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01-04-2011, 07:18 PM | #1 | |||
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Death knell for Autoliv
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01-04-2011, 07:27 PM | #2 | ||
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Real pity. I can see in not too distant future Australia won't be manufacturing much at all. Why isnt the Federal govt doing more for local production? Import tarrifs keep reducing, and local manufacture along with it.
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01-04-2011, 08:03 PM | #3 | ||
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If anyone here works in manuafcturing (especially auto manufacturing) get your finances in order. The next few years are going to be very interesting.
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01-04-2011, 08:12 PM | #4 | ||
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This is such a shame. We as Australians should be protecting our industry. Not destroying it.
We are in a unique position and it should be protected. It is quite clear from the NZ auto industry that it's all good and well to go to full importing of cars but the flow on effects are just enormous. It isn't the 1000's that lose their jobs in the car plants... it's the 100,000's who lose their jobs because the car plant has closed down. No one wins here. No one.
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01-04-2011, 08:16 PM | #5 | |||
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01-04-2011, 08:26 PM | #6 | |||
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01-04-2011, 08:30 PM | #7 | ||
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It isn't just manufacturing either.
Remember how big Toll Auto Logistics is too in Australia. Everything that moves around locally from manufacturers to your Fords/Holdens and Toyota's is moved by Toll. It is no wonder they have been moving themselves in to Stevedoring in the last 4 or 5 years. They need to in order to keep their business going. They are positioning themselves to now recieve the freight (cars and parts) in to Australia and then distribute them. This has massive ramifications in Australia.
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20-05-2011, 08:23 PM | #8 | |||
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Autoliv crash test centre saved
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