Australian rocket manufacturer and launch provider Gilmour Space Technologies has announced that it has signed a deal with Inmarsat to use the UK company’s space-based telemetry services. Gilmour plans the maiden launch of its Eris rocket, which would be the first Australian orbital rocket, for early in 2023. A statement from the company on Thursday…
The federal government said it will introduce legislation to parliament on Wednesday to establish a High Speed Rail Authority, with a Sydney to Newcastle link its top priority. Acknowledging the long history of interest and false starts for east coast high-speed rail, infrastructure minister Catherine King said “no project captures the imagination of Australians quite…
Global engineering, technology and manufacturing businesses based out of the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide are among those broadening their reach across the Pacific and opening offices in cities across the United States. XFrame managing director Carsten Dethlefsen said they launched in the US last year at NeoCon in Chicago, one of the country’s largest…
Printable electronics developer Australian Advanced Materials, a company owned by investment house Strategic Elements, has reported ‘rapid technological progress’ in manufacturing a printed device generating electricity from moisture in the air (pictured). AAM, working in partnership with the University of New South Wales, CSIRO and researcher VTT group in Finland has developed and tested a…
Food company SPC Global has called in the lawyers over its negotiations for a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) involving the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU). The company, a key employer in the Shepparton area in Victoria, said the company after working closely with the AMWU for several months had been ‘forced’ to engage with…
The Victorian government has announced an unspecified amount of support for a feasibility study into a site to make up to 120 kilotons a year of magnesium using a process developed at the CSIRO. Economic development minister Tim Pallas visited CSIRO in Clayton to announce co-funding of the study for Magnium to produce the lightweight…
Lithium ion battery recycler Envirostream has won a contract from Korean-owned LG ENERGY Solutions (LGES) to process its spent residential and grid-scale lithium-ion batteries at its Victorian plant. Envirostream, a subsidiary of Lithium Australia, will process a minimum of 250 tonnes of LG batteries a year, equal to about 5,000 batteries and about 25 per…
Australian and Indian space industry companies are looking to greater opportunities through collaborating following our participation in this year’s Bengaluru Space Expo held in the technology-intensive city formerly known as Bangalore. Australia was the partner country in this year’s expo, with companies signing six new industry-to-industry memorandums for collaboration, with the aim to boost commercial…
HySupply green hydrogen export roadmap released The UNSW Sydney-led HySupply Australia Consortium has released a supply-side roadmap for fostering a green hydrogen export supply chain with Germany. The HySupply Supply-Side Roadmapping Exercise, developed with Deloitte, involved consultations with more than 50 hydrogen experts across industry, academia, government and relevant agencies. HySupply is a joint collaboration…
The state government has announced $2.4 million in funding to establish the Victorian Connected Health Innovation and Commercialisation Centre. The centre in Melbourne’s CBD will be delivered by ANDHealth, a health technology-focussed deliverer of accelerator, incubator and commercialisation programs. It will be funded through the Victorian government’s Australian Medtech Manufacturing Centre and Biotechnology Fund. According…
