Comment by Peter Roberts Parliament has passed legislation killing the low cost innovation patent system, bowing to arguments from the Productivity Commission. Legislation killing the patent was passed by the Senate last week and followed an essentially economically-focused review that lacked transparency. This is yet another victory in a long list of destructive wins by…
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Shell-owned sonnen has won Australian Made status for its lithium-ion batteries made in Adelaide at the former GMH assembly plant at Elizabeth. The German battery maker began making batteries at the site a year ago and has produced 2,000 batteries in that time. The sonnenBatterie eco 9.53 hybrid battery was given approval as Australian Made…
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Resources and chemicals group Australian Vanadium (ASX: AVL) has sold a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system to be installed at a dairy farm in Meredith, Victoria. The 80kW power, 320 kWh energy storage VRFB will be installed with a 450kW pv solar system, providing a minimum of four hours of renewable energy…
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Sydney manufacturer Zip Water has snared a major award in the United States for its Zip Hydrotap boiling, chilled and sparkling drinking water appliances just months after entering the north American market. The company was awarded the 2019 Kitchen Product of the Year in the Kitchen & Bath Business Product Innovator Awards, recognising it as…
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Black Sky Aerospace (BSA) will become the first Australian rocket manufacturer to gain priority access to the planned Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory. The centre is one of a number of competing launch sites planned in Australia with its northern location giving it an advantage for equatorial launches. Planned by Equatorial Launch Australia,…
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Adam Gilmour, the founder and CEO of Gilmour Space, received the Advanced Manufacturing award at an annual event celebrating high-performing expats.
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Rubber workwear and medical glove manufacturer Ansell (ASX: ANN) is in the spotlight again following allegations one of its suppliers may use forced labour to make their gloves. This week the United States Customs and Border Protection Department blocked imports of Ansell gloves made by supplier WRP Asia Pacific and urged Australia to follow suit.…
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In August David Chuter, CEO and managing director of the Innovative Manufacturing CRC, had the privilege of participating in the inaugural conference of the Industry 4.0 Advanced Manufacturing Forum. One of the highlights was the Forum’s panel discussion about ‘Industry 4.0 Foresight’ in which he highlighted the imperative for Australian manufacturers to join the Industry 4.0 movement.
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Queensland electric vehicle company ACE-EV Group will today unveil plans for a specialist design studio for composite electric vehicles, bringing together research resources in Australia, Taiwan and Germany. Flinders University and ACE EV with partners in Stuttgart and Ningbo, will sign a partnership agreement at 2.00pm at the Tonsley innovation precinct, south of Adelaide. The…
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Australian-listed water and wastewater treatment business De.mem (ASX: MEM) has bought German wastewater company Geutec Umwelt-und Ambwassertechnik GmbH based in Essen. The Singapore-Australian company announced it had bought a 75 per cent stake of Geutec , which operates in the European industrial market, complementing De.mem’s largely Australian and Asian mining and resources clientele. The purchase…
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