One-piece carbon fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has secured a new US$60 million debt funding programme to continue its development of a mega-line wheel production line and progress its plans to merge with a US entity, special purpose acquisition company Twin Ridge Capital Acquisition Corp (TRCA), being recapitalised and listed in the US in…
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The SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has launched a new research programme called ‘Maya Nula’ to develop an Australian satellite Earth Observation (EO) capability with space sensor technology for the agriculture sector. The name Maya Nula, which translates to ‘eyes here, there, everywhere’ in the Dharug language of the Eora nation, aims to create an…
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Australia’s H2X Global has been chosen by Swedish company Renova AB for a contract worth up to $34 million (240 million SEK) for the supply of commercial hydrogen fuel cell electric (FCEV) trucks to the city of Gothenburg. The Renova Group is owned by ten municipalities in western Sweden, and upon completion, the contract will…
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The number of weapons incorporating gimbal pointing systems developed by Canberra defence company Electro Optic Systems – and supplied to Ukraine – is increasing with Northrop Grumman demonstrating a new counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capability. The demonstration at the SOF Week exhibition now underway in Tampa, Florida includes Northrop Grumman’s Mobile – Acquisition, Cueing and…
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The Kimberley Cotton Company (KCC) in Western Australia will build the state’s first cotton processing plant, worth $60 million and expected to begin operating in 2025. In a statement on Wednesday, the WA government congratulated the KCC on ordering the plant at Kununurra, which coincided with a visit by regional minister Don Punch meeting with…
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A 43-foot hybrid boat being developed by a collaboration between electrical and electronics company Ampcontrol, boat builder Steber International and the University of Newcastle, has been launched on the Manning River, Taree, in regional NSW. Ampcontrol Engineering Manager Steve Mitchell said the successful deployment was a result of a partnership between industry, government and the…
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A new Advanced Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at Melbourne Polytechnic’s Heidelberg campus was opened on Monday. The new $3.2 million facility was described as “next-generation manufacturing training centre” that would train Victoria’s next generation of engineers on “technology in robotics, 3D printing, and computer design will support a range of industries including biomedical, defence and…
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The head of the company developing Australia’s first rare earths metals refinery has urged companies to produce high value rare earth metals locally rather than exporting ores overseas. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Iluka Resources Tom O’Leary told the company’s annual general meeting that the key Australian rare earth resources – neodymium, praseodymium,…
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The next profile in our Celebrating Australian Made series — sponsored by Australian Made — is Jack Thompson Engineering. Cole Latimer speaks to the company’s general manager, Nick Fergus. For close to a century a passion for powering Australia’s people and manufacturing industry has been the driving force behind Jack Thompson Engineering, a heavy industry…
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Green energy company Endua has announced that it has raised $7.5 million in pre-series private funding, with new investors including Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), Melt Ventures and 77 Partners.
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