WA sets sights on expanding advanced manufacturing capabilities
The Western Australian Government has launched a prospectus to help boost local manufacturing, outlining the state’s vision for the sector.
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Calling out attacks on a Future Made in Australia, by Julie Harrison
Economists should stop insisting that local manufacturers compete in a ‘free market’ because world markets are far from free, argues Julie Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of Harrison Manufacturing. There’s a line in the movie Apocalypse Now in which the narrator ponders that, ‘charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding…
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New National Robotics Strategy to drive industry adoption
The federal government has released Australia’s first National Robotics strategy boosting robotics and automation technologies to build a Future Made in Australia. The Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic made the announcement at an AI summit in Sydney. Robotics and automation technologies have enormous potential to transform advanced manufacturing, support a transition to net…
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Big wine merger withers on the vine
A shuffle of ownership of wine businesses which could have seen one of Australia’s three biggest wine producers return to Australian control has withered on the vine. Australian Vintage which manufactures Nepenthe and Barossa Valley Wine Company products had been in discussions about a possible merger with private equity owned Accolade Wines, the maker of…
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Whyalla blast furnace up and running after repair
The Whyalla steelworks is back producing steel following successful repairs to the blast furnace, GFG Alliance Chairman Sanjeev Gupta has just announced. Gupta made the announcement while visiting the steelworks to inspect repairs (pictured) after an uncontrolled iron breakout which damaged the furnaces outer shell. Whyalla is Australia’s only source of steel rails and structural…
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Free AI training for SME businesses
Australian small to medium sized businesses will have access to expert advice on how to safely adopt artificial intelligence into their operations following the announcement of a new $17 million programme. the Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic today announced four AI Adopt Centres under the AI Adopt Program which will connect business with…
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Food manufacturer opens new factory with robots and machine learning
Robots are coming to the fore following the launch of one of Queensland’s largest cake factories.
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Richmond Vanadium plans vanadium battery manufacturing
Richmond Vanadium Technology (RVT) is planning a vanadium redox flow battery manufacturing facility to complement its Julia Creek vanadium project in Queensland. The company will collaborate with Dalian Rongke Power Group (RKP) and TS Hold Co to establish a complete localised renewable energy and long duration energy storage supply chain in Australia. TS Hold Co…
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Design for Western Sydney’s micro-electronics and semiconductor-focussed Second Building unveiled
The proposed design of Bradfield City Centre’s Second Building has been released for public exhibition, covering 12,000 square metres over three levels and including stage two of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF.) In a statement on Tuesday, the NSW government’s Western Parkland City Authority agency said the Second Building will have space to accommodate…
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Robotics gets a major boost in Australia
Industry groups and startup innovators have welcomed the launch of a National Robotics Strategy, creating a partnership to turbocharge the technology in Australia.
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