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Daily Archives: April 8, 2019

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There’s gold in them there hills of food waste

Analysis and Commentary, Features, NewsBy Brent BalinskiApril 8, 20194 Comments

Wasted food statistics can make for depressing reading. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, a third of all food worldwide – totalling 1.3 gigatonnes – is squandered annually. In Australia it’s estimated we waste $20 billion worth of food a year.

Nupress wins F-35 Lightning engine contracts

NewsBy Peter RobertsApril 8, 2019Leave a comment

Hunter-based Nupress Tools has won a contract with Pratt & Whitney to manufacture precision machined small parts for the jet engines that power Australia’s new F-35 fighter jet. The company has signed a seven year, multi million dollar contract to produce five different components for the sophisticated single-engine plane. The company will produce 50 per…

Business R&D’s worrying slump

Analysis and Commentary, NewsBy Peter RobertsApril 8, 20191 Comment

Comment by Peter Roberts The 2019 federal budget was certainly bad for manufacturers, as reported in @AuManufacturing, but close examination reveals that for innovation in general it was far worse than first seen. The budget contained a nasty $1.35 billion cut to the research and development tax incentive over the forward estimates, on top of…

RØDE Microphones launches super-small Wireless GO

News, TechnologyBy Peter RobertsApril 8, 20191 Comment

Sydney professional audio manufacturer, RØDE Microphones, has launched Wireless GO, the world’s smallest broadcast quality microphone. The latest product from the leading sound engineering company will debut at NAB 2019, a media, entertainment and technology show in Las Vegas from 8 April. Measuring a compact 44mm x 45.3mm x 18.5mm and weighing only 31g, the…

Renewables provide 20 per cent of power for first time

NewsBy Peter RobertsApril 8, 2019Leave a comment

These are boom times for investment in renewable energy with more than 2.3 GW of new renewable energy capacity entering the market in 2018, according to the Clean Energy Council. The council’s Clean Energy Report found 38 large scale wind and solar projects were completed in the year. Household rooftop solar also experienced its’ best…

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