By Peter Roberts Two of the veterans of the Australian venture capital industry have increased their footprint in defence manufacturing with their majority owned ASDAM advanced manufacturing business moving to take over another two Australian defence suppliers. CPE Capital, founded by industry pioneers, former Austrade boss Bill Ferris, and Joe Skrzynski, have been investing in…
RAN nuclear submarine training announced Defence minister Richard Marles has been hosted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace at the commissioning of HMS Anson at BAE Systems at Barrow. The event included an announcement that Royal Australian Navy submariners would train aboard the nuclear-powered Anson, an Astute-Class…
Western Australian developed masonry robot Hadrian X has completed the construction of the first residential building in Wellard, WA, utilising Porotherm bricks produced by Austrian company Wienerberger. Wienerberger and FBR (Fastbrick Robotics) have been in partnership since 2018 to advance automation and digitalisation in the construction industry with the Hadrian X mated with specially developed…
Much loved confectionery brand Darrell Lea may be 95 years old this year, but the business is refreshing itself for the next century. According to Austrade in the past four years the iconic Sydney company acquired and relaunched the Life Savers brand, launched new chocolate blocks and innovated to drive growth in the confectionery category.…
Skills are top of mind today with a jobs and skills summit in Canberra. With deteriorating relations between Australia and a number of countries a cyber skills shortage is looming large for manufacturers. John Hines outlines what can be done. The cyber security skills gap in Australia is reaching unprecedented levels. The hunt for talented…
In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski we hear from Arden Jarrett, Business Development Officer at MGA Thermal. MGA’s name comes from “miscibility gap alloy”, an approach to thermal energy storage developed over a decade by a team at University of Newcastle and which it is currently commercialising. In late-June the company launched the…
Production delays build inventories at Quickstep Production delays related to absenteeism, supply chain issues and equipment reliability issues were exacerbated by global labour and spare parts shortages in the fourth quarter of FY22 at Quickstep. The resulting lower aerostructure production volumes caused a build in inventory of $5.2 million in the quarter for the composites…
By Peter Roberts Australia’s Silex Systems has successfully manufactured and tested the first full-scale laser system destined for the enrichment of uranium in a major breakthrough in its decades long quest to commercialise what has been called third generation laser enrichment technology. The company announced today the first full scale laser system module to be…
The Industry Fellowships program, which will support as many as 83 Industry Fellows a year and was a part of the previous federal government’s University Research Commercialisation Action Plan, has been launched. According to a statement from the Australian Research Council on Wednesday, the four-year program “will support researchers moving between industry and academic research…
Cold spray additive manufacturing business Titomic has released its full-year results, emphasising its progress in diversifying revenues over the year and reporting a net loss after tax of $17.1 million. The company told investors that revenues from customer sales were up seven times on the previous financial year to $3.4 million, as it added offerings…
