Electrical contractor fined over electrocution
25 February, 2015A Bunbury electrical contracting business and one of its employees have been fined a total of $44,800 over the 2013 electrocution of an 18-year-old trades assistant in the roof space of a home in East Bunbury.
NDY director joins AIRAH board
23 February, 2015Ian Harwood, M.AIRAH, associate director, Norman Disney & Young, has been elected as an interim board member pending AIRAH's annual general meeting later this year.
Schneider Electric Buildings Business appoints new VP
06 February, 2015Schneider Electric has appointed Jay Rocavert as vice president for Schneider Electric's Buildings Business in Australia.
8 tips for preventing long-term disability in workers
05 February, 2015As Australia's hundreds of thousands of tradies settle back into work for 2015, the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) is urging employers and workers to make health and safety a priority to reduce the $60 billion spent on work injuries each year.
Two die and two suffer serious burns in Perth explosion
04 February, 2015Two men have died and two have suffered serious burns following an incident at the Morley Galleria Shopping Centre on Tuesday, 3 March. The men were reportedly carrying out electrical maintenance work.
TE Connectivity sells broadband network business to CommScope
03 February, 2015TE Connectivity has signed a deal to sell its Broadband Network Solutions (BNS) business unit to CommScope for $3bn.
Allied Telesis joins Smart Cities Council
03 February, 2015Allied Telesis has become a lead partner in the Smart Cities Council - an organisation that advises cities on ways to thrive as their population grows, upgrading ageing infrastructure with innovative technology and solutions.
Belden joins AVnu Alliance's new industrial market group
03 February, 2015Belden has joined a new industrial market group through its membership with AVnu Alliance, the industry consortium driving open standards deterministic networking through certification.
Hager Group acquires cable management business
28 January, 2015Hager Group has acquired Bocchiotti, an Italian family-owned cable management company.
Bosch acquires US building automation company
15 January, 2015Robert Bosch has acquired Climatec LLC, a provider of energy-efficiency, building automation, security and life-safety solutions for the US market.
Snowy Hydro acquires Colongra Power Station
07 January, 2015Snowy Hydro has expanded its presence in the National Electricity Market today with the $234 million acquisition of the largest gas-fired generation plant in NSW, Delta Electricity's Colongra Power Station.
Electrical safety ads making tradies switch mains off
19 December, 2014The Queensland Government's advertising campaign - Stay safer up there, switch off down here - urging people to turn off the mains power before entering a ceiling space has hit home with tradies and home occupiers alike.
Eaton appoints new MD for ANZ Electrical Business
08 December, 2014Power management company Eaton has appointed Gordon Makryllos as managing director - Australia/New Zealand for the company's electrical business. Based in Sydney, Makryllos will be responsible for leading the business through its next phase of growth and propelling its sales and marketing presence.
SolarMax to file for insolvency
28 November, 2014PV inverter manufacturer SolarMax will see its mother company Sputnik Engineering AG file for insolvency.
ERDF and Schneider Electric consolidate their smart grid partnership
20 November, 2014As part of a partnership launched over a year ago, ERDF and Schneider Electric have joined forces to develop and test innovative software and solutions for medium- and low-voltage grid management, for the design and monitoring of substations of the future and to facilitate the increase in renewable generation.
