification
• Research Spotlight: New materials choices
• Supplier Alert! Supplier opportunities for industry
• Learn the Stage Gate process online

Articles include:

• A world class story at Story Fresh
• Supplier Alert! Supplier opportunities for industry
• Advantage, Queensland suppliers
• Learn Visual Performance Management online