Victoria’s food manufacturing sector has received a major boost with the official opening of Mondelēz International’s new state-of-the-art National Distribution Centre in Truganina. Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs Danny Pearson joined Mondelēz executives to open what the company described as its most advanced facility in the world. The 47,000 square…
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A project between industry partners, Monash Institute of Railway Technology (Monash IRT) and Yarra Trams has developed modular platforms out of recycled materials for use throughout Melbourne’s tram network. According to a statement from Monash on Tuesday, the team researched, designed and developed recycled components for the platforms after being awarded grant support through state…
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Bin Lu, Australian National University and Marnie Shaw, Australian National University As the electrification of transport and heating accelerates, many worry the increased demand could overload national power grids. In Australia, electricity consumption is expected to double by 2050. If everyone charges their car and heats water using electric systems at the same time, peak…
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UNSW Sydney has announced the Green Fellowship program, an ambitious scheme to attract the world’s brightest academic minds to help solve some of the planet’s biggest problems. Named in honour of UNSW’s Scientia Professor Martin Green, who pioneered much of the technology underpinning solar panels, the fellowships will be open to exceptional international academics whose…
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Australia risks becoming a mere consumer of technology rather than a producer if it continues following global best practices instead of charting its own course in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, according to Professor Henrik von Scheel, the strategist who coined the term “Industry 4.0”. Speaking ahead of his keynote at Industrial Transformation Australia next week,…
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Engineering company Pyrocal has been selected as preferred contractor on a Canadian regional government project, with the Toowoomba-based business to contribute its Continuous Carbonisation Technology (CCT) process for converting biosolids into biochar. According to a statement from Pyrocal on Monday, its pyrolysis process will be integrated into the Capital Regional District’s (CRD) Residuals Treatment Facility…
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Sponsored Walk through any modern factory and you’ll find robots packing products, sensors tracking conditions and an assortment of machines quietly humming away. But look past the production line and a different picture often emerges – one where finance teams remain in spreadsheets, compliance sits in silos and decision-makers struggle to get a real-time picture…
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Three months after announcing the installation of its largest custom-built Arcemy machine, wire arc additive manufacturing business AML3D has received an order for a small version, worth approximately $1.2 million. According to a statement to the ASX on Monday, the order is from Austal USA, for delivery to the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of…
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Queensland-based SMEs in “agriculture, food and related technologies” have been invited to apply for the next intake of CSIRO’s free Innovate to Grow program. The R&D training program is online-based, with a two- to three-hour commitment per week. It is being delivered as part of the Queensland Government-funded Regional University Industry Collaboration (RUIC) program this…
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By Anurag Srivastava, West Virginia University It’s hard work soaking up sunlight to generate clean electricity. After about 25 to 30 years, solar panels wear out. Over the years, heating and cooling cycles stress the materials. Small cracks develop, precipitation corrodes the frame and layers of materials can start to peel apart. In 2023, about…
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