The Australian government and Boeing have partnered to develop an unmanned fighter jet, the first combat aircraft developed locally since World War 2. In a stunning announcement at the Avalon air show, defence minister, Christopher Pyne said Australia was investing $40 million alongside Boeing developing the ‘Loyal Wingman’ aircraft. Pyne said: “The partnership will produce…
A very normal reaction to new technologies and work, is to think that the latest machines are going to ‘take my job’. While technology has typically created more jobs than it has destroyed, people still think things are ‘different’ this time around. There is no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a transformative force…
NZ dairy giant Fonterra is embracing the industrial internet from cow to consumer, according to Dave McPherson, infrastructure and global IS engagement manager. Speaking at the Industrial Internet 4.0 conference in Sydney, McPherson outlined the power of cheap IoT sensors installed in multiple locations. Monitoring and data gathering begins on the farm for Fonterra, the…
Comment by Peter Roberts Occasionally you meet or hear someone who can cut through to the big question facing Australia’s mainly SME manufacturing community – how do I start the journey to industry 4.0? We all know we should be capturing, analysing and feeding back learnings from data in real time to our manufacturing processes.…
Comment by Peter Roberts The federal government has resurrected a discredited policy from the past to fill the gap left by its failure to pursue its own National Energy Guarantee. Prime Minister Scott Morrison resurrected the discredited Abbott-era direct action plan in announcing his latest climate and business policy. His $3 billion Climate Solutions Package…
CSIRO engineers and Aurecon Australia have completed the design phase of one of the world’s largest science infrastructure projects underway today, the billion dollar Square Kilometre Array. The SKA is a radio telescope made up of hundreds of thousands of low frequency radio antennas to be installed in Australia and Southern Africa. When combined, the…
Industrial technology group Silex Systems (ASX: SLX) has confirmed its plans for the commercialisation of its two lead technologies and announced a loss for the first half of the year. In an announcement to the stock exchange, the company confirmed a report in @AuManufacturing of its purchase from GE of its laser enrichment process for…
BlueScope Steel (ASX: BSL) has recorded a massive 42 per cent jump in net profit for the first half of 2019 to a new record of $624.3 million. BlueScope revealed in an announcement a stellar result for an Australian industrial company, confirming a likely third year in a row of profits topping $1 billion. BlueScope…
@AuManufacturing news, and its parent the Australian Manufacturing Forum Linkedin networking group, will shine at National Manufacturing Week Eight CEOs, chosen from the Forum’s 5,000-strong membership, will feature as in previous years, in key events at this year’s leading manufacturing event from 14 to 17 May. This year the Forum and @AuManufacturing are hosting two…
This time around we speak to Michael Sharpe, State Director New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory at AMGC. He tells us about the importance of bringing people together to help transform Australia’s manufacturing industry.