Australian Parliament will listen to witnesses about the importance of strong domestic supply chains, collaboration, and resilience for manufacturers at a public hearing on Thursday.
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Indigenous Business Australia has built a satellite ground station at Alice Springs – the first development of its kind on aboriginal owned land. The ground station, fully built, project-managed and owned by indigenous companies, will transform Australia’s capability in earth observation. The new infrastructure has the potential to reduce the latency for high resolution earth…
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Oz Health Plus has purchased machinery from Germany’s Oerlikon Nonwoven for producing fabric for medical masks, filling what it says is an important supply chain gap for Australia.
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Perth shipbuilder Austal has delivered the first of two 118 metre long car and passenger ferries to shipping line Fred Olsen Express. The Bajamar Express (pictured), part of an order worth $190 million, was handed over at a ceremony held at Austal’s shipyard at Henderson, south of Perth. The aluminium trimaran, capable of transporting more…
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Microbiology diagnostic device manufacturer LBT Innovations has signed up leading diagnostics group Beckman Coulter as its distributor for the European Union. The company has been commercialising its APAS Independence laboratory instrument (pictured below), an imaging, interpretation, sorting and reporting machine that automatically examines culture plates for the presence of bacterial colonies. Beckman Coulter has signed…
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3D metal printers manufacturer Aurora Labs is switching its strategy away from engineering and manufacturing towards a licensing and royalty business model. The Perth company’s review of its technology charted a new, less costly 12 month pathway to commercial readiness. The maker of S-Titanium Pro printers (pictured), metal powders and digital parts said it would…
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Carbon fibre nanotube concrete additive company Eden Innovations has made its first significant sale of its EdenCrete concrete additive in its home market of Australia. EdenCrete, which improves tensile and flexural strength of concrete, has been successful in penetrating US roads and bridges markets but the order from its Australian distributor Parchem Construction Supplies is…
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While Australians are being employed on defence department projects, the use of Australian firms that develop and own intellectual property is at a near-record low.
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What does collaboration look like, and why does it matter? Dr Jens Goennemann closes out @AuManufacturing’s “technologies and tools…” series with some thoughts on an important subject.
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Melbourne’s New Touch Industries is investing in a new laser cutting and warehousing machine which will produce a better quality product. The company, which makes everything metal from the crown signs on Crown Casino to street benches and rubbish bins and fuel tanks for armoured vehicles, received a $100,000 federal grant. Managing director Brad Drury…
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