Perth international shipbuilder Austal has delivered its eleventh Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Kansas City (pictured), to the US Navy. Built at the company’s Mobile, Alabama shipyard, the 127-metre long LCS’s are fast, multi-purpose vessels designed for near-shore waters, but capable of operating across the open ocean. Austal Chief Executive David Singleton said the…
There are now more than 45,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus dubbed COVID-19 by the World Health Organization, and the disease has caused at least 1,115 deaths. The impact of the virus is now reaching way beyond public health: China is at the heart of global manufacturing, and as supply chains suffer, panic is beginning to set in.
The Mort & Co has completed the expansion of its Grassdale feedlot, including its own gas-fired power plant, and is preparing to launch a new fertiliser pellet manufacturing facility. Mort & Co is the country’s second-biggest feedlot business, and has three locations in Queensland and one in NSW. Last year it won the Queensland…
SA Water has partnered with micro-satellite producer Fleet Space Technologies to produce an IoT application that spans the Adelaide metropolitan area. The SA Water Cooling the Community deployment Powered by Fleet (pictured) went live on Thursday. The deployment allows the public to find out temperatures on the ground, and especially across Adelaide’s extensive parklands, in…
Advanced 3D printing production and technology group Amaero International has expanded to the United States, opening a facility at El Segundo, Los Angeles, California (pictured) The company has access to 3D printing facilities in Adelaide and Melbourne, and the opening of the Amaero USA facility will allow it to better serve international aerospace, defence and…
Lightweight portable X-Ray manufacturer Micro-X has received orders for its machines from Asian nations who will use them to detect advanced cases of the coronavirus. The Adelaide company manufactures a unique carbon nanotube X-Ray emitter and portable X-Ray machine, making it ideal for deployment in makeshift field hospitals such as those which have been constructed…