Index
- Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC)
- Australian government
- Australian manufacturing
- autonomous vehicles
- BOC
- circular economy
- commercialisation
- concrete
- Construction Products
- cost-effective
- CSIRO
- Deakin University
- decarbonisation
- digital innovation
- environmentally friendly
- exports
- GFG Alliance
- Infrabuild
- Mackay
- manufacturers
- Manufacturing
- monash university
- Monitoring
- MoU
- mRNA
- nominations
- NSW government
- Profinet
- Queensland Government
- R&D
- Remote Control
- RMIT University
- rockwell automation
- skills
- SMC Corporation
- sovereign capability
- Steel Industry
- STEM
- supply chain
- sustainability
- Swinburne University of Technology
- University of Melbourne
- Victorian government
- Weld Australia
- welding
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Linfox Logistics produces first electric truck for Coles
April 28, 2022 0 comment
Australian supply chain company, Linfox Logistics, has introduced the first electric truck for Coles – an important step in the companies’ shared sustainability goals.
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Lifting R&D investment could lead to long term economic growth
April 28, 2022 0 comment
Australia’s economy could be $24 billion bigger over 10 years if investment in higher education research and development (R&D) was lifted by just one per cent, according to Universities Australia’s submission to the Productivity Commission.
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PFG Group floats Tasmanian boatbuilding capabilities
April 28, 2022 0 comment
The PFG Group – a local marine industry manufacturer – has constructed an 11-metre Sentinel ultra-durable, High Density Polyethylene prototype vessel through a three-year no-interest loan from the Tasmanian state government.
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Second Trailblazer university to commercialise defence research
April 27, 2022 0 comment
The University of Adelaide has been chosen as the second university to benefit from the federal government’s Trailblazer Universities Program, to deliver on their Concept to Sovereign Capability (CSC) bid.
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First locally made electric buses enter network in Victoria
April 27, 2022 0 comment
The first two Kinetic electric buses have rolled off the production line at Volgren, marking a key milestone in the Victorian state government’s push towards a cleaner and more sustainable bus fleet in Melbourne.
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Austal to build more Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats for the Navy
April 26, 2022 0 comment
On visiting Austal’s Henderson shipyard in WA last week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Department of Defence will order two more Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPBs) for the Royal Australian Navy.
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KSAT supports Gilmour Space in pioneering Eris orbital vehicles
April 26, 2022 0 comment
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) will support Gilmour Space Technologies in developing new capabilities for launching small satellites into space.
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Next Generation Tram Project boosts local manufacturing
April 22, 2022 0 comment
The largest investment in locally made trams in Australian history has been made, as Bombardier Transportation Australia is awarded a $1.85 billion contract under the Victorian government’s Next Generation Trams Project to build 100 trams in the state.
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Corrosion Instruments awarded first grant under the AMGC’s AMEF
April 22, 2022 0 comment
Corrosion Instruments (CI) – a cathode protection, monitoring and measurement equipment manufacturer based in the NT – has been awarded the first co-investment grant in the state under the Northern Territory Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem Fund (AMEF).
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CSIRO guides Next Generation Graduates through new program
April 21, 2022 0 comment
As part of the CSIRO’s Next Generation Graduates program, 165 university students will work on a range of challenges such as data-centric and machine-driven engineering, smart manufacturing and sensing, and enhancing industry operations through the metaverse.
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Fortescue and E.ON strive to deliver green hydrogen to Europe
April 21, 2022 0 comment
Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and E.ON, a large European energy network and infrastructure operator, have set out to deliver up to five million tonnes per annum of green, renewable hydrogen (GH2) to Europe by 2030.
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Curtin blazes a trail for resources research commercialisation
April 21, 2022 0 comment
Curtin University has been named the first of Australia’s Trailblazer universities to receive a share of over $242 million in federal government funding, to develop a research commercialisation hub.
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Oceania Biofuels to build new $500 million biorefinery
April 20, 2022 0 comment
Oceania Biofuels has selected Gladstone as the location for a new $500 million renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel biorefinery, within the Yarwun Industrial Precinct.
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Manufacturing Hubs Grant Program boosts G.E.T. Engineering
April 20, 2022 0 comment
G.E.T. Engineering, a Queensland-based industrial equipment manufacturer and repairs business, has received more than $280,000 under round one of the Manufacturing Hubs Grant Program (MHGP) to purchase a robotic arm to assist with welding tasks.
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Webinar: Sustainable Technologies in 2022
April 20, 2022 0 comment
At the core of sustainability are cost savings, which has led economists and environmentalists to see eye-to-eye on the long-term benefits of sustainable practices in business.
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Volgren receives Victorian government Hydrogen Grant
April 19, 2022 0 comment
Volgren will use a grant from the Victorian state government to develop their first Australian designed and built, commercial-grade hydrogen fuel cell electric bus.
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Additive manufacturing unlocks Industry 4.0 possibilities
April 19, 2022 0 comment
The concept of Industry 5.0 – developing Artificial Intelligence to work alongside robots and smart machines- has been an increasing topic of conversation in the global manufacturing landscape. However, a number of key manufacturing insiders have argued that Australia still needs to get to grips with Industry 4.0 before we can move on to the … Continue reading Additive manufacturing unlocks Industry 4.0 possibilities
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Collaborative automation to end welding woes
April 19, 2022 0 comment
Universal Robots have cited an uptick in demand for collaborative robots (cobots), robots that can work safely alongside humans, in welding applications.
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Humble Bee Bio to develop sustainable textile coating with Deakin
April 14, 2022 0 comment
The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) has granted New Zealand-based biotechnology research company, Humble Bee Bio, and Deakin University $70,000 to develop a sustainable alternative to the harmful chemicals used in durable water repellent (DWR) textile coatings.
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Fusetec opens world-first Advanced Surgical Training Clinic
April 14, 2022 0 comment
Australian medtech manufacturer and 3D printing pioneer, Fusetec, has launched a $6.8 million Advanced Surgical Training Clinic (ASTC) in Adelaide to use advanced manufactured human cadavers to create realistic and anatomically accurate bone, skin, and muscle structures.