Simplot to upgrade Bathurst food manufacturing facility Simplot Australia has announced a $65 million upgrade to its Bathurst manufacturing facility and acquisiton of farming land in the Central West region of New South Wales valued at $40 million. Simplot Australia’s managing director Graham Dugdale said: “(We) will transform the Bathurst site into a frozen vegetable…
@AuManufacturing’s latest editorial series, Frontiers in Additive Manufacturing turns to the thriving startup world of metal additive manufacturers. Here, Peter Roberts looks back in time, and asks how can Australia make sure today’s crop of young companies grow and prosper, and remain in Australian hands. Cast your mind back to the 1990s and the rapid…
ASX-listed defence supplier XTEK has announced delivery of a second tranche of armour from a “transformational” order valued at $US 33.2 million and announced in late-May. The total order by the unnamed client totalled “tens of thousands of individual advanced ballistic protection items”, and the second tranche delivery – announced on Tuesday – was worth…
Fortescue Future Industries has announced a new partnership with the government of Djibouti, signing a framework agreement providing the company access “to study the possibilities of renewable energy resources” in the East African nation. According to a statement from FFI on Tuesday, the agreement was “a major step towards the country’s first ever production of…
In day two of our Frontiers in additive manufacturing series, Victorien Menier and Pieter Coulier look at some reasons why metal additive manufacturing hasn’t lived up to certain promises for some adopters, and how certain issues can be addressed.
Is there a possibility to develop sovereign design, fabrication and packaging capability for semiconductors through defence projects? Glenn Downey looks at the question, and the implications beyond the defence industry.
Perth unmanned aerial vehicle engine manufacturer Orbital UAV is heading for a loss of around $7 million for FY22 due to issues with its dominant customer, Boeing subsidiary Insitu. Orbital revealed in February that Insitu had terminated its third engine program under its long term supply agreement with Insitu. Production volumes for the two engine…
Coal to fertiliser business NeuRizer has successfully contracted the sale of half the initial urea production from its planned Leigh Creek production plant in the northern Flinders ranges area of South Australia. The company announced that it had signed a binding, five year offtake agreement with Daelim Co Ltd for the supply of 500,000 tonnes…
New federal government procurement rules announced on Friday have doubled the share of $70 billion in annual spending open to Australia’s SMEs. But as Shane West argues here, they also open up the possibility of other benefits to the economy and environment. The revised Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) now requiring that procuring officials consider a…
A plane from Australia carrying approximately 90,000 tins of Bubs infant formula will arrive in the United States on Wednesday July 6, primarily to stock HEB Grocery Company and Meijer stores, and worth approximately $3 million. It is the fourth plane stocking Bubs products to arrive in the US under Operation Fly Formula. Texas-based chain…
