Technologies and tools for a manufacturing transformation series launch
Over April, we invited the @AuManufacturing and Australian Manufacturing Forum communities to have their say on what policies the sector needs to thrive.
Technologies and tools for a manufacturing transformation: why it’s important to commercialise new materials by Gary Walsh
@AuManufacturing’s highly successful new deal plan for manufacturing was aimed at Australia’s policy makers. Our new series, crowd sourced advice from our manufacturing community, aims to help businesses transform their operations to compete and grow through new tools and technologies. Here Gary Walsh explains why it’s important to commercialise new materials by taking ideas out of the lab and into industrial reality
Defence reshores ammunition container capability
A regional Victorian company that has developed technologies to reuse ammunition containers, has signed a $15 million contract with Defence. Pentarch Industrial, based in Wangaratta, Victoria has been awarded a six-year contract to supply, refurbish and recycle ammunition containers. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said: “Pentarch’s system enables containers to be reused, rather than…
Whyalla steelworks review underway
It’s being reported that Sanjay Gupta has begun a review of GFG Alliance’s Whyalla steel plant, which has suffered losses exacerbated by the Covid-19 downturn, in an attempt to make it run as leanly as possible ahead of a planned new plant opening in 2024.
Over 400 suppliers involved in recent infantry fighting vehicle roadshow
Interest from local suppliers in Phase 3 of LAND 400 appears strong, with the federal government announcing “a record” 400-plus participants, despite a pandemic, in the Australian Industry Capability Roadshow running from March to May.
Morrison might back manufacturing boost
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison appears to be wrestling with a way to boost manufacturing despite the Coalition’s traditional antipathy to manufacturing subsidies. A report in Channel 9 media quoted Coalition members at their regular party meeting who called for options to replace manufacturing imprts. Journalist David Crowe, who is very close to the government…
US Defence to press on with Immuron drug testing
The US Defence Department is to lodge an investigational new drug (IND) application with the Food and Drug Administration to press on with studies of Immuron’s novel treatment of gut pathogens. The DoD Naval Medical Research Centre (NMRC) has requested a meeting with the FDA for guidance on Phase 2 trials of the Melbourne drug…
Government extends tax write off, but why no targeting?
Comment by Peter Roberts Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has extended companies abilities to instantly write off newly purchased assets worth up to $150,000 in an attempt to boost cash flows as the economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. The instant write off applies to businesses turning over up to $500 million a year and will remain…
Successful remote work: 6 critical challenges by Allen Roberts
Have you seriously considered the implications of the apparent recognition that remote working can, and will, be a greater part of the employment mix in a post corona world? There is a loud noise that ‘everything will change’ reverberating, an echo chamber of that view amplified by digital tools. It seems to me that human…