Perth shipbuilder Austal has snared its third contract from the US Navy in less than one month, announcing it will develop a preliminary design under the USN’s light amphibious warship (LAW) program. The navy envisages a fleet of between 28 and 30 LAW warships to support the Marine Corps from 2023. The requirement is for…
A new Space Industry Hub at RMIT University has attracted $2 million in funding from the Victorian government and SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre, as well as support from Amazon Web Services and FrontierSI, the university announced on Wednesday.
Construction of the first processing plant to use a seaweed-based feed supplement for cows to reduce their methane production by 90 per cent will begin near Port Pirie towards the end of this year.
Three north Queensland companies have earned a total of $840,000 in state government grants under the Manufacturing Hubs Grant Program.
The New South Wales government’s newest agency has been allocated more than $400 million to attract investment and foster innovation in the state, less than three months after being set up.
Our editorial series – Equipping Australia’s armed forces – continues today with a profile of an ambitious consortium of 23 Australian SMEs developing a complete C4 communications and control system for the army. Here Peter Roberts looks at the C4 Edge consortium. In the last week of November this year a partnership between 23 Australian…
Australian Dairy Nutritionals Group has announced that installation of infant formula production equipment will be completed by the end of the month at its new $6 million plant nearing completion at the Camperdown dairy park in south-west Victoria. Commissioning works will then begin along with the installation of the final section of roofing. Operations are…
By Alexander May Over the past few years, the ongoing effects of globalisation have changed the manufacturing landscape in Australia, resulting in increased offshoring and importing. This has led to Australia ranking near the bottom in the OECD for manufacturing self-sufficiency, due to a significant amount of manufactured equipment and goods being sourced from overseas.…
Lavo and Hybrid Systems Australia have signed an MoU to trial Lavo’s renewable hydrogen energy storage systems at Kewdale, Western Australia. Lavo’s products will be used at HSA’s facility — a “first of its kind trial” in the state — testing the applicability of incorporating Lavo’s technology into HSA’s products. The companies released a joint…
A report by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has tracked a recovery in global manufacturing output, but with pronounced differences across countries and industries. UNIDO’s World Manufacturing Report found overall year-on-year growth for manufacturing at 12 per cent for the first quarter of 2021. Different countries experienced different rates of recovery, which UNIDO…
