The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has released a report showing pre-apprenticeship programs can significantly boost the chances of successfully completing an apprenticeship.

GRC (Green Revolution Cooling), the leader in single-phase immersion cooling for data centres, has secured additional funding from Samsung Ventures to support its growth.

Weld Australia is calling for urgent government intervention to prevent the collapse of Australia’s local welding and fabrication industry.

The ARCTick licence scheme is at record levels with significant increases in the number of permits issued to technicians and businesses.

Automatic Heating Global has acquired Simons Boilers, a strategic move that significantly enhances its product range, manufacturing capacity, and service delivery in Australia as well as export markets overseas.

The Australian Refrigeration Council (ARC) has reported a positive response to its Look for the Tick campaign which promotes licensed professionals.

Dover Corporation has inked an agreement to acquire SIKORA AG for $US620.8 million (€550million) in cash.

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched a global rating system that will enable cement and concrete to be identified based on their carbon footprints.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has invested in the Infosys-led Joint Venture HIPUS, enhancing Infosys' presence in Japan.

While the Tasmanian government is taking positive steps to improve licensing for technicians, the Victorian government is looking at reforms to allow plumbers to do work currently undertaken by the refrigeration and air conditioning trade.

The next federal government should set a national target of 60,000 additional engineering graduates by 2035 to strengthen Australia’s critical skills pipeline, according to Engineers Australia.

Despite more than 60 per cent of Australia’s engineering workforce being born overseas, nearly half of overseas-qualified engineers remain unemployed.

CIMIC Group company Leighton Asia has been awarded the first phase of the design and construction of a high-density, liquid cooling-ready data centre in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

UL Solutions has introduced new testing capabilities for low-global-warming-potential (LGWP) refrigerants at its Zhongshan, China, laboratory.

Carrier Global Corporation and Google Cloud are joining forces to enhance grid flexibility and support smarter energy management.

The Midea Group has completed its acquisition of ARBONIA climate, a division of ARBONIA AG, for an enterprise value of $US790.5 million (760 million euros).