The Australian Missile Corporation has been formally engaged by the Defence Department as one of the inaugural Enterprise Partners for Australia’s planned Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise. AMC is owned by Australian-owned defence manufacturer NIOA to facilitate collaboration between industry, academia, state governments and defence in response to an announcement that $1 billion…
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Metals company Rio Tinto and steel producer Shougang Group are to research and implement low-carbon solutions for the steel value chain, aiming to cut steelmaking’s carbon intensity. They have signed a MoU which is focused on areas include low-carbon sintering technology, blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) optimisation, and carbon capture and utilisation…
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In episode 19 of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski we hear from Dr Marc Carmichael, a Senior Lecturer at University of Technology Sydney and Chief Investigator at the Australian Cobotics Centre. The episode was recorded on the second day of the Modern Manufacturing Expo, which @AuManufacturing is a media partner of. Carmichael’s work focusses on…
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Australia needs a renewed effort to address the systematic barriers preventing greater diversity in our science and technology sectors, something made clear from the 2022 edition of the Australian Government’s STEM Equity Monitor The data shows women as a proportion of those working in STEM-qualified jobs grew by two percent to 15 percent in 2021,…
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An Adelaide engineering company has further plans to tackle the global market with an export-friendly line of smart furniture and modular buildings.
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Leading caravan manufacturer Jayco has taken advantage of recent growth of the motorhome and campervan market in Australia by expanding its South Dandenong manufacturing facility while also implementing a number of upgrades to support new product development. The company went on social media to reveal that motorhome manufacturing had been relocated from a 9,000 m2…
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Rocket launch systems developer Virgin Orbit has teamed up with Wagner Corporation, owner of the Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, to offer an alternative space launch system to Australia’s satellite manufacturers. The companies have signed a MoU aiming to offer launch services from Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system (pictured). The are exploring the potential for using Toowoomba Wellcamp…
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Perth drone engine manufacturer Orbital Corporation has announced a new customer, with US defence technology company AeroVironment ordering one of the company’s newest heavy fuel engines for assessment. Orbital has been hit this year with issues with its dominant customer, Boeing subsidiary Insitu. Orbital revealed in February that Insitu had terminated its third engine program…
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The nation’s dearth of semiconductor manufacturing creates a strategic vulnerability and it should build up manufacturing capability in areas matched to research strengths, according to an Australian Strategic Policy Institute report published today. “Opting out of semiconductor manufacturing will severely constrain Australia’s growth as a technological nation and consign it to second-tier status,” write authors…
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In episode 18 of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski we hear from Peter Mackey, Executive Director, New Education and Training Model (NETM) at the NSW government’s Western Parkland City Authority. This micro-episode is about micro-credentials. In it Mackey giving an update on the NETM pilot program, which intends to develop 100 micro-credential courses between 2021…
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