As part of the Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI), the federal government will supply $280 million in matched funding through Round Two of the Integration and Translation streams, with applications opening on 13 December. 

Developed by Neoen, a renewable energy specialist, the largest battery in the southern hemisphere is now operating at the Moorabool Terminal Station near Geelong in Victoria. 

The federal government’s Trailblazer program has officially opened, allowing Australian businesses and researchers to access up to $50 million to help build a small rover, to head to the Moon with NASA in the coming years.

Amphibian Aircraft Holdings Pty Ltd (AAH) in the Northern Territory will become Australia’s first manufacturer and exporter of the Albatross G-111T, an amphibious aircraft which can take off and touch down from land, snow, ice and water. 

The Victorian government has announced the largest dedicated mRNA research grant program ever seen in Australia, the $21 million mRNA Victoria Activation Program (mAP), to help grow research, development and manufacturing capabilities around the vaccine. 

BAE Systems Australia has welcomed the announcement of a new F-35 Air Vehicle Support Services (AVSS) contract to establish sovereign maintenance and supply chain support for the Australian fleet at RAAF Bases Williamtown in NSW and Tindal in the NT. 

Owned and operated by AMTIL, Australian Manufacturing Week (AMW) 2022 is scheduled to take place at ICC Sydney in Darling Harbour on 7-10 June next year, which will follow the theme “Where technology meets innovation.” 

The $25 million Sydney Manufacturing Hub, located in the Engineering precinct of the University of Sydney’s Darlington campus, has been launched to drive innovation and foster industrial output in the heart of Tech Central. 

The federal government is investing more than $33 million to shore up Australia’s supply chains, including backing Australia’s only local manufacturing site for critical intravenous (IV) medical fluids.  

The 59th Australian Export Awards, held on 25 November, named two joint winners for the Manufacturing and Advanced Materials Award – AW Bell from Victoria and Riviera Australia from Queensland. 

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Titomic has acquired a Netherlands-based cold spray technology company, Dycomet, which has a portfolio of R&D services via an in-house laboratory, software development and the provision of servicing, spare parts and consumables for its systems. 

Venlo Holdings, an Australian design and manufacturing group, has acquired Resitech, a Queensland-based plastic waste and recycling group, to continue its commitment to a circular economy. 

Tasmanian climate change tech company, Sea Forest Limited, took home three trophies at InnovationAus’ inaugural Awards for Excellence on 1 December, including the People’s Choice and Australian Hero that was shared with quantum computing company, Q-CTRL. Gilmour Space Technologies was awarded the eagerly anticipated Space & Remote Automation category. 

Researchers and businesses preparing to head to the Moon can now test their technologies in a new Brisbane purpose-built facility established by the CSIRO, which provides a Moon-like environment. 

Schaeffler, a global automotive and industrial supplier, was awarded the Innovation in Hardware Award for its GraviKart robotic push trolly solution for the manufacturing industry at the International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) 2021.

The Ai Group’s Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) rose by 4.4 points to 54.8 in November – the first month of improvement following three months of flat results for the Australian PMI. 

The NSW government has welcomed the first tenants to the new innovation and technology precinct, Tech Central’s Quantum Terminal, which will support businesses to scale up and grow. 

Under round two of the Demonstrator Program as part of the Moon to Mars initiative, Australian small and medium businesses will be able to apply for mission grants between $750,000 and $10 million to help launch their technologies into space. 

BOC, a gas and engineering company and subsidiary of Linde plc, has announced a new MoU agreement with Optimal Group to explore the development of Australia’s first bioLNG facility.