Electronic Engineering is concerned with the design, manufacture and management of electronic circuits and systems. The personal computer, the mobile telephone and long distance communication by optical fiber or satellite, are just some of the electronic applications devised by electronic engineers, which we encounter on a daily basis.
Australia's electronics industry is an important contributor to the Australian economy. Electronics is a key enabling technology that underpins growth and innovation in most industries.
Iit is estimated that 90 per cent of all future innovation in the automobile industry will be driven by electronics, with electronics representing up to 40 per cent of a vehicle's production cost by 2010.
According to the Department of Defence, the value of electronics in defence-related activities represents up to 80 per cent of the production cost of a modern war ship and a submarine.
The Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA) is the leading industry body representing Australia's information and communication technology (ICT), electronics and electrical manufacturing industries. AEEMA members supply infrastructure, products and manufacturing-related services to Australian and world markets.
AEEMA's mission is to enable the ICT, electronics and electrical manufacturing industries to prosper by facilitating cohesive membership representation and a favourable operating environment.
Adelaide, the centre of the South Australian Electronics Industry is also the location of Australia's only Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO). This centre conducts research and development into defense requirements and systems, and over the 50+ years of its location in Adelaide it has been a major source of technologies, which have been incorporated into defense and non-defense products and services.
This high-level science and technology research is the foundation on which a highly productive and highly innovative electronics industry has developed, which produced over AUD$3.0 billion revenue in the year to 30/6/05 The electronics industry also provides employment for over 9000 well-trained and well-paid scientists, engineers, technicians, and production and support personnel. The South Australian Electronics Industry has grown at an average rate of 20% per year in the past five years, with strong growth continuing to be the forecast.
The South Australian Electronics Industry is highly export focused. Exports are growing at over 30% per year, while the local market grows at less than 10% per year. This export focus underpins the 20% per year growth in revenue in the South Australian Electronics Industry.
Employment in the South Australian Electronics Industry is growing at 9% per year. Productivity is high at an average of AUD$300,000 per employee, and is growing at over 10% per year.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics Report shows that in the five years from 1996 to 2000 (inc), electronics and scientific research and development (R&D) expenditure by the private sector, in the State of South Australia, averaged over 25% of all private R&D investment in the State's manufacturing industry, yet this investment comes from an industry which employs only 1.2% of the workforce. The Electronics Industry is the largest private industry R&D investor in the State.
The world's largest company Phillips has two head offices in Australia (Sydney and New South WALES). This concern employs over 400 people nationwide. Regional offices are located in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. IT services are provided by P-GIS (CAS, CIS & BTS).
Current operating divisions/activites include:
Philips Medical Systems, Philips Consumer Electronics,Philips Lighting,Philips Dictation Systems
Philips Australia was founded in 1927 and has been involved in many activities over the years , esp manufacturing. Today it is essentaily a sales and support office.As a result of Project LION (divestment of semiconductors), Australia's ranking rises from 43rd in the Philips world in terms of turnover to 18th.
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Australia's electronics industry is an important contributor to the Australian economy. Electronics is a key enabling technology that underpins growth and innovation in most industries.
Iit is estimated that 90 per cent of all future innovation in the automobile industry will be driven by electronics, with electronics representing up to 40 per cent of a vehicle's production cost by 2010.
According to the Department of Defence, the value of electronics in defence-related activities represents up to 80 per cent of the production cost of a modern war ship and a submarine.
The Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA) is the leading industry body representing Australia's information and communication technology (ICT), electronics and electrical manufacturing industries. AEEMA members supply infrastructure, products and manufacturing-related services to Australian and world markets.
AEEMA's mission is to enable the ICT, electronics and electrical manufacturing industries to prosper by facilitating cohesive membership representation and a favourable operating environment.
The South Australian Electronics Industry is highly export focused. Exports are growing at over 30% per year, while the local market grows at less than 10% per year. This export focus underpins the 20% per year growth in revenue in the South Australian Electronics Industry.
Employment in the South Australian Electronics Industry is growing at 9% per year. Productivity is high at an average of AUD$300,000 per employee, and is growing at over 10% per year.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics Report shows that in the five years from 1996 to 2000 (inc), electronics and scientific research and development (R&D) expenditure by the private sector, in the State of South Australia, averaged over 25% of all private R&D investment in the State's manufacturing industry, yet this investment comes from an industry which employs only 1.2% of the workforce. The Electronics Industry is the largest private industry R&D investor in the State.