Metal 3D printer manufacturer SPEE3D has opened its first US-based manufacturing facility and applications center at the John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center (pictured) at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). The new facility will enable SPEE3D to collaborate more closely with clients in the United States, including the U.S. Department of Defense. The company celebrated…
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Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions (BAMS) has announced that it is working with solar cell manufacturer and renewable energy project developer RayGen Resources to automate production. In a statement from Bosch on Thursday, it said the project was focussed on assembly of heliostats, which track the sun and focus its light. Assembly will be on a…
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Rex Airlines-backed electric aviation company Dovetail Electric Aviation (Dovetail) has announced that it is using the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software to design its propulsion systems, which will be retrofitted to small aircraft. Dovetail was established in 2020 as a joint venture between Sydney Seaplanes and Dante Aeronautical, and is based in Melbourne — with…
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Australia loses 41,194 work years annually due to work-related injury, disease and mental health conditions, a new measure of the national burden of workplace injury and illness has found. This equals more than 41,000 lost jobs. The Monash University team developed a new ‘Working Years Lost’ metric to measure the national burden of work-based injury,…
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The Australian government used to publish a Business R&D Investment Scorecard, providing insight into how companies are investing in their future. Here John H Howard, Victor Pantano and Cameron Begley produce their own scorecard – which suggests fewer Australian companies are bothering with R&D. R&D scorecards are vital tools for policymakers. They provide essential data…
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By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Opposition leader Peter Dutton has announced seven sites for reactors, unveiling his long-awaited and highly-controversial policy for nuclear power with the claim it could start operating from the 2030s. The locations are the sites of former or current coal plants. They have the technical attributes needed for a nuclear…
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Provaris Energy seeks swift restart to compressed hydrogen tank construction Australian green hydrogen developer Provaris Energy is working with secured lenders to have construction resume of its proprietary compressed hydrogen transport tank for the company’s proposed H2Neo carrier vessel. Earlier this month the company revealed the bankruptcy of Norwegian-based Prodtex Industri AS which operates the…
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Participants in the solar energy sector have been invited to join a new $100 million Solar ScaleUp Challenge, delivered by the federal government’s Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and aiming to progress towards a goal of “Ultra Low-Cost Solar”. According to a statement from ARENA on Wednesday, the global challenge aims to “stimulate innovation in…
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Breakthrough Victoria, which manages a $2 billion investment fund on behalf of the state government, has announced that it is investing $15 million in software-defined test instrumentation company Liquid Instruments. The company’s devices are described as using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and software to create more adaptable instrumentation, “providing up to fourteen different instruments accessible…
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Defence contractor Kord Defence will supply its Advanced RACU Commander Systems to the Ukrainian Military under the Australian Government’s $100m package of military assistance announced in April. The Systems will form part of high priority equipment required by Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline, with Kord also providing comprehensive training to Ukrainian soldiers. Managing Director of…
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