AN affordable 3D printer has become a hit on crowd-funding site Kickstarter, having raised over US$375,000 with more than a week until the campaign ends.
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Siemens launch software to aid battery manufacturing
SIEMENS says its planning and design software and technology can help manufacturers automate the production of large-scale batteries.
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Tough year ahead for solar companies
Upstream solar photovoltaic suppliers will see a year of intense consolidation in 2013, as the industry is buffeted by rapidly falling prices, mounting losses and massive operational costs.
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Aus-US partnership for next-gen solar
CSIRO will lead an Australian solar thermal research initiative, aiming to lower the cost of solar thermal power from 25 to 10 cents per kilowatt hour.
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Motorola sells mobile manufacturing sites to Flextronics
Motorola has sold its Chinese and Brazilian mobile device manufacturing operations to Flextronics for US$75 million.
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Semiconductor manufacturing by growing nanowires
A new method has been developed to manufacture nanowires by growing them without requiring a substrate.
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Ellex to manufacture sub-assembly for Signos
ADELAIDE-based ophthalmic laser and ultrasound manufacturer Ellex Medical Lasers has been contracted by Signostics to manufacture the critical sub-assembly of the Signos RT ultrasound device.
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Solar manufacturers collaborate over UNSW processing tech
AN UNSW-developed solar panel processing technology has resulted in a collaboration between Suntech Power and Hanwha Solar.
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Electro Optic partnering with Hyundai for remote weapons systems
AUSTRALIAN company Electro Optic Systems Holdings (EOS) will jointly develop, market, produce and support remote weapon systems with Hyundai-WIA.
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ResMed speaks out against R&D tax incentive cuts
Australian medical devices company ResMed has spoken out against the rumoured cuts to the R&D tax incentive.
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CSIRO-Boeing partnership to investigate space sciences and direct manufacturing
CSIRO has entered into a five-year, $25 million strategic research program with Boeing, to drive innovation in space sciences, advanced materials, energy and direct manufacturing.
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Reform at Foxconn after violations found
FOXCONN will cut working hours and increase wages in its China-based plants after independent auditors found widespread problems in the company's workplaces.
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Dyesol assembling large DSC solar panels
DYESOL has announced its subsidiary startup in the US is now assembling prototype Dye Sensitised Solar Cells (DSC) panels exceeding 120 by 60cm size.
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Operations started at Bridgewater CPV solar station
SILEX Systems says its subsidiary Solar Systems has started operation of the Bridgewater Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) solar power station.
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Collaborative future for plant design
Last year, Autodesk announced its Plant Design Suite 2012. Robert Shear, Autodesk's director of industry solutions (construction of plant) spoke with PACE, Manufacturers' Monthly's sister publication, about Autodesk's vision of the future of plant design.
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Nokia dumps another 4000 employees
NOKIA has continued concrete action on its plans to reduce its workforce globally, with 4000 employees in Europe and Mexico to lose their jobs as the company moves its manufacturing to Asia.
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Semiconductor industry mourns loss of Micron CEO
MICRON Technology’s CEO Steve Appleton died on Friday 3 February in a small plane crash, aged 51.
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Think-tank to industry: shift to electric vehicles, or die
CLIMATE and energy security think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions claims the Australian car manufacturing industry will fail if it does not shift from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles.
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TSMC announces profit despite weak last quarter
TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced a net profit of over a billion US dollars, though it suffered from a weaker result in the last quarter of 2011.
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Increased market for PLCs in 2011, uncertain 2012
IMS Research says 2011 saw high revenues from programmable logic controllers (PLCs), although slowing growth means uncertainties for 2012.
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