Milk bottles and other used plastics are being combined with wood waste and turned into composite decking following the completion of a new $12 million facility just north of Launceston.
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CSIRO and Swinburne elevate Australian manufacturing with Industry 4.0 Testlab
The future of Australian manufacturing is being built at the Swinburne-CSIRO National Industry 4.0 Testlab, including a world-first process for the additive manufacturing of carbon fibre composite materials.
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Used tyres the next big thing in manufacturing?
Every year, a staggering 500,000 tonnes of tyres in Australia reach the end of their road, and shockingly, only a mere 15 per cent of these materials are currently being repurposed in Australia.
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Engineers Australia applauds Government’s investment in AUKUS engineering education – but says more support is needed
Engineers Australia has today welcomed the Albanese Government’s announcement of a $128.5 million investment over four years to fund 4,000 additional university places to help power the AUKUS workforce.
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Samsara Eco to open R&D centre to scale infinite plastic recycling
Australian enviro-tech startup, Samsara Eco, is creating Australia’s first infinite recycling Research & Development (R&D) facility.
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New research facility to help bring sustainable materials to market
Taking materials research from “lab to label” will be the focus of Deakin University’s new Future Fibres Facility, unveiled during the launch of the ARC Research Hub for Future Fibres.
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Australia’s most advanced paper and cardboard recycling facility comes online
Capral Aluminium receives its first ASI CoC certified shipment from Alba
Recently, Capral achieved a significant milestone in sustainable sourcing, receiving its first Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Chain of Custody (CoC) certified shipment from Alba, a top global aluminium smelter based in Bahrain.
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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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Australian composite innovator launches triple road-train tanker
Omni Tanker has launched a world-first composite triple road train, able to move almost 100 tons of payload in a single haulage run, while significantly reducing operational costs for its customer Townsville Logistics.
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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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What is DuraGal galvanised steel
DuraGal® Angles, Channels, Flats and Lintels are proudly manufactured in Australia and available in a wide range of standard thicknesses, lengths and widths. Profiles can be manufactured to your desired dimensions with in-line hole punching or edge bevelling also available (nonstandard items may be subject to minimum order quantities).
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$60 million in grants to transform plastics recycling
NSW businesses are being encouraged to apply for a grant under a new $60 million national program to transform plastic waste into valuable products.
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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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Researchers develop fire-safe composite cladding
RMIT engineers have developed new fire-safe building cladding using recycled glass, which they say is cheap, structurally robust and fire-resistant.
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Engineers develop new bushfire resilient composites
UniSQ researchers have received funding from the ARC to develop advanced fire retardant composite resins used for manufacturing wind turbine blades and materials capable of withstanding exposure to bushfires.
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Defence prime BAE Systems joins Advanced Fibre Cluster
BAE Systems Australia has become the first defence prime to enter a partnership with innovative technologies Advanced Fibre Cluster consortium.
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Novel electrode material to boost EV performance
Researchers at Dongguk University in South Korea have designed and synthesised a hybrid composite electrode material that significantly enhances the performance of supercapacitors for use in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs).
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