Global startups join Australia’s first dedicated space incubator program
Nine companies have been selected for a place in the Venture Catalyst Space program to help them grow into space industry leaders.
BAE Systems Australia invests in hypersonic weapons development
BAE Systems Australia announced today that it will invest an additional $5 million this year to speed the development of hypersonic weapons in Australia. The announcement, which follows a government commitment to develop a long-range strike capability, builds on more than $11 million spent on hypersonics and high speed weapon research in Australia in the…
@AuManufacturing adds new value-added services
Advertisement The Australian Manufacturing Forum and @AuManufacturing news today announces an addition to the value-added services services we offer to manufacturers. We have teamed up with trusted sector partners to provide assistance to companies wishing to access the federal government’s modern manufacturing initiative grants. We have done this as, like all government grant schemes, the…
Albanese doubles up on manufacturing intervention – report
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese will up the ante in the debate about the future of manufacturing, promising to establish a $15 billion reconstruction fund should it be returned at the next election. This comes mid-way through the rollout of the federal government’s manufacturing modernisation initiative – a tenth the value of Labor’s promise. At the…
New project could reshore essential medicine production, say participants
DMTC and Boron Molecular have announced a project that they say could lead to onshore manufacturing of “many, if not most” of the drugs on the World Health Organization’s essential medicines list, rapidly and at scale.
Titomic to manufacture gun barrels in Australia
Metal additive manufacturing company Titomic has teamed up with a Turkish supplier of manufacturing systems to establish gun barrel production in Australia. Titomic and Repkon Machine and Tool Industry and Trade Inc have formed a joint venture to build a production facility in Australia at an un-named location. It will manufacture ‘weapons systems barrels’ designed…
Australia is at a crossroads in the global hydrogen race – and one path looks risky
There’s great excitement about Australia potentially producing hydrogen as a clean fuel at large scale, for export to countries such as Germany, Japan and South Korea.
Andrews’s promotion is manufacturing’s loss
For a long time, manufacturing lacked an industry minister with a lock on the job, there for the long term and with the necessary, hard-won credibility it takes to be taken seriously by the industry. It seemed to have had one until yesterday. The timing is unfortunate.