In the fourth profile in our campaign to identify and celebrate Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers, we look at packaging machinery manufacturer Packserv. Peter Roberts spoke to Managing Director Nathan Wardell. For Nathan Wardell, Managing Director of packaging machinery manufacturer Packserv, innovation in business runs in the family. Nathan’s father, and grandfather before him all…
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Steelmaker BlueScope and iron ore miners, BHP and Rio Tinto have selected Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, to host an electric smelting furnace pilot plant, which aims to test and optimise lower-carbon emissions molten iron from Pilbara iron ore using direct reduced iron (DRI)-ESF technology. Rio said the trio assessed a number of locations…
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Rapid welding technology developer K-Tig is changing its direction, acquiring 100 percent of US-based Metal Powder Works, which has developed the DirectPowder Process which converts premium bar stock into high-quality powder. K-Tig, which is in voluntary administration, said the process achieved yields of 95 percent compared to 20-30 percent from traditional powder production methods, resulting…
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The federal government has announced $14.1 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to back projects seeking to develop cleaner, greener aviation fuel options to reduce emissions in the aviation sector. A domestic Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry, with Australian made fuel from local feedstock, could play a key role in making the fuel…
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The winner from two bids shortlisted to deliver Australia’s first lunar rover has been announced, with the ELO2 Consortium named on Tuesday to design, construct, test and operate the vehicle dubbed “Roo-ver”. The consortium to deliver Moon to Mars Initiative’s Trailblazer Stage 2 is led by EPE Oceania and Lunar Outpost Oceania and includes SMEs,…
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By John Quiggin, The University of Queensland Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear power in Australia has provoked a great deal of discussion and analysis – most of it critical. Experts point out the Coalition’s long-awaited modelling involves both highly optimistic costings and a massively lower demand for electricity than expected in official projections. In…
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The recently-updated Food Processing Machinery Manufacturing in Australia report from market research firm IBISWorld estimates an industry worth $1.4 billion in revenues in 2024-25, and which saw a 1.6 per cent compound annual growth rate in the last five years. According to IBISWorld, there are 481 businesses with 3,300 employees operating in the sector in…
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Bioenergy developer Delorean Corporation has given the go ahead to proceed with the construction of its’ SA1 bioenergy project in Edinburgh Parks, South Australia. Construction will commence with early site work and ordering of long lead items prior to the end of December, 2024. The SA1 bioenergy plant (pictured) is located in the Northern Adelaide…
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Olive grower and oil manufacturer Cobram Estate Olives has announced the 2024 Californian harvest led to the production of 3.0 million litres of olive oil, the result of what the industry calls an ‘off year’. Production was 6.4 percent lower than 2023, but 77.1 percent higher than 2022, the previous ‘off’ year, illustrating the company’s…
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Ampcontrol has joined eight critical Hunter-based businesses and peak bodies to call on the federal government to commit to a strong 2035 emissions reduction target. The electrical engineering manufacturer joined AGL, Beyond Zero Emissions, Energy Renaissance, Hunter Jobs Alliance, Hunter Renewal, Investor Group on Climate Change, MCi Carbon, MGA Thermal and Verdant Produce in calling…
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