Perth international shipbuilder Austal has begun building its largest-ever catamaran passenger ferry at its Cebu, Philippines shipyard. Although three metres shorter at 115 metres than the longest-ever catamaran ferry built by Austal, the new Auto Express 115 to be christened Express 5 will be the largest-ever by volume. An aluminium plate cutting ceremony was held…
Waste treatment technology SciDev has extended its involvement in the Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project works package and is expanding its Kings Park production facility to meet demand. The Perth company’s agreement with the CYP Design and Construction joint venture will now include its MaxiDry chemistry and Optiflox technology. The products will be used in the…
The first round for grants worth between $300,000 and $1 million under the federal Product Stewardship Investment Fund is open, focussing on e-waste.
The pandemic has changed the way we think about supply chains, in particular the chains that feed our need for food, medical supplies, and defence equipment.
Major premium and commercial wine exporter Treasury Wine Estates has confirmed a likely 21 per cent fall in earnings for the 2020 financial year following trading upset by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and a poor harvest. The maker of Penfolds, Grant Burge and Lindemans wines among a host of others told investors that…
Composites group XTEK has received a purchase order from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for the supply of additional AeroVironment WASP AE Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS). The order, worth $2.8 million, is in addition to the ongoing SUAS supply contract to the ADF. The AeroVironment craft provides real-time video and thermal data, covering a…
By Stuart Corner Australian dairy products manufacturer, Bega Cheese will deploy Cumulocity, Software AG’s IoT platform, to build an IoT service linking supplier farms, milk transport storage and processing facilities, in conjunction with Swinburne University of Technology. The system will provide real time data on milk production at farmer suppliers including volumes, temperature, quality composition,…
