Mining equipment manufacturer Liebherr will supply ‘green’ mine haul trucks to Fortescue Metals Group and other buyers that incorporate Fortescue group’s proprietary zero-emission power systems. The two companies announced a partnership to develop and supply trucks utilising technologies being developed by UK group Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), which was recently bought by Fortescue Future Industries…
The Queensland government has announced a further $15 million in funding to the National Battery Testing Centre, an investment it says is expected to leverage as much as $35 million in university and industry investment in the centre and help grow it into a world-class facility.
Danish-based additive construction company COBOD International has gained an Australian distributor, Fortex, with the first concrete printer scheduled to arrive in Q4.
Global analytical science and device company Trajan Group Holdings has reported headwinds across the board in its international business, but the strength of its products and a price rise puts the company on track to achieve a 40 per cent increase in sales this year. Trajan, which operates seven manufacturing sites across the US, Australia,…
Semiconductor developer BluGlass has announced shipment of its first laser diode prototypes to an unnamed customer. In an announcement to the ASX, the company said the alpha products had completed “preliminary performance and life-time reliability testing” and could be used by customers to be integrated into their design and development cycles. Alpha-level products are advanced…
By Peter Roberts French defence group Thales has appointed leading Australian manufacturing figure Jeff Connolly as Australia and New Zealand CEO. The well known head of Siemens in Australia joins following the decision by CEO Chris Jenkins to retire after 14 years in the role. Connolly will take up the role in September with Jenkins…
Halo Food Co (HLF) has been awarded an extension of a contract to supply Coles Supermarkets with private label products over the next two years. The exclusive contract extension for multiple powdered products in various pack formats, flavours and sizes is worth approximately $9.5 million, depending on consumer uptake. The contract is is in addition…
Materials technology group Calix has had its BOOSTER-Mag 609 SC product approved as a non-lethal insecticide for the suppression of two-spotted mite (Tetranychus urticae) in tomatoes and cucurbits (field and protected crops). The product, which has undergone extensive field testing, is the first registration of a magnesium hydroxide insecticide in the world. Australia’s APVMA has…
