Compumedics to bring manufacturing of wearables to Australia, hire 33
ASX-listed medtech company Compumedics will reshore production of its Somfit device after a decade, leading to 33 new jobs, according to the Victorian government.
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Leadership in factory automation – Evolve Group
Today in our editorial series, Leadership in factory automation, we turn to a dynamic Queensland contract manufacturer that is automating the production of lead acid battery components. Here Peter Roberts profiles the Evolve Group. Like most busy contract plastics manufacturing firms, Brisbane’s Evolve Group has had to get very good at flexibility. Switching from one…
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Austin Engineering signs global supply deal with Rio Tinto
Perth mining equipment business Austin Engineering has signed an equipment supply and maintenance deal covering all of miner Rio Tinto’s global operations. The company will supply dump bodies, lightweight trays for ore trucks, heavy machinery buckets, water bodies and other fabricated products from its facilities in Australia, Indonesia and North and South America. Austin will…
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Solar success story 5B to bring manufacturing in-house with IXL acquisition
Fast-growing modular solar energy system provider 5B will acquire its manufacturing partner, Adelaide-based IXL Solar.
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Applications open for up to $4 m grant funding to help design an Australian lunar rover
Grant applications opened on Tuesday for Stage 1 of the Trailblazer program, which will select as many as two consortia and provide up to $4 million in funding for development of a lunar rover.
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Leadership in factory automation — exploring collaborative robotics
Today Leadership in factory automation looks at the potential of collaborative robots as a low-cost, more flexible and safer alternative to traditional factory robots. By Professor Jonathan Roberts. Manufacturing in Australia is dominated by small to medium enterprises (SMEs). Many of these businesses are not in a position to adopt mass production manufacturing methods due…
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New additive manufacturing centre at Uni Sydney opens
A $25 million facility focussed on additive manufacturing R&D by companies and researchers, and located at University of Sydney’s Darlington campus, was officially opened on Monday. The Sydney Manufacturing Hub would enable “concept-to-production demonstration capabilities” for faculty and students, as well as private businesses. It hosts equipment and software for design and topological optimisation of…
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CSIRO, BCA – kick-start your ‘commercialisation engine’
By Denham Sadler Australian businesses of all sizes can take practical steps that will “kick-start the commercialisation engine” and speed up a technology-led recovery from the pandemic, a new report from CSIRO and the Business Council of Australia has found. The report – ‘Unlocking the innovation potential of Australian companies‘ – offers practical ways for…
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Steel Blue releases trendy tradie boots
Safety footwear manufacturer Steel Blue has announced a new line of Slate coloured boots targeted at the next generation of ‘trendy tradies’ and ‘lady tradies’. The Western Australian manufacturer said its new Slate boot incorporates all the technology and fit from current boot designs in a ‘fashionable new colour that appeals to all genders’. Steel…
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Osteopore gains China product approval
Bone reconstruction technology company Osteopore has broken into the China market with its regenerative bone scaffold implants used to speed healing in craniofacial surgery. The Singapore and Australian company has won approval from the Hong Kong regulatory authority, allowing it to market its bioresorbable polymer implants in the Greater Bay Area, a region covering 11…
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