The national market for plastic pipe and plastic packaging material manufacturing is worth a predicted $4.7 billion this financial year, with revenues shrinking an average of 1.1 per cent annually between 2020 and 2025, according to a new report from IBISWorld. A contributor to the decline in revenue in “a mixed-performance” category was increased mortgage…
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By Marina Yue Zhang, University of Technology Sydney In the escalating trade war between the United States and China, one notable exception stood out: 31 critical minerals, including rare earth elements, were strategically exempted from tariffs. This was not a gesture of goodwill. It was a tacit acknowledgment of the United States’ deep dependence on…
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A team from The University of Queensland has claimed a world record for a type of perovskite solar cell, demonstrating results of 16.65 per cent efficiency converting sunlight to electricity. According to a statement from UQ, the team led by Professor Lianzhou Wang (pictured in middle) developed a “tin halide perovskite” (THP) solar cell performing…
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Construction has begun on the Central Coast Food Manufacturing Innovation Hub, a $17.14 million project funded by the federal government and delivered by not-for-profit organisation Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC) in partnership with the Central Coast Council, University of Newcastle and Regional Development Central Coast. In a statement on Thursday, CCIC said the project will position…
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Industry leaders to participate in 20th Vinnies Sleepout Brian Mathieson (Briter Door Solutions), Craig Wellman (Wellman Packaging) and Kylie Roberts-Frost (Australian Bedding Stewardship Council) are among the leaders from the manufacturing industry taking part in this year’s Vinnies CEO Sleepout. The Sleepout raises funds and awareness in support of the St Vincent de Paul Society’s…
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A team of Queensland researchers has begun an ambitious race to develop a vaccine for a rare but potentially fatal virus in just 150 days, according to a statement released by the University of Queensland on Wednesday. UQ’s Vaccine Rapid Response Team is testing its capabilities by creating a vaccine for the Bolivian Chapare virus,…
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The Tasmanian government launched its Export Essentials Program this week, which it says will “help trade uplift” by equipping the state’s businesses with the skills, strategies, and confidence to reach the mainland and interstate markets. The free, self-paced program offers two courses, a National Exporter Program and an International Exporter Program, with four and six…
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A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) calls for Australia and South Korea to significantly expand their cooperation in space technology, according to a statement released on Tuesday. The report, authored by ASPI Visiting Senior Fellow Sangsoon Lee, argues that while space cooperation between the two nations “remains stuck in its infancy,”…
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Wire arc additive manufacturing business AML3D said it has delivered its largest custom ARCEMY machine, with this set up and operated by shipbuilder Austal USA at the US Navy’s AM Center of Excellence (AM CoE) in Danville, Virginia. Austal USA leads and operates the AM CoE, which currently operates a large scale ARCEMY 6700 system…
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Despite “decades of rhetoric about becoming a ‘clever country’”, Australia is no closer to meeting its research and development aspirations, and “simply pouring more funding into a dysfunctional system” won’t matter unless the commercialisation imperative is addressed, according to the Australian Industry Group. Making its submission to the Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD),…
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