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Rosebank’s Gordon Kennett awarded Member of the Order of Australia in Queens Birthday Honours List! 15 June 2010
16 June 2010
The management and Staff of Rosebank Engineering are proud to announce that Rosebank’s Managing Director Gordon Kennett was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia in Queens Birthday Honours List!
Vyoneesh Rosebank Technologies Private Limited has Board Meeting in Australia
24 May 2010
7th April 2010 saw the first Board Meeting held in Australia of Vyoneesh Rosebank Technologies Private Limited. The board discussed progress of the joint venture and enabled Indian Directors and key players to gain more hands on experience of Rosebank Engineering’s capabilities and facilities.
Joint Venture Formation – Vyoneesh Rosebank Technologies Private Limited
24 May 2010
Rosebank Engineering Private Limited and Vyoneesh Technologies Private Limited are pleased to announce the formation of a new Joint Venture company Vyoneesh Rosebank Technologies Private Limited. Incorporated on 13th November 2009 is an Indo-Australian joint venture to exhance Indian Defence Aerospace indigenous capabilities.
April 6 Last F-111 SDSV Leaves Rosebank Engineering
6 April 2010
After 19 years of overhaul and remanufacture the last F-111 Servo Damper Servo Valve (SDSV) has been completed at REB using the same Image 3000 test bench originally installed in the (then newly commissioned) class 100 cleanroom at Port Melbourne for this very task.
Australian Defence Magazine Defence Industry Award
3 March 2010
At the annual ADM awards night, ADMs Managing Editor Judy Hinz presented Rosebank’s General Manager Craig Butler celebrating Rosebank’s award as equal number one Australian/New Zealand – owned defence SME for 2009!
Warren Centre Awards Gordon Kennett Innovation Heroes Award
3 July 2009
It is with great pride that Rosebank Engineering announces that founder and Managing Director Gordon Kennett is a recipient of the Warren Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Heroes Award. The Warren Centre, part of the University of Sydney, awarded the Heroes Award to Mr Kennett for his pioneering work in founding and developing precision engineering technology required to meet the demanding requirements for the manufacture and sustainment of Australia’s military aircraft fleets. The award recognises Gordon’s pioneering and continuing efforts that for nearly 30 years has seen the development of unique technological and innovative engineering solutions and facilities to help keep Australia’s military aircraft flying.
COMBET OPENS ULTRA PRECISION
29 August 2008
Greg Combet, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, today officially opened Rosebank Engineering’s Ultra Precision Center in Bayswater in Victoria. The Ultra Precision Centre is a leading edge metal engineering facility with the capability to support military platforms including the F-111, F/A-18 Hornet and AP-3C Orion aircraft, as well as helicopters and emerging capabilities such as the Global Hawk and other Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Rosebank Engineering New Headquarters
4 March 2008
After 31 years, Rosebank’s original home in Nott St Port Melbourne has closed. The relocation to the new Headquarters in Mountain Highway Bayswater, offers the opportunity to consolidate the two Melbourne facilities on one large site in Melbourne ’s outer East Industrial precinct. The site will provide for a much larger Precision Hydraulics and Fine Mechanism Facility (PHMF) and efficiencies in workflow and management of resources.
AIDN-VIC Young Achiever Awards for 2007 – Simon Hack Bayswater QA Manager
5 December 2007
AIDN-Vic presented its third AIDN-Vic Young Achiever Award. The finalists were Donovan Ang, of Tenix Marine and Simon Hack, Rosebank Engineering. The winner of the 2007 AIDN-Vic Young Achiever Award was Donovan Ang. Simon Hack was nominated in his leading edge work in development of Supersonic Particle Deposition.
Rosebank's ADM Top 40 Results!
18 January 2007
Australian Defence Magazine has just published the results of its annual survey of Defence companies in Australia and New Zealand. Rosebank Engineering has again done well in this year's rankings!
Rosebank Engineering
15 January 2007
Rosebank Engineering has become the first small to medium enterprise (SME) to join the Department of Defence’s Skilling Australia’s Defence Industry (SADI) program,
ESA MOU between Rosebank Engineering Pty Ltd and Sandvik Coromant Australia
31 May 2006
An Extended Service Agreement Memorandum of Understanding between Rosebank Engineering Pty Ltd and Sandvik Coromant Australia (Tooling, Specialist Tooling) was signed in May.
The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton returned to Bayswater
13 March 2006
The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton returned to Bayswater today, within 200 meters
Rosebank Engineering Bayswater achieves Nadcap accreditation - August 2005
24 October 2005
Rosebank Engineering’s Bayswater site achieved unique aerospace quality accreditation National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) for NDT.
Rosebank Engineering – Meeting Defence’s Capability Needs
1 September 2005
Since its establishment in 1977, Rosebank has established itself as a leading innovator ... Rosebank’s facilities are critical to Australia’s defence self-reliance.
Rosebank Engineering - Defence Recognised Supplier Scheme (DRSS) awarded.
30 June 2005
On 9 June 2004 the DoD Director of Industry Programs Mr Rob Hathaway entered into a Deed of Agreement approving Rosebank’s membership into the DRSS scheme and which licenses Rosebank to use the DRSS logo for a period of five years.
100th F/A 18 Stab Delivered
13 June 2005
The 100th F/A18 Stabiliser Servocylinder was released on the 21st April 2005.
Rosebank Engineering achieves new Quality Accreditations
30 May 2005
Rosebank Engineering accrediated by Lloyds of London with ISO9001 and AS9100.
ROSEBANK ENGINEERING MANUFACTURES THE QUEENS RELAY BATON
5 May 2005
Rosebank, a Victorian Government Manufacturing hall of fame inductee and with a reputation for innovation with leading edge skills in the defence and aerospace sector was selected for the demanding and challenging program.
Rosebank Engineering Web Site Award!
23 February 2004
Amongst a distinguished group of VIPs including the Hon. Daryl Williams, the Hon. Graham West and Professor Brook (Austria), the team of Andreas Boehmer, Gerardo Chairez and Aditya Dubey accepted the Highly Commended 2nd Prize for Best Student Developed Web Site at the 10th Annual Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) Awards. The team developed the Rosebank Engineering’s new web site whilst being students at Swinburne University in 2003.
Transition of F/A-18 Hydraulics
1 September 2003
Another string has been added to Rosebank Engineering’s bow with the completion of transition of F/A-18 flight control components from Qantas Defence Services Bankstown to Rosebank Engineering Amberley. The transition schedule was relatively tight transition commencing on 01 July 03, culminating in commencement of production 25 August 03.
Centenary of Federation Medal awarded to Gordon Kennett
7 July 2003
Rosebank's Managing Director Gordon Kennett was awarded the Centenary of Federation Award recently for his "contributions to Australian Society"
Precision Surface Grinding Capability
6 July 2003
To compliment our existing precision capabilities in the areas of cylindrical and jig grinding, Rosebank is proud to announce the addition of surface grinding capability of the same standard.
ROSEBANK ENGINEERING SECURES PRESTIGIOUS DMO INAUGURAL SCORECARD AWARD
3 July 2003
Under Secretary Defence Materiel Mick Roche, recognises “Rosebank Engineering for achieving consistently excellent results over a number of rounds of the Defence Company ScoreCard scheme”.
Rosebank website launched
18 June 2003
We are proud to announce that our redeveloped website is officially launched.