Nikola Corporation, a heavy-duty commercial battery-electric vehicle (BEV) and fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) manufacturer, has announced agreements with Bosch Group to build Bosch’s fuel-cell power modules at its facility in Arizona in the US. 

Physicists and engineers at the University of Queensland (UQ) have found a way to identify and address imperfections in materials for superconducting circuits on silicon chips – one of the most promising technologies in commercial quantum computing. 

Covalent Lithium has entered into a long-term lease for a 40-hectare site in the Kwinana Strategic Industrial Area (SIA) in WA, to construct a lithium refinery that will be able to produce batteries for up to one million electric vehicles a year. 

Following the ongoing situation with Covid-19 in NSW and other states, a decision has been made to reschedule Electronex – Electronics Design & Assembly Expo at Rosehill Gardens to the 5 – 6 April 2022.

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has developed a novel process for turning inexpensive alloy waste into a high value wire product suitable for the additive manufacturing market. 

A trio of projects at Monash University will be supported by the Victorian government under its Higher Education State Investment Fund to build a Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC), a cancer therapy hub and a digital smart manufacturing space for start-ups. 

The Australian Industry Group (AI Group), an Australian peak employer organisation, has released its Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) report for August, which determined weak expansion across manufacturing. 

An Investment Attraction and New Industries Fund (IANIF) will be established by the Western Australian government, with $100 million invested to support emerging industries. 

To mark Equal Pay Day, the Victorian government has released a new report that has spurred the development of new education resources to guide smaller organisations in closing the gender pay gap. 

CUAVA-1, the ninth Australian designed and built spacecraft, has successfully launched onboard a Space-X Falcon 9 SpX-23 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral in the US. 

A tool to assess the safety of Western Australia’s local roads and reduce death and serious injuries will be designed by researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA). 

The University of South Australia has landed a $1.8 million government contract to develop technology that underpins the next generation of high-powered lasers in Australia, for the defence and manufacturing sectors. 

Swinburne University and the University of Wollongong research teams are exploring the use of a tiny implant that delivers chemotherapy directly into the tumour of a patient with pancreatic cancer. 

Curtin University’s recent $209,485 Accelerating Commercialisation grant has enabled SpiroPak, a new 3D-printed structured packing technology, to be tested at Curtin Malaysia’s pilot plant. 

Eight projects will benefit from $3.9 million in federal government funding through the Accelerating Commercialisation grants program, enabling Australian businesses to upscale operations and break into new domestic and international markets.

A new aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility will be constructed by Alliance Airlines at Rockhampton Airport via support from the Queensland government. 

NCS, an Asia-Pacific technology company, has established a Cloud Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Melbourne, where 500 new digital jobs will be created over the next five years. 

The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) has appointed respected industry advocate Charmaine Barrett as director for the Northern Territory. 

BusTech, an Australian bus manufacturer, has been commissioned by the Queensland government to build 16 new electric buses on the Gold Coast. The $15.6 million deal, made with Keolis Downer, will also create the state’s first 100 per cent electric bus depot in North Lakes at the home of Hornibrook Bus Lines.  

Chemistry Australia and members LyondellBasell Australia and Qenos have collaborated with CSIRO on a new report into advanced recycling, a set of technologies that can increase the recovery and recycling of Australia’s valuable plastic resources.