Medium calibre munitions for the F35 lightning fighter aircraft will be produced in Australia and exported to allies including the United States following an announcement by the Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions (RNM) joint venture. The venture, between Australian-owned NIOA and Germany’s Rheinmetall, will install a new production line at the government-owned munitions plant in Benalla to…
Barrett Communications has announced a new partnership with US company Royal Communications International, and a new order for HF radio equipment for the US Mission in Central Asia. The Perth company, which also manufactures in the United States, revealed a two-prong strategy to build sales to the world’s biggest defence custoer. The first prong is…
An international expression of interest has been issued by Australia’s leading energy providers to help deliver the nation’s low carbon vision through hydrogen.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has found 49 per cent of businesses surveyed between March 16 – 23 had suffered “adverse impacts” from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Reed Exhibitions, the organisers of the recently-postponed Australian Manufacturing Expo event, has given the rescheduled dates as November 18 – 20.
Institutional investors have responded rapidly to hearing technology group Cochlear’s efforts to raise new capital, subscribing $880 million in new capital within two days. The company, which is raising capital to tide it over a slump in surgical implant procedures of its devices caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, originally intended to raise $800 million,…
Portable X-ray equipment leader Micro-X has received yet more new orders for its lightweight Nano portable X-ray machine for use in diagnosing advanced cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, sparking a scaling up of manufacturing capabilities. The Adelaide company has developed the world’s first and only carbon fibre nanotube X-ray emitter, and had made only initial…
A South Australian company that manufactures 3D-printed medical training devices is set to embark on a $10 million capital raising campaign so it can ramp up production post coronavirus.
There seems to be a plethora of daily-changing, often contradictory messages flying round about what to do about the Covid-19 coronavirus in the workplace. But SA Health has issued an extremely clear run-down of everything manufacturing employers need to know to keep their people sale. Things like: # What cleaning practices should I instigate #…
The US Navy and Department of Homeland Security have deemed Perth shipbuilder Austal’s American shipyard as a mission essential industry to remain open during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The government is working with the company to ensure the workforce is protected and continues to build and maintain USN warships. An assistant secretary of the United…
