October 15, 2020 - Australian Manufacturing Forum

Behind the machine: VIKAL International’s Sleek Superyacht Tender Powerhouse

Manufacturing NewsBy Peter Roberts October 15, 2020 Leave a comment

Lynden Vikingur is a third generation boat builder. Stemming from a family of Icelandic shipwrights, his father, Gunnar, carried the boat building lineage into Australia when he arrived on it’s shores at the age of 16. After working as a boat builder in Western Australia for several years, Gunnar Vikingur founded what is now VIKAL International, a bespoke superyacht tender powerhouse catering to the world’s most affluent and wealthy.

Three SMEs join in Hunter class frigate build

Manufacturing NewsBy Peter Roberts October 15, 2020 Leave a comment

Three new SMEs have signed up with Adelaide’s ASC Shipbuilding and will join in the important prototype phase of the construction of Australia’s new Hunter class frigates. Adelaide Profile Services, Intertek’s Adelaide Inspection Services and NSW-based Sofraco will work with Osborne-based ASC Shipbuilding, which is owned by prime contractor BAE Systems Australia. Adelaide Profile will…

Maggie Beer achieves turnaround with sales and profit boost

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The food company that bears celebrity foodie Maggie Beer’s name has achieved the goals it set when she rejoined the company she founded with a big boost in sales and profits and positive contributions from its three luxury foods and dairy divisions. The Barossa Valley company posted earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation for…

New manufacturing facility for medtech startups opened in Brisbane

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The T3 Cleanrooms at Brisbane’s Translational Research Institute were officially launched on Wednesday.

Navi device aims to help ill newborns

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Navi Medical Technologies will use an NHMRC Development Grant worth $879,000 to progress commercialisation of its innovative instrument which gives ill newborn infants the chance of better treatments. The National Health and Medical Research Council grant will take research on improving the care of vulnerable neonates to the proof-of-concept stage, a critical step on the…

Uni of Adelaide, BAE Systems, Defence to establish Centre for High Frequency Technologies

Defence, Manufacturing News, TechnologyBy Staff Reporter October 15, 2020 1 Comment

BAE Systems Australia, Defence and University of Adelaide have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on HF radar, including establishment of a new Centre for High Frequency Technologies.

NSW buys 2,000 rail cars from overseas in 10 years

Analysis and Commentary, Manufacturing NewsBy Peter Roberts October 15, 2020 2 Comments

Analysis by Peter Roberts The New South Wales government have ordered close to 2,000 rail carriages and tram cars from overseas in only 10 years, putting the lie to the government’s suggestion that it is forced to buy trains overseas, according to a new analysis by the Australian Manufacturing Forum. According to analysis for @AuManufacturing…

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Manufacturing NewsBy Peter Roberts October 15, 2020 Leave a comment

Next Science raise $15 million cash from investors Anti-microbial drug development company Next Science has completed a $15 million capital raising, with the closure of a $5 million share purchase plan. The raising was $4.2 million over-subscribed. This follows an earlier raising from institutional investors. The cash will help fund the commercial release in the…

BAE completes upgrades of HMAS Warramunga

Manufacturing NewsBy Peter Roberts October 15, 2020 Leave a comment

HMAS Warramunga has been relaunched from the BAE Systems Australia Henderson shipyard in Western Australia, the third Anzac class frigate to receive a full ANZAC Mid Life Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP) upgrade at the yard. (AMCAP) is an ongoing upgrade which focuses on updating ageing platform systems, communications, installation of Long Range Air Search Radar…

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