Roadway signage and traffic systems company Traffic Technologies has won a massive order from Ausgrid for 64,000 LED lighting systems. The company will provide Ausgrid with up to 30,000 LED pedestrian lights, 30,000 LED road lights and 4,000 LED floodlight luminaries over five years. The contract is for an initial three year period, but can…
The federal government has put a call out to local manufacturers as part of our preparations to produce a future vaccine and treatments for COVID-19 in Australia. Submissions received will be used to determine the extent to which the production and distribution can be supported locally once an effective candidate is found. While CSL is…
An Adelaide-based reusable cup manufacturer is raising money on Kickstarter to pay for moulds that will enable local production and the creation of as many as 15 jobs in the first year. InDaily reports that eCup was preparing to have its digitally-linked cups made in China late-last year, with a cost for $15,000 to make…
South Australian shipbuilder shipbuilder MG Engineering has been chosen to build four “mini blocks” to be used to test leading edge manufacturing techniques for the $35 billion future frigates programme. SA innovation and skills minister David Pisoni confirmed the order from BAE Systems subbsidiary, ASC Shipbuilding this morning. Pisoni said on social media ASC Shipbuilding…
More than a quarter of companies claiming the research and development tax incentive this quarter may have some of their offset clawed back if the government pushes ahead with its planned changes to the scheme, the Australian Taxation Office has confirmed.
Defence technology group XTEK is raising $11.4 million from investors and also moving to join the C4 EDGE consortium of 17 SMEs that are developing a sovereign C4 (commend, control, communications and computing) environment for the Australian army. The company announced it had successfully raised $9.2 million from an oversubscribed placement with institutional investors, and…
A Hawk aircraft, the advanced jet trainer used to prepare Royal Australian Air Force pilots for life in a fast jet cockpit, has completed the equivalent of 50,000 ‘flying’ hours as part of a major structural testing programme. BAE Systems worked with the government’s DST Group at its Fishermans Bend facility in Melbourne over the…
Mining, infrastructure, energy and industrial group Ampcontrol has designed, manufactured and installed integrated high voltage infrastructure for a new mine in central New South Wales.
