Audit office considers inquiry into submarine acquisition
The Australian National Audit Office is considering an inquiry this year into the $50 billion contract to build Australia’s new submarine fleet.
Could Australian industry support its own aircraft carriers
The big question over Australia’s response to China’s rise has broken ground – will Australia move to have its own aircraft carriers? The question gained new potency with news Japan would upgrade its fleet of fleet of amphibious warfare Izumo class vessels. By replacing existing helicopters with the F-35-B short take-off, vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft,…
Australia Post and Alibaba aid businesses entering China markets
Australian and Chinese business groups have joined with Sydney entrepreneurial space Haymarket HQ (HHQ) to help businesses sell into Chinese consumer markets. HHQ, a co-working space for entrepreneurs exporting to Asia, has teamed up with Australia Post, Alibaba Cloud and the Australia-China Council for its China Canvas Challenge. The challenge involves a seven week online…
Tramanco wins approval for truck mass system
Sydney’s Tramanco has received approval from Transport Certification Australia (TCA) for its CHEK-WAY on-board mass (OBM) measurement system for heavy vehicles. The independent assessment and type-approval means two Tramanco OBM products could now be utilised in Australia. TCA’s CEO, Chris Koniditsiotis said: “Type-approval involves an assessment (of) OBM Systems is based on…performance-based requirements. “The Specification…
New processing plant at Shoalhaven to turn waste into building materials, open by 2022
Shoalhaven City Council will install a recycling facility, planned to be operational by the end of 2021 and able to turn red bin waste into construction materials and other useful products.
Wine exports hit another record in 2018
Australian wine exports hit all time highs in 2018 with both volumes and value rising as Asian consumers take to the local product. According to new figures from Wine Australia, exports rose 10 per cent in value to $2.82 billion free on board (FOB) and five per cent in volume to 850 million litres. Most…
Robert Bosch ups manufacturing tempo
Comment by Peter Roberts In many ways Robert Bosch was a jewel in the crown of the automotive manufacturing sector which largely upped and left our shores over a year ago. The company designed and built many of the body electronic units at the heart of modern automobile, the on board computer that can control…
Record year for renewables powers energy sector
2018 was a record year for new large scale renewable energy generation plants built in Australia, according to new figures from the Clean Energy Regulator. The regulator’s December Large Scale Renewable Energy target (LRET) market highlights, reported that large scale photo voltaic projects were the major contributor to accredited national capacity which has reached 3.3…
Labor sets aside $1 billion to create hydrogen industry
A Shorten government would provide $1 billion in funding to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation should it be elected in the 2019 election to kick start large-scale hydrogen energy exports. A day after promising to reform Australian industry participation in major projects, opposition leader Shorten promised to double the CEFC’s capital to $10 billion. One…
Automated kitchen manufacture close to reality
Mystery surrounds a major new force in the cabinet making industry, with photographs revealed of a massive ‘almost fully automated kitchen manufacturing facility approaching completion’. Well known machinery and automation CEO Gavin Dunwoodie, of Products for Industry group, posted the photograph above of the facility which had finishing touches completed over the New Year. Dunwoodie…