The University of Adelaide is offering short course “boot camps” for those interested in developing their coding skills. Designed to help address the shortage of those who have tech-skills and are already in the workforce, the intensive coding course is designed for adult learners. Once completed, graduates will take with them a professional portfolio and … Continue reading University of Adelaide launches coding course for digital industry →

Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews, announced on June 26 that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Women in Innovation Leadership Dialogue will be held as part of the World Economic Forum’s meetings in Asia. This announcement provides the opportunity for Australian leaders in STEM to connect with their counterparts across the … Continue reading Australia leads push for women in STEM leadership across Asia →

Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement that the Australian government will look at workplace relations reform, a range of industry groups have reportedly outlined what they would like to see from the federal government. While the manufacturing sector employs roughly one in twelve Australians, productivity in the sector has declined, and only accounts for 6.8 … Continue reading Industry groups’ wishlist for workplace relations reforms →

Plastic manufacturing company, igus, has launched its smart sensors which track the wear of linear plain bearing liners. Helping to increase the reliability of liners, a sensor in the bearing liners calculates the wear limit and notifies a controller when a threshold is reached. Allowing for preventative maintenance rather than running to system failure, these … Continue reading New sensors identify wear on liners for preventative maintenance →

The Queensland state government has accepted or accepted in principle all 15 recommendations of the State Development, Natural Resources and Agricultural Industry Development Committee’s report into job creation opportunities in the space industry. Today, the space industry provides 2000 full-time positions and $760 million to Queensland’s economy. The report recommends that the Queensland government find … Continue reading Queensland accepts recommendations for space industry jobs →

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) is seeking to showcase the potential of medical manufacturing in Australia to inspire international investment. Launching a new digital health website, Austrade highlights Australia’s attractiveness as a location for developing, testing and launching new medical technologies. Denise Eaton, senior advisor at Austrade noted that Australia is inherently primed … Continue reading Federal government agency steps up support for medical manufacturing →

Siemens has announced the speakers and experts who will present at its annual conference Digitalize. To be held in Brisbane on July 23, the conference focusses on the process of digitalisation across industry sectors. The two visiting speakers are Martin Powell, head of urban development, and Gerhard Kress, vice president of data services. Kress has … Continue reading Siemens announces Digitalize 2019 →

Recent testing has confirmed that igus’s iglidur Q2E can withstand up to 130 MPa. The bearings, designed to be used in construction machines, agricultural machines, utility vehicles and offshore installations, are made from high-performance plastics. Distributed by Treotham in Australia, these bearings are lubrication and corrosion free. Due to not needing lubrication, maintenance requirements are … Continue reading No lubricant bearings developed for heavy industry →

Australian digital manufacturing solutions company Titomic Limited has delivered five prototypes of defence soldier systems products. Completed in six months, the soldier systems were manufactured with the Titomic Kinetic Fusion AM process (TKF AM). The quick turnaround of this project in only six months demonstrates the potential of metal additive manufacturing in sensitive applications. The … Continue reading Additive manufacturing speeds up defence project delivery →

Wind turbines made in Australia have begun to be built for the Berrybank Wind Farm. The project is worth $276 million and will be built by Spanish firm Global Power Generation (Naturgy Energy Group) with assembly and manufacture carried out in Victoria. The farm will involve 213 construction jobs as well as 24 apprenticeships. The … Continue reading Wind turbines in Victoria support regional manufacturing jobs →

UNSW’s Torch research roadshow has made three stops in China in May leading to two new collaborations between Australian researchers and Chinese manufacturers. Meeting enterprises, technology transfer platforms and investment institutions in Yixing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the researchers from the Sydney-based university obtained two new industry partnerships while in China. The Torch events will reportedly … Continue reading UNSW connects Australian research with Chinese manufacturing →

Victorian manufacturing firm Integrated Recycling has had its Duratrack railway sleepers made from recycled plastic laid at Richmond train station, near the centre of Melbourne’s railway network. Integrated Recycling turns plastic that would have otherwise gone to landfill into sleepers at its plant in Mildura. The Victorian government has invested $630 000 in the development … Continue reading Recycled plastic turned into rail sleepers →

In a paper accepted to the 2019 International Conference on machine Learning (ICML), CSIRO researchers have presented a new method of preventing attacks on algorithms and machine learning systems. Similar in principle to a vaccine, the innovation is designed to limit the effectiveness of hackers who target algorithms that could drive cars, identify spam emails … Continue reading CSIRO designs algorithm vaccination technique →

The full-scale manufacturing of nuclear medicines can now begin at Lucas Heights, following licence approval on June 13. Part of Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), the ANSTO Nuclear Medicine (ANM) facility was producing small quantities of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) but can now produce commercial quantities. “This is the most advanced and safest manufacturing facility … Continue reading Licence awarded for nuclear medicine facility →

The federal government has announced in June that it has awarded funding to two local manufacturers for defence systems and their integration. Minister for Defence Industry, Melissa Price, and Member for Brisbane, Trevor Evans, jointly declared that Brisbane-based firm EPE will improve its radar technology that is used by the Australian defence forces to identify … Continue reading Federal government funds local defence manufacturing companies →

On Tuesday, June 18, Senator Arthur Sinodinos and Minister for Education Dan Tehan, announced that the University of Sydney will host the Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre for CubeSats, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, and their Applications (CUAVA). The federal government is investing $4.6 million in the centre to advance manufacturing processes for both commercial and … Continue reading University of Sydney to be home to Australia’s space future →

In a recent report, climate change think tank, Beyond Zero Emissions, outlined how manufacturing can benefit from renewable energy investment in the Northern Territory (NT). The report pointed towards opportunities for manufacturers who seek to power their operations with renewable energy is one of these opportunities, as is the potential to reduce the cost of … Continue reading Renewable energy to drive potential for manufacturing jobs in NT →

On June 18, the South Australian government delivered its 2019-2020 state budget. Commitments included $12.6 million for six innovation and science research centres as well as $180 million for affordable reliable and clean electricity. The six innovation centres come under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) umbrella and are split into distinct areas. Centres … Continue reading SA state budget delivers for future manufacturing →

Manufacturing businesses in Queensland are utilising the state government’s Back to Work program to grow their workforces, according to a press statement from the Queensland state government. On Tuesday, June 18, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Member for Mackay Julieanna Gilbert, went to Mackay where they met employees from Kynaston Engineering. Based in the industrial suburb … Continue reading Back to Work program sees success in Mackay →

A survey conducted by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in partnership with Westpac found that the manufacturing sector’s optimism has grown in the second quarter of 2019. By the end of the June quarter, 28 per cent of the 240 survey respondents expected their businesses to improve in the next six months, … Continue reading Manufacturing sector optimistic following the federal election →