The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), peak employer organisation, has shown a 0.1-point increase for May in its Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI), amounting to 61.8 points.  This denotes a faster rate of expansion in activity. In its eighth month of consecutive recovery following Q2 of 2020, the result represents the index’s highest monthly result since March 2018 and the fourth highest since the Australian PMI … Continue reading Ai Group Australian PMI for May indicates expansion in sector →

SYPAQ Systems, an engineering company specialising in defence, national security and information technology, will expand its Victorian operations in a new facility. This will generate 280 high-value jobs for Victoria over the next five years.  The SYPAQ Centre of Excellence will be established in Fishermans Bend with support from the Victorian government, developing technologies and intellectual property related to autonomous systems … Continue reading SYPAQ Systems builds Centre of Excellence for defence →

The Queensland government have announced the potential for a new munitions testing range to be built, supporting the development and manufacture of guided munitions.  The announcement was made yesterday at Land Forces 2021, the Asia Pacific’s pre-eminent showcase for land defence.  “A Queensland munitions test range would support commercial users to innovate and help develop a truly sovereign capability in future … Continue reading Munitions testing range build considered in Queensland →

Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, a small-scale sterile fill finish operation in Lee, Massachusetts, has installed a new filler in its semi-automated isolator-based filling line.  The filler features a double headed filling and stoppering station, which is capable of filling multiple container types and sizes, including vials, cartridges and syringes. It also offers advanced nitrogen purging capabilities for vials, … Continue reading Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing increases manufacturing capacity →

AML3D Limited, a wire additive manufacturing (WAM) company, has announced a partnership with Flinders University College of Science and Engineering to further validate its novel metal alloys.  The partnership will investigate the microstructure and corrosion qualities of AML3D’s Wire Arc metal alloys, led by Professor Jamie Quinton and Professor Sarah Harmer from Flinders Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology and Flinders Microscopy … Continue reading AML3D partners with Flinders University on wire arc metal alloys →