Lighting specialist to get new Netherlands-based owner
Gerard Lighting Group has announced that it will sell lighting technology company Pierlite to Netherlands-headquartered Signify, with the sale expected to conclude in the first half of the year.
Govt told to put green steel and hydrogen at heart of manufacturing rebuild
A Cooperative Research Centre for sustainable manufacturing should be established to support new domestic green metal and green hydrogen industries, a Labor-led Senate inquiry into Australian manufacturing has recommended.
Cybersecurity – Identity and Access Management: Manufacturers’ IAM blind spots
Today our Cybersecurity – Identity and Access Management series, Chris Grove explains why rather than planning to ‘not fail’ in any aspect of an IAM program, we should be planning to fail.
Nova Systems opens space ground station
Defence engineering and technology group Nova Systems has inaugurated its Space Precinct in mid-north South Australia and announced a new collaboration agreement with European space company Leaf Space. The 21-hectare site outside the former railway town of Peterborough supports several international space and technology companies and the Australian Space Agency with data download needs for…
Tritium announces Tennessee as site for US factory
DC fast electric vehicle charger manufacturer Tritium DCFC has announced Lebanon, Tennessee as the site for its new US production line, adding to its original Brisbane factory. Fresh from its listing on the US NASDAQ exchange, Tritium announced the location was expected to house up to six production lines for its chargers, including the company’s…
Thailand evaluates EOS remote weapons system
An Australian remote weapons system made by Canberra’s Electro Optic Systems will be trialled by the Royal Thai Army and Defence Technology Institute, clearing the way for the system’s first sale in the region. Leading autonomous systems manufacturer Milrem Robotics has fitted EOS’s R400S – Mk2-HD Remote Weapon Station (RWS) to its THeMIS UGV and…
Use budget to boost manufacturing initiative, encourage reshoring: AFGC
Industry association the Australian Food and Grocery Council has proposed additional incentives to expand and grow local production in its 2022-23 federal budget submission.
Reactions to sourcing of steel for Snowy 2.0 from Italy
Elsewhere today @AuManufacturing has reported on the letting of contracts for steel fabrication for Snowy 2.0 to an Italian company, contrary to the original tender requirement for Australian steel to be used. We sought comment from many sources which are published here, along with extracts from questioning in Senate estimates. @AuManufacturing contacted numerous stakeholders in…
Snowy 2.0 – the nation building project that won’t be using all Australian steel
By Peter Roberts The Snowy Scheme from 1949 saw 100,000 men and women from over 30 countries define what Australians and Australian industry are capable of. Fast forward to today and the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme now under construction in the Snowy Mountains was meant to be nation building, and part of a plan…
ICN and Connecting Industry join to boost procurement
Opportunities to connect Australian suppliers with major project supply chains have become more accessible with Industry Capability Network Limited (ICNL) and Connecting Industry entering into a strategic alliance, as event partners. The strategic alliance is designed to assist the resource and construction industry and all tiers of the supply chain, from SME’s through to large…