Collaboration to integrate quantum and high performance computing

Manufacturing News, Technology

Room-temperature quantum computing manufacturer Quantum Brilliance has announced a collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to build a joint platform integrating quantum computing with high-performance computing (HPC). The collaboration will focus on integrating an on-premises cluster of QB’s quantum accelerators with ORNL’s HPC systems to explore the performance and effectiveness of parallelised and hybridised…

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Lessons in resilience – webinar available online to view

Manufacturing News, Technology

@AuManufacturing News and enterprise software company Epicor’s latest webinar, Lessons in Resilience is now available online for you to view here. The discussion, moderated by co-editor Peter Roberts, explored how manufacturers have used technology to survive and prosper in Australia’s difficult business environment. Digitisation, supply chain management, accessing and analysing data and workforce shortages were…

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Towards 3% R&D, research for a decarbonised future – by Stephanie Moscovis

Analysis and Commentary, Manufacturing News, Technology

Ahead of @AuManufacturing and BDO’s webinar Towards 3% R&D – Where to from here? on 19 September (information and sign up here) Stephanie Moscovis looks at Australia’s Trailblazer programme that is derisking research into decarbonising the economy. Research and development (R&D) is not just a process; it is the secret sauce of innovation, the driving…

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Biochar doesn’t just store carbon – it stores water and boosts farmers’ drought resilience

Analysis and Commentary

By Sirjana Adhikari, Deakin University; Ellen Moon, Deakin University, and Wendy Timms, Deakin University As the climate changes, large parts of southern Australia are projected to get drier. Extreme rains are also becoming more common. For farmers, these changes pose big risks. What can we do to manage changes already locked in? One adaptation is…

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Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Manufacturing News

Seatransport to design ships with closed cell foam Gold Coast based Ship design group Seatransport has secured the approval and exclusive licence for a Class approved closed cell foam for commercial vessels. After six years co-operation with Strathclyde University and a European foam manufacturer overcoming toxicity and flammability issues with marine closed cell foam, Lloyd…

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Legrand makes biggest Australian acquisition since HPM in 2007

Manufacturing News

Following its recent acquisition of VASS Electrical Industries, French-based electrical equipment company Legrand has announced that it will double its size in Australia after buying Australian Plastic Profiles (APP) for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is its largest in Australia since HPM in 2007, said Legrand, and follows the buyouts of southwest Sydney-based busway power…

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Things come around for Original Engines Co

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By Brent Balinski It was last year at Amsterdam’s Rematec, the premier remanufacturing show, when the proverbial lightbulb went on for Colin Doherty (pictured below). The Managing Director of Original Engines Co saw clearly that his business was a real part of the circular economy and decarbonisation movements. “Here in Australia it’s not known about…

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