Bank of Queensland has announced a partnership with manufacturer Placard, which it says will see over half a million debit cards made of recycled plastic issued over the next three years.
The Australian developed and manufactured CEAFAR-2L air search radar has reached Initial Operating Capability status mounted aboard the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac Class frigates. CEAFAR, manufactured by SEA Technologies, is an active phased array radar with a unique microwave tile-based design incorporating Digital Beam Forming (DBF) technology. Originally delivered to the navy in 2010, the…
Medical device company EMVision has announced a new version of its brain scanner, which it aims to make commercially available in 2023.
The federal government has attracted three Australian and several foreign owned consortia to bid for a $1 billion Sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise. Here defence industry minister Melissa Price explains the government’s strategy. Right here and right now, Australia at the centre of an ever-changing and at times challenging strategic defence environment. As…
By Denham Sadler The federal government has again blocked the release of a report into its Industry Growth Centres after refusing to comply with a Senate order, claiming it is still being considered despite being received more than eight months ago. Labor had moved a Senate motion last week requiring the tabling of the “initial…
Space services company Skykraft has announced it will launch a 300kg satellite on SpaceX’s upcoming Transporter-5 mission. The satellite produced by the UNSW Canberra spin-off company is a carrier for multiple early-phase Skykraft Air Traffic Management satellites These will form a global constellation of 210 satellites that will create a space-based Air Traffic Management system…
Semiconductor technology developer BluGlass has successfully demonstrated the manufacture of working tunnel junction laser diodes in a world-first proof of concept utilising its proprietary RPCVD technology. The company is developing equipment for making laser diodes, a type of semiconductor, based on its breakthrough Remote Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition (RPCVD) technology. The technology utilises advanced materials…
Rvx Distribution has despatched its first shipment of a newly extended range of Woolworths Group home brand products destined for China. The company said it had been working hard to develop new strategic partnerships and sales channels for its brand partners in Chongqing, China. “Today we see the first shipment of our newly extended range…
Grants totalling $24 million have been announced for recycling projects in NSW, increasing overall recycling capacity in the state by a claimed 120,000 tonnes annually.
Brick sales in the eastern states have slumped following Covid-lockdowns of construction, forcing Brickworks to curtail production at kilns in New South Wales and a plant in Brisbane. The building products group said restrictions were having a significant impact on operations with brick despatches slumping 80 per cent during a NSW government pause in the…
