MARAND PRECISION ENGINEERING GAINS AEROSPACE ACCREDITATION
24th SEPTEMBER 2009
Marand Precision Engineering is now certified to AS9100B Aerospace standard.
The registartion covers the quality management system for the design and manufacture of mechanical ground support equipment and production tooling for aerospace applications.
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 MARAND PRECISION ENGINEERING CHOSEN AS CASE STUDY TO LAUNCH NEW $21M DEFENCE INDUSTRY INNOVATION CENTRE
2nd September, 2009
The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, and the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, Mr Greg Combet, have announced the launch of the $21.2 million Defence Industry Innovation Centre. The new Enterprise Connect Defence Industry Innovation Centre, based in Dandenong, Victoria, but with national reach, will support businesses in the defence sector to respond to the unique challenges they face, including the very high demand for technological innovation.
See the below link for Marand Case Study for Enterprise Connect Business Review
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 LOCKHEED MARTIN PRESIDENT VISITS MARAND
30th March, 2009
Mr Robert (Bob) Stevens Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer – Lockheed Martin was
in Australia on March 30, 2009 and met with Marand Precision Engineering’s senior management
team including David Ellul, managing director and Rohan Stocker, general manager.
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 LOCKHEED MARTIN SUPPLIER OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
11th March, 2009
Mr Tom Burbage, Lockheed Martin Executive Vice President & General Manager, Joint Strike Fighter Program
reinforced his company’s commitment to Australian aerospace supplier Marand Precision Engineering (Marand)
during Asia’s most prestigious aerospace event – the Australian 2009 International Airshow and Aerospace &
Defence Exposition.
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 FR-1 PROTOTYPE RELIES ON MARAND
February 2009
Melbourne’s Motor Show was the launch pad for the FR-1 concept vehicle, which is being
constructed in Melbourne to showcase the talents of Australia’s manufacturing industry.
To this end Marand Precision Engineering was asked to construct the prototype chassis, the floor
pan and other aluminium mounting blocks for the display held at the 2009 Melbourne Motor Show.
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 Shadow Minister Richard Della Riva Visits Marand
21st October 2008
Richard Della-Riva, Victorian Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly and Shadow Minister for Industry & State Development visited Marand Precision Engineering on Tuesday October 21, 2008.
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 Marand Manufacturer of the Year 2008
3rd June 2008
Marand Precision Engineering wins the 2008 Manufacturer of the year Award at the 5th annual Manufacturers Endeavor Awards .
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 Marand wins Ford Australia's 2006 Tony Simpson Relationship Award
22nd March 2007
Marand Precision Engineering has been awarded Ford Australia's 2006 "Tony Simpson Relationship Award".
The 7th Ford Australia Excellence Awards ceremony was held at Ford's Australian Head Office in Melbourne on Thursday 22 March 2007.
In front of an audience of over 200 Ford personnel and supplier representatives, Marand’s Managing Director David Ellul ac...
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 Marand Inducted into Manufacturing Hall of Fame
18th May 2006
Marand Precision Engineering Pty Ltd was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Australian Industry Defence Network.
› www.business.vic.gov.au/BUSVIC.7864496/STANDARD//PC_61729.html
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 Australian Engineering Company Develops New Solutions for Global Boeing 787 Aerospace Component Production
24th April 2006
Marand Precision Engineering today announced that it had been contracted by Hawker de Havilland to Design and Manufacture the Automated Production System for detail manufacture of the component parts within the Boeing 787 Moveable Trailing Edge assembly.
The contract covers the provision of robots, bond shop tooling, thermal ovens, ultrasonic ply cutters, laser projection and a resin infusion system.
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 Australian Company Helps Achieve Critical JSF Milestone
8th February 2006
On January 20 2006, Pratt & Whitneys F-135 engine was successfully installed into the first test F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft at the Lockheed Martin Fort Worth manufacturing facility, with the aid of an Engine Removal and installation Trailer, a complex piece of support equipment designed and manufactured in Australia by Marand Precision Engineering.
Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney maintain that this event, achieved on time and on budget, represents a critical milestone in the JSF Program toward the first F-35 flight in the fall of 2006.
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 AUSTRALIAN COMPANY IN JSF MILESTONE
17 October, 2005
Extract from Australian Government Department of Defence 'On Target' Dec 2005 Publication
On 17 October 2005 at Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) aircraft engine facility in Hartford, Connecticut, Lockheed Martin and P&W successfully ‘roll transferred’ the first JSF engine using specialised handling equipment designed and built ...
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 Lockheed Martin accepts first designed & manufactured F-35 (JSF) engine installation & removal trailer from Marand
16 March, 2005
Mr Tom Burbage, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the JSF program, received the engine installation and removal trailer on behalf of Lockheed Martin, at a brief ceremony beside the full-scale mock-up of the F-35, on display for the first time at the Australian Airshow.
Mr Tony and David Ellul, Joint Managing Directors ...
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 Action plan to stengthen advanced manufacturing industry
Media Release: Warren Entsch, MP
9 March, 2005
The inaugural meeting of the Strategic Industry Leaders Group for the Advanced Manufacturing Action Agenda was opened today by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minster for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Warren Entsch.
"The Advanced Manufacturing Industry is vital for Australia's manufacturing base. It provides the ...
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 Australian Companies Win JSF Work
Extract from Minister for Defence Media
August 1, 2003
Three more Australian firms have been awarded work under the Joint Strike Fighter program, Defence Minister Robert Hill and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources Warren Entsch announced today. Victorian-based Marand Precision Engineering Pty Ltd has won an or...
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 Hall Of Fame
Marand Wins Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Excellence Award
August 22, 2002
Today Rob Hulls, Victorian Minister of Manufacturing, visited Marand Precision Engineering to present Tony and David Ellul with the Hall of Fame Certificate of Manufacturing Excellence.
Tony and David accepted the certificate in the presence ofGovernment and ...
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 Marand Wins Gold
February 12, 2002
Moorabbin-based Victorian machine tool manufacturer Marand Precision Engineering consolidated an unprecedented 12 months of sustained growth and success by winning the coveted Gold Award at the 2001 Ford Australia Supplier Excellence Awards. The annual awards, which are recognised internationally in the automotive community, were presented last Thursday at the Grand Hy...
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