Second-ever Australian Made Week gets underway
The second Australian Made Week – running June 6 – 12 – has begun, highlighting the difference that buying locally-made products has on Australian businesses and employment.
Defence unleashes promise of autonomous, underwater vessels
Defence is often criticised for favouring large, traditional naval systems such as submarines and frigates while going slow on the future role of small, autonomous and unmanned underwater systems. Following news last month that defence was in negotiations for a US$100 million co-funded design, development and manufacturing programme for extra large autonomous underwater vehicles (XL-AUVs),…
Defence purchasing need to change to grow local SMEs – Rebecca Humble
Australian defence contractor Nova Systems led a meeting of defence SMEs at the recent Indo Pacific Maritime exposition, to discuss defence industry policy. Here, Rebecca Humble argues that policy settings are not succeeding in growing small SMEs into larger ones, and larger ones to the scale where they can compete against foreign companies and bid…
Celebrating Australian Made – GOR Woollen Mill
@AuManufacturing’s Celebrating Australian Made editorial series turns today to a revival of local wool processing and spinning. Peter Roberts talks with Nick Renters of GOR Woollen Mill. It is hard to remember the days when Australia had a vigorous fibre processing, spinning, weaving and apparel industry – an entire value chain that all but disappeared…
Four reasons our gas and electricity prices are suddenly sky-high
as users and the incoming government are describing Australia’s sudden east coast energy crisis as “apocalyptic” and “a perfect storm”. Four events have led to the immediate crisis.
Micro device boosts IVF success
University of Adelaide researchers and medical technology company Fertilis have developed a new micro-device (main picture) to streamline the only fertility treatment procedure available for men with low sperm counts. The first-of-its-kind device will allow more IVF clinics to offer Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), which involves the injection of a single sperm into an egg…
Line Hydrogen crowdsources cash for green hydrogen
Queensland-based Line Hydrogen has launched a crowd sourcing campaign via Birchal to allow the public to participate in backing its plans for green hydrogen production, including its first facility announced for Tasmania. Following a successful expression of interest phase that saw more than 1,000 sign up, the clean energy startup is aiming to raise $2…
Celebrating Australian Made: Lighting innovator looks to defence, IoT to continue expansion
To close the first week of our fortnight-long Celebrating Australian Made editorial series, @AuManufacturing profiles Hallam, Victoria-based industrial lighting specialist Coolon. By Brent Balinski.
New AUS-Semiconductor-Community launches
The founders of a new place to keep tabs on the Australian semiconductor industry, titled AUS-Semiconductor-Community, are inviting anybody curious to join the discussion.
Quickstep and Nexport join in SoMAC CRC
Advanced composites manufacturer Quickstep and low emissions transport developer Nexport have been revealed as key backers of the recently announced Sovereign Manufacturing Automation for Composites Cooperative Research Centre (SoMAC CRC) The University of New South Wales led collaboration with other universities and research organisations, together with industry was confirmed in the dying days of the…