New SmartSat CRC partnership advances Australian space sovereignty
The Adelaide-based SmartSat Co-operative Research Centre has brought in Canberra-based EOS Space Systems to advance its Project CHORUS tactical satellite terminal.
Matrix secures $14m subsea buoyancy contract
Composite and advanced material group Matrix Composites & Engineering has won a $14 million contract for the supply of a deepwater drilling riser buoyance system. The contract, with Himile Mechanical Manufacturing Co. Ltd of Shandong, China, follows a letter of intent announced in December last year. The system (similar to the one pictured) will be…
Hydrogen power plus aluminium chassis bus launched
Canadian hydrogen fuel cell developer and Loop Energy and Sydney bus manufacturer Aluminium Revolutionary Chassis Company (ARCC) have announced they will enter the burgeoning low emissions bus market. ARRC will offer its Australian first lightweight bolted aluminium city bus chassis (main picture) mated with a pure electric or hydrogen fuel cell drive train. ARCC Managing…
Liverpool joins Australian Made
Liverpool City Council has joined the Australian Made Campaign as a Campaign Supporter, citing the region’s increase in exports and emergence as a “manufacturing powerhouse”. In an announcement on Tuesday, Mayor Ned Mannoun described the council as passionate about local manufacturing, and a drive through “Prestons, Moorebank and other large industrial parks in the area”…
Capral acquires EDGE Architectural Glazing
Aluminium products group Capral Aluminium has acquired EDGE Architectural Glazing Systems from Victorian based aluminium supplier Aluminium Industries of Australia. This will see Capral supply products from the EDGE Architectural Glazing Systems range in Victoria and eventually to other parts of Australia. Capral CEO Tony Dragicevich said: “This is an important acquisition for Capral as…
Pure Battery Technologies gains European backer
Battery cathode materials producer Pure Battery Technologies has secured Europe’s biggest cleantech investor EIT Innoenergy as an investor, with the new backing to expand PBT’s European production and further develop plans for a materials hub in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The Brisbane company has an existing refinery in Hagen, Germany and is developing a cathode active…
Celebrating Australian Made – Corban & Blair, from a female economy perspective
@AuManufacturing’s Celebrating Australian Made editorial series turns today to the value of collaboration in business, and 30 year old design business, Corban & Blair. Here Jade Collins talks with Gillian Corban and Amanda Blair. Q: How are Corban & Blair’s environmental credentials matching the expectations of ethical consumers? A: It has always been our purpose…