IoT

Visitors attending National Manufacturing Week (NMW) 2019 will be able to experience operational solutions from more than 200 leading industrial suppliers, who will showcase the latest technology and manufacturing products and services. This year’s exhibition will be divided into six designated product zones including: Automation and Robotics Zone At NMW 2019, manufacturing professionals will have … Continue reading NMW 2019 displays announced →

The Australian government is backing small businesses by increasing the instant asset write-off threshold from $20,000 to $25,000. This came into effect on January 30, 2019, along with the extension of the initiative for another year beyond its existing June 2019 end-date. The continued support for small businesses will enable more than three million small … Continue reading Small businesses rising up in Industry 4.0 space →

Large businesses can allocate funding to introduce the latest robotics, to automate factories and implement cloud computing solutions by parting with a small percentage of their annual revenue. But for small businesses, the risk of committing money to Industry 4.0 technologies can be greater. This is what industry experts anticipate as a sticking point for … Continue reading Industry 4.0 possible for all manufacturers with collaborative approach →

Almost three quarters (74 per cent) of Australian businesses do not feel prepared for a new wave of digital and emerging technology-driven globalisation according to new research from Commonwealth Bank’s (CBA) asset finance report, “Equip: Changing Economies.” The uptake of technologies, such as IoT and blockchain, has contributed to a new era of globalisation, allowing … Continue reading Technology-driven globalisation to underpin Australia’s sharing economy: CBA →

The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) is supporting a collaborative project with Tradiebot Industries to deliver the world’s first automated vehicle panel repair system. As part of the project, Tradiebot Industries will collaborate with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC) on developing a robotic control system to carry out … Continue reading AMGC backs project to automate vehicle panel repair →

Melbourne based Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider Sensera today announced licensing and a co-operation agreement between its wholly owned subsidiary Nanotron Technologies and Decawave. Nanotron Technologies is a provider of easy-to-use solutions for location-awareness. The Dublin-headquartered Decawave develops integrated circuits (ICs) for indoor location and communication based on its Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) wireless technology platform. … Continue reading Nanotron and Decawave partner on micro-location technologies →

In a first non-US investment by Boeing’s venture fund, HorizonX Ventures, the company has announced investment in Adelaide-based start-up telecommunications company Myriota. Myriota is an Internet of Things (IoT) startup seeking to revolutionise satellite communications by providing low-cost access to high-value data in remote locations. Myriota’s technology enables two-way communications between ground-based micro-transmitters and low … Continue reading Boeing invests in Australian startup Myriota →

SenSen Networks, a leading smart cities solutions provider headquartered in Melbourne, has signed an agreement with US company Silicon Harlem to enhance technology infrastructure in New York City. A teaming agreement will see the parties jointly investigate potential business opportunities associated with Advanced Technology Corridors in Harlem borough. They will develop technology solutions to undertake … Continue reading Sensen Networks takes its smart city solutions to NYC →

Australian manufacturers are still wary of new technology and big data, according to industry experts. Manufacturers’ Monthly visits the second Industrial Internet 4.0 summit in Sydney to find out more. The majority of Australian start-ups and small manufacturing businesses are avoiding big data at the expense of climbing the value chain, according to industry champions. … Continue reading Manufacturing collaboration: The fundamentals of sharing →

A new partnership between CSIRO’s Data61 and Chinese self-driving technology company, ZongMu Technology, is aimed at solving the problems of avoiding pedestrians and vehicle collisions by equipping vehicles with computer vision, an intuitive way to allow a machine to see and understand the environment the way humans do and react to hazards.  The Smart Vision Systems … Continue reading Data61, Zongmu partner for autonomous vehicles R&D →

ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have announced a strategic global partnership that combines ABB’s digital offerings, ABB Ability, with HPE’s innovative hybrid information technology (IT) solutions. The partnership will provide customers with solutions that generate actionable insights from vast amounts of industrial data to increase the efficiency and flexibility of their operations and create … Continue reading ABB and HPE to Bring Intelligence to Industrial Plants →

Hitachi has announced at its Social Innovation Forum Queensland that over the past 18 months it has invested approximately $875 million of the $1.25 billion it committed to investing in its Australian Social Innovation business by its 2020 financial year. Owing to the company’s belief that Australia’s mining sector is an undisputed world leader, Hitachi … Continue reading $875 million investment by Hitachi in Australian Social Innovation business →

Frost & Sullivan named ABB as it’s choice for the 2017 Company of the Year thanks to its visionary innovation embodied by its distributed control system (DCS) offering and its impact on customer performance. The award recognises ABB’s digital leadership, not only when compared to other industrial automation suppliers, but also against non-industry peers. The award … Continue reading F&S recognises ABB’s 2017 achievements →

Technology solutions specialist Panorama Synergy has bought Melbourne-based manufacturer Hydrix to strengthen its links within the defence and medical sectors. A product engineering consultancy, Hydrix develops and prototypes Internet of Things (IoT) technology for clients around the world, including Siemens, HP, GE and Philips, as well as many Australian SMEs and start-ups. Following the acquisition, … Continue reading IoT firm buys high-tech Melbourne manufacturer →

Vodafone Australia has entered into a multi-year enterprise agreement to expand the use of the machine data platform, Splunk. The technology enables Vodafone to automate many of its processes and allows the team to gain insights and act more swiftly to solve issues that may impact a customer experience. “Splunk is helping us fine-tune our operations … Continue reading Vodafone Australia agrees machine-learning network expansion →

An Adelaide-based Internet of Things (IoT) company has secured a nationwide resale and distribution agreement with Ingram Micro, the world’s largest technology distributor. The three-year deal will introduce Buddy Platform’s latest IoT and smart cities technology to the Canadian market. Ingram Micro distributes products from more than 1,700 suppliers including Apples, Cisco, Google, HP, IBM, Microsoft … Continue reading SA tech company signs largest distribution deal →

Schneider Electric has announced EcoStruxure industrial software platform, an integrated, modular software suite that delivers rich functionality to address operational and business imperatives across the value chain in the industrial and infrastructure markets. EcoStruxure industrial software platform offers a highly proven solution capability for engineering, planning and operations, asset performance, and control and information management. With … Continue reading Schneider launches EcoStruxure industrial software platform →

Eaton expands its current industrial portfolio to include ruggedised cabinets to support the growing trend towards digitalisation of process and communications and provide a safe, secure and available environment for IoT technology, automation, and big data and which is moving traditional UPS products outdoors. Eaton’s ruggedised portfolio will ensure continuous critical back-up power to critical … Continue reading Eaton expands industrial portfolio to meet environmental challenges →

 SAP has announced the initial companies participating in its blockchain co-innovation initiative and plans to make the digital ledger system an integrated part of Internet of Things (IoT), manufacturing and digital supply chain solutions using the SAP Cloud Platform Blockchain service. Companies including Capgemini, Deloitte, GrainCorp, HCL Technologies, HERE Technologies, Moog Inc., Natura Cosméticos S.A., NetApp and PeerNova are collaborating with SAP to validate use cases and … Continue reading SAP announces first co-innovation customers, partners in blockchain initiative for IoT →

Adelaide-based Internet of Things (IoT) technology company, Xped, is seeking a new CEO amid an organisational restructure. As part of the re-organisation, Athan Lekkas will step down from the helm in six months but will remain a director. Managing director Martin Despain and director Dr Wenjun Sheng will resign from the board but will remain at the … Continue reading Adelaide IOT tech firm seeking new CEO amid reshuffle →