The world is rapidly shifting to renewable energy technologies. Battery minerals are set to become the new oil, with lithium-ion battery supply chains becoming the new pipelines. China is currently leading this lithium-ion battery revolution—leaving the U.S. and its allies including Australia dependent on imports. However, there is pressure to develop our own domestic energy…
Australia’s latest apprentice and trainee data shows a continuation of the long term slump which has halved Australia’s training effort in only seven years. The number of Australians in training, measured by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), has been in a savage slump since the election of the Coalition in Canberra. The…
An audit of major defence projects and their use of Australian suppliers is possible, according to a report today. The Australian Financial Review cites unnamed sources, including in the defence industry, and reports that prime minister Scott Morrison has made “pointed remarks” to Defence department officials about keeping foreign-owned primes to their local content…
Australian Dairy Nutritionals Group (ASX: AHF) has given the go-ahead for a $6 million organic infant formula plant at the Camperdown dairy park in south-west Victoria. The company made the move following the certification of its first dairy farm at Yaringa in the region as 100 per cent organic. Its first-stage organic infant formula plant…
Agricultural biotechnology company Terragen Holdings (ASX: TGH) is reporting sales up 45 per cent as it increases distribution of its two launch products. The Queensland company, which raised $20 million on listing, produces microbial-based treatments and feeds at its Coolum plant. The company reported sales up until November of its Great Land microbial soil conditional…
Perth global shipbuilder Austal (ASX: ASB) has delivered its latest expeditionary fast transport ship, the USN Puerto Rico (EPF 11), to the US Navy at a ceremony at its yard in Mobile, Alabama. In August the vessel was the first of its class to complete integrated sea trials, involving builder’s trials and acceptance trials, in…
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has made a statement about “preliminary competition concerns” related to the proposed acquisition of Carlton & United Breweries by Asahi, citing reduced competition in the cider market and the possibility of this in the beer market.
The Australian Made campaign has urged the public to support local manufacturers and growers through their shopping purchases this festive season.
By Peter Roberts Defence, space and communications group Electro Optic Systems (ASX: EOS) has raised $85 million from investors and shareholders, confirming investor appetite for progressive manufacturers. The company announced it had raised $17 million – $10 million more than initially sought – in a share purchase plan from existing shareholders. This came on top…
By Glenn S. Daehn, Fontana Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University Although it may not be obvious, there’s a close link between manufacturing technology and innovation. Elon Musk often talks of the “machines that build the machines” as being the real enabler in both his space and automotive businesses. Using less-expensive,…
