The R&D Tax Incentive provides a targeted tax offset designed to encourage more companies to engage in research and development in Australia.
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Honeywell unveils virtualisation support for Experion
Honeywell recently announced the availability of virtualisation support for its core product line, Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) for both Distributed Control System (DCS) and SCADA applications.
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Autodesk acquires Numenus Ray Tracing Technology
Autodesk has acquired certain technology related assets from Numenus, a software provider of high-end visualisation technology used to efficiently render and review 3D datasets.
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AMS appointed Katronic distributor
Katronic Technologies and AMS Instrumentation & Calibration have entered into an exclusive agreement for AMS to become Katronic’s Australian distributor to supply their range of ultrasonic flowmeters to the oil and gas and industrial market place.
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Smart grid solution integrates Australia’s first community owned wind farm
ABB's new smart grid technology, STATCOM PCS 100 was used to connect the renewable energy generated by the Hepburn Wind farm into the electricity grid. The new wind farm located in central Victoria provides a total capacity of 4 MW of power and produces enough electricity for 2,300 homes.
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Holden bottleneck indicator system wins engineering award
A tool developed to identify bottlenecks in manufacturing operations at Holden in Victoria has won the 2011 Society of Automotive Engineers - Australasia Bronze Automotive Engineering Excellence Award.
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Yokogawa production control system claims five times throughput
Release 5 of Yokogawa's Centum VP integrated production control system boasts four times the processing performance, twice the application storage capacity, and five times the control network throughput of the previous control station.
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iPhone tube bending machine tooling application
A unique calculator for evaluating bending machine tooling has been released for the Apple iPhone.
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Engineer an entire machine from one software package
MachineStruxure is the latest addition to Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure energy management architecture portfolio.
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Will the car of the future be made of magnesium?
Lighter, more economical, more reasonably-priced. If possible, equipped with electric drive, too. Car-makers have many demands and magnesium may be the solution.
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Government seeks water projects to fund
Wanted: Projects that capture, treat and use stormwater to ease the pressure on drinking water supplies and deliver improved water quality to our urban waterways.
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Carbon tax: grants for companies to improve energy efficiency
Improving energy efficiency will be one of the key ways for many businesses to manage the cost impacts of a carbon price.
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Projection and camera system prevents collisions between robots and humans working together
A robot carefully lifts and positions a heavy component while a worker welds lightweight aluminum components to a machine right next to it. Although such scenarios are visions of the future at present, they will soon be part of the everyday work routine if industry has its way.
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RCR acquires the business of AE&E Australia
Engineering company RCR Tomlinson has announced that its RCR Energy business has completed the acquisition of the business and nominated assets of AE&E Australia.
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Additive manufacturing can get us more from ore says CSIRO titanium expert
Australia's vast titanium reserves can be converted high-value manufactured items and deliver massive export earnings for the next 9,000 years.
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Dassault Systèmes goes cloud with Version 6
Dassault Systèmes (3DS) has released its online Version 6 platform, open for the developer community, its new store, and its first online cloud business services.
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Robots and humans working together a reality
A robot carefully lifts and positions a heavy component while a worker welds lightweight aluminum components to a machine right next to it. Although such scenarios are visions of the future at present, they will soon be part of the everyday work routine if industry has its way.
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New Sydney switchboard factory focuses on ‘lean’
Privately-owned switchboard manufacturer, K E Brown, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Sydney’s western suburbs.
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Carbon Tax: Holden CEO warns future of his company is under review
Car manufacturers are now being forced offshore because of carbon tax, claims Federal Shadow Industry Minister. General Motors is believed to be weighing up the risks of staying in Australia.
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Federal-State partnership to make Australia’s rail manufacturers more competitive
Rail Technology Roadmap will prepare Australia's rail industry for the future by matching its capabilities to domestic and international opportunities.
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