Gold Coast company Ryan Aerospace is fast taking over the world’s virtual reality simulator market. The organisation supplies helicopter and jet flight training simulators to the United States Air Force, Army and Navy, as well as England’s Royal Airforce, changing elite pilot training and revolutionising the world’s most famed fighter pilot and weapons schools. Managing…
The owners of the Nikep Dairy Farm in southwest Victoria say they have cut reliance on grid energy by 95 per cent after installing a 250kW rooftop solar system and 520kWh battery system made by Energy Renaissance in Tomago, NSW.
ASX-listed packaging and recycling business Pact Group has announced a target to reduce scope 1 and scope 2 emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 across its Australian and New Zealand operations. The company – which operates five recycling facilities in Australia, including the recently-opened $50 million JV in Albury-Wodonga with Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages and…
CSL finalises purchase of Vifor Pharma Australian biotech and vaccine manufacturer CSL has finalised all regulatory clearances for its $17.2 billion all cash takeover of a complementary healthcare business, Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Vifor. Completion of the acquisition, announced in December will now take place by 9 August. CSL CEO Paul Perreault said the Vifor business…
Family-owned building products manufacturer Boss Products has transitioned from its traditional manufacturing processes to the launch a new 3D printing offering for the building and construction industry. Boss’s concrete 3D printing factory in Melbourne is focused on commercial and domestic sectors including supplying planter boxes and retaining walls. Boss Products CEO Michael Boss said: “We…
The world’s biggest producer of rare earths critical to the production of permanent magnets used in electric vehicles, electric motors, computer drives, medical devices and defence equipment is to ramp up the speed and size of previously announced production increase. Lynas Rare Earths has previously announced a 50 percent expansion of its Mt Weld mine…
Defence manufacturer Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions has manufactured the first artillery projectile from the joint venture’s new Maryborough, regional Queensland plant. The completion of the first batch of projectiles comes a little over two years after construction began on the greenfield site in the Moonaboola Industrial Estate, with a ramp up of production to follow. When…
