ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have announced a strategic global partnership that combines ABB’s digital offerings, ABB Ability, with HPE’s innovative hybrid information technology (IT) solutions.
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$875 million investment by Hitachi in Australian Social Innovation business
Hitachi has announced at its Social Innovation Forum Queensland that over the past 18 months it has invested approximately $875 million of the $1.25 billion it committed to investing in its Australian
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Bosch, Monash partner to farm smart data
Bosch Australia and Monash University have partnered to support Victoria’s standing as Australia’s premier agriculture state and home of innovation.
Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford visited the
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ABB, Kawasaki announce collaborative robot automation cooperation
ABB and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, two global industrial automation and robot suppliers, announced today that the companies will join forces to share knowledge and promote the benefits of collaborative
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SA to model alternative energy policies
South Australia will be modelling of alternative energy policies after the COAG Energy Council voted against a proposal to model a Clean Energy Target and an Energy Intensity Scheme in parallel to the
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$11.9 million ARENA funding for Ethtec biofuel tech
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have announced $11.9 million in funding for Australian biofuel company Ethanol Technologies Limited (Ethtec) to complete the development and demonstration
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New LiveTiles innovation and HQ to create 500 jobs
Melbourne tech company LiveTiles will establish its new global innovation centre and Asia-Pacific headquarters in Geelong, creating 500 jobs.
Premier Daniel Andrews joined Minister for Trade and Investment
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No third time charm for Emerson’s $38bn takeover bid of Rockwell Automation
Last week, Rockwell Automation rejected a third bid offer valued at US$29 billion (A$38 billion) from Emerson Electric. Rockwell said that the proposal, which was unsolicited, did not match the value
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Cybercrime a key concern for small businesses
This week, NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business John Barilaro released the results of a new national survey of small business views on cyber security.
The survey of more than 1,000 small
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TraNSIT shows road to greater cost savings
Researchers have provided the most detailed map of routes and costings across Australia’s entire agricultural supply chain, potentially saving the industry millions of dollars annually.
The CSIRO researchers
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ATLAS launched at RMIT, automotive industry to get boost
The ARC Training Centre in Lightweight Automotive Structures (ATLAS) was launched this week at RMIT University by Senator James Paterson.
ATLAS is led by RMIT University in close partnership with Deakin
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Resources deliver more than $500bn in eight years: QRC
Queensland’s resources sector continues to drive jobs and investment with a $55.1 billion contribution to the state’s economy in 2016-17, which supported the equivalent of 282,633 full-time jobs.
Queensland
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F&S recognises ABB’s 2017 achievements
Frost & Sullivan named ABB as it’s choice for the 2017 Company of the Year thanks to its visionary innovation embodied by its distributed control system (DCS) offering and its impact on customer
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Ferndale gets grant from Vic gov
Minister for Industry and Employment Ben Carroll and Member for Wendouree Sharon Knight visited Ferndale Confectionery to announce a grant from the Labor Government’s Future Industries Manufacturing
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$100m med manufacturing facility to support hundreds of jobs in Western Sydney
Last week, Minister for Trade and Industry, Niall Blair visited a new $100 million complementary medicine manufacturing facility, which will support up to 420 jobs in Western Sydney.
Vitex Pharmaceuticals,
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Hub to enhance Australia’s industries via R&D
Monash University has launched a research hub that aims to enhance productiveness and competiveness of Australian industries, particularly those in the supply chain from raw materials to manufacturing.
The
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Tennant Australia launches new automatic scrubbers and FMS
Tennant Australia has introduced its newest family of automatic scrubbers – the Tennant T500, and T500e– adding to its broad portfolio of commercial floor scrubbers and cleaning solutions. This new
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Dassault, ASG expand partnership in Australia
Dassault Systèmes and ASG Group Limited (ASG) are expanding their existing business partnership for ASG to bring better system integration competencies to address customers’ business challenges in Australia.
ASG
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Victoria in good shape moving into 2018
The first official financial report by the Victorian state government for the 2017-18 financial year shows Victoria’s economy is strong and growing, with a quarterly operating surplus of more than half
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Advanced manufacturing capability in SA to be increased
A project involving 16 South Australian SME manufacturing companies, global 3D design and virtualisation software company Dassault Systèmes, the South Australian Government, ICT services company ASG,
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