Australia’s space industry heats up – UQ installs custom furnace for component manufacturing

A custom-built furnace that can heat materials to around 3000 degrees celsius has been installed at The University of Queensland (UQ) to build components for Australia’s space industry.
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Australia’s most advanced paper and cardboard recycling facility comes online

Visy unveiled a major $42.5 million upgrade to its paper recycling and remanufacturing campus in Coolaroo with Premier Daniel Andrews and Federal Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek.
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AEROBOND secures sovereign defence manufacturing contract

AEROBOND, a South Australian based specialist in advanced composite and sheet metal manufacturing and Kongsberg Defence Australia today announced that they have entered into a new contract for the production and provision of launcher canisters for the KONGBSERG Naval Strike Missile (NSM).
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Gates keeping the toilet paper industry rolling

There was once a Japanese novelist who printed an entire novel on a roll of toilet paper. “Drop”, set in a public restroom, takes up about 90cm of a roll and can be read in just a few minutes. Toilet paper serves as an essential resource, that many of us can’t live without. For the author of “Drop”, it could be said that Koji Suzuki’s literary hopes and dreams depended on it.
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Spools of innovation for paper and board

Pulp and paper mills support close to 70,000 full-time jobs – primarily in rural and regional areas Australia wide – contributing $3.7 billion to the economy. As a driving force in Australia’s manufacturing sector, the decline in accessible resources and the need to convert to more sustainable practises, has forced innovation on the paper and board industry.
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DECO chooses LocAl Lower Carbon Aluminium from Capral

Australian manufacturer DECO which provides specialised aluminium building products and protective metal coatings, have partnered with Capral Aluminium in an industry-leading decision to switch 100 per cent of their Capral aluminium purchases over to LocAl® Green – Capral’s lower Carbon aluminium option.
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