There goes another one.

[red750]

We've seen manufacturing in Australia disappear for years. And now, another one.

 

Plastics manufacturer Qenos was placed in the hands of liquidators and sold to an unnamed buyer who has no interest in returning the company to production. Qenos manufactured plastic used in household goods, such as wheelie bins, and in solar panels. They were the only company making these goods in Australia.Once again we are forced into importing these things we are able to make here. The company plants in Melbourne and Sydney will be closed down with the loss of hundreds of jobs. Just when Albo is calling for a return to manufacturing in Australia. It is claimed the increasing cost of electricity is the cause of the company going under.

[spenaroo]

yep,

same reason the foundry closed where we were getting castings.

we are in no way cost competitive on a world stage for raw manufacturing.

and will never be unless there is subsidy and a massive shift in power prices.

 

the death of the car industry was the cliff. once they let it fall we lost all the knowledge, experience and facilities.

(all those factories lost to the urban sprawl, snapped up by property developers. where would you build the plants now)

will take a generation to grow it back to where it was, and even if we did the world has moved on.

Edited April 18 by spenaroo

[red750]

This time in W.A.

 

https://au.yahoo.com/finance/news/home-builder-collapses-60-years-105800826.html