XTEK ships fifth tranche of major armour order
XTEK’s HighCom Armor subsidiary has dispatched the fifth tranche of a major order, worth $US 33.21 and announced on May 27, for specialist armour products
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Myriota IoT monitoring project wins environment award
An Internet-of-Things (IoT) and low-cost satellite telecommunications system developed by Adelaide’s Myriota has won the Environment and Sustainability award from the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards. The company and its partners NGIS, FrontierSI and the South Australian Department for Environment and Water, developed the system that improves groundwater bore monitoring and management, dramatically increasing understanding…
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Boral slumps makes clear fallout from US disasters
The FY22 yearly results for building products group Boral make clear the massive size of the haircut the company suffered through its fumbled foray into the United States market. The company reported total revenue in FY22 was 26.9 percent below the previous financial year’s $5.3 billion at $3.908 billion. It included revenues from now discontinued…
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Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed
New national robotics strategy expected for 2023 Federal industry minister Ed Husic has told an interviewer that Australia currently “[doesn’t] have a game plan on robotics whatsoever”, and that a national strategy is expected to be developed by the end of March next year. The Australian Financial Review reported on Tuesday that no decision has…
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Osteopore heads for China market
Bone reconstruction technology company Osteopore is heading for the China market, signing a distribution agreement with Kontour (Xi’an) Medical Technology Co. Ltd to market and sell its products within the People’s Republic. Kontour is listed on the Shanghai stock exchange and is a leading manufacturer and distributor of surgical supplies across mainland China. It manufactures…
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Austin Engineering to buy Mainetec
Austin Engineering will expand its range of mining excavator buckets, purchasing the business of Mainetec for upwards of $19.6 million, funded through existing debt facilities. Mainetec designs, builds and refurbishes mine buckets including the Hulk bucket range (pictured), and has significant overseas markets in the Americas which complement Austin’s own. It also manufactures rope shovels…
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BOC to build 60,000 tpa plant for CO2 supply
Industrial gases company BOC has announced that it will build a new carbon dioxide processing plant in the Victorian town of Longford, with capacity of more than 60,000 tonnes annually and expected to be operational in 2024. In an announcement on Tuesday, BOC – owned by the Linde Group – said the output of beverage-grade…
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First GREENSTEEL pellets made at Whyalla steelworks
GFG Alliance’s mining arm, SIMEC Mining has produced its first high quality GREENSTEEL pellets that will underpin the future of steel production utilising hydrogen rather than coal at GFG’s primary steelworks at Whyalla, South Australia. The pellets were produced from the company’s Duchess South drill core in the Southern Middleback Ranges using innovative technologies proposed…
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GREENSTEEL expansion plans underway at Whyalla – video
In a separate story here, @AuManufacturing reports on the production of the first GREENSTEEL pellets at the Whyalla operations of Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance. In this video, Gupta explains the current expansion, his ambitions for Whyalla, and the technology that will be used to make green steel using hydrogen rather than coal at Whyalla in…
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Heavy industry roundtable to be held today
The federal government is holding a Jobs and Skills Roundtable for Australian Heavy Industry on Tuesday, ahead of the two-day Jobs and Skills Summit next week. A statement from assistant manufacturing minister Tim Ayres (pictured) this morning said that he anticipated discussing the relevant challenges and opportunities ahead, and the strategies needed to train women…
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