Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have signed an agreement in Washington (pictured) clearing the way for Australia’s import of Virginia class nuclear submarines. The agreement for Cooperation Related to Naval Nuclear Propulsion was tabled in federal parliament today. The agreement also enables the import of equipment for the later construction at the…
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The Silver Fleece mill has been saved, according to Dean and Melanie Flintoft, who put on “quick and successful capital raise” and promise a “strong comeback” for the knitwear manufacturer. Silver Fleece has a factory at Hindmarsh and entered administration last month, following a General Meeting on June 26 resolving that the company be wound…
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Recycling technology company Samsara Eco has appointed a scientific advisory board to work alongside its R&D team and guide strategic initiatives. In a statement on Monday, Samsara – which completed a $100 million funding round in June – named the following advisory board members: Dr Sean Simpson, co-founder, LanzaTech; Dr Gregg Beckham, Senior Research Fellow…
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@AuManufacturing and Epicor have assembled a group of manufacturing leaders to discuss how they navigate and prosper in times of rapid change in technology, the digitisation opportunity and the ups and downs of the economy. To survive and prosper manufacturers are doing something right – in Lessons in Resilience, you will hear how from three…
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The federal government has awarded major projects status to Western Australian renewables and critical minerals projects the Murchison Green Hydrogen project, NiWest Nickel Cobalt project and Australian Renewable Energy Hub. Together the projects judged of national significance accelerate net zero goals and support industry’s transition to green energy exports. The Murchison Green Hydrogen project near…
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What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Ghost Shark autonomous submarine to be manufactured in Sydney The federal government has delivered on its promise of more rapid defence decision making, accelerating the manufacture of the Ghost Shark underwater autonomous vehicle for undersea surveillance, reconnaissance and strike at…
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Battery manufacturing headlines young companies in their commercialisation stage that have received some of the first funding from the federal government’s Industry Growth Program. The IGP, which is intended to lead to investment through the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund should scale up be successful, is worth a total of $392 million. The Minister for…
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High flying electric vehicle charger manufacturer Tritium DCFC has become the latest Australian manufacturer to fall to overseas control, with its purchase by Indian-based charger company Exicom Tele-systems Exicom subsidiary Exicom Power Solutions B.V. Netherlands entered into a definitive agreement to acquire business and assets of Brisbane based Tritium. With over 13,000 DC Fast Chargers…
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A new Rail Collaboration Centre (RCC) at Karratha, operated by the CORE Innovation Hub, has been opened. The centre will provide a platform to undertake world class testing, research and development in supporting iron ore railcar manufacturing”, according to the Western Australian government, which contributed $998,000 to its establishment. “The opening of this new Rail…
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Hydrogen technology developer Hazer Group has passed a new production milestone, achieving 240 hours continuous operation at its Commercial Demonstration Plant at Woodlawn in Western Australia. The company told investors the plant has achieved stable production of hydrogen and graphite and 97.5 percent plant uptime utilising a feedstock of methane biogas. The CDP is now…
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