The Victorian government announced on Monday that it is accepting applications from SMEs for the Made in Victoria – Manufacturing Growth Program, offering grants of up to $250,000. According to the statement, the program – which awarded more than $10 million to 29 projects last year – would support manufacturers “introduce new technologies, expand operations…
H2X Global partners with Norwegian Hydrogen Australian-headquartered hydrogen fuel cell vehicle manufacturer H2X Global announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) last week with Norwegian Hydrogen, a green hydrogen production, distribution and refueling company. according to a statement from the pair, it will cover collaboration on commercial supply of hydrogen and a range…
The NSW Labor opposition has pledged to invest $42.7 million in three training facilities, the first of them in the Illawarra, as part of its TAFE Domestic Manufacturing Centres of Excellence program. In an announcement on the campaign trail on Monday, the opposition said the new facility would be able to “train, re-train and upskill”…
Carbon fibre nanotube X-ray emitter manufacturer Micro-X has formally offered its lightweight, rugged X-ray imager to detect improvised explosives devices (IEDs) to the Australian Defence Force. The company told investors that it had submitted a formal tender to supply its Argus IED X-ray camera (pictured) under Defence’s JP154 porcurement programme. The equipment incorporates a new-generation…
Industrial technology company Silex Systems has completed a $120 million institutional placement to further its move into the nuclear fuel industry. Earlier this month Silex said it was accelerating the commercialisation of its Silex laser uranium enrichment technology to take advantage of an emerging global nuclear fuel supply chain. Silex is also developing the production…
Adelaide’s Flinders University will be the official partner of the Tonsley Technical College in a collaborative innovation partnership which furthers the development of the university’s Catapult centre-related Factory of the Future. The Tonsley Technical College will be built in tandem with the Factory of the Future, backed by federal and state governments and BAE Systems…
Economists at SGS Economics & Planning have gone public with a call for the development of a ‘new spatial industry strategy’. In a newly published policy paper, SGS principal and partner Jeremy Gill said Australia had emerged from three years of the Covid-19 pandemic into a period of global disruption. Within this, however, lay opportunity,…
The Australian Hydrogen Council has welcomed a review of the National Hydrogen Strategy as well as state strategies The new strategy will respond to the local and global changes since 2019 and guide Australia on its path to be a global hydrogen leader. CEO of the Australian Hydrogen Council Fiona Simon said: “Globally, competition for…
Federal, State and Territory Skills and Training Ministers met in Brisbane last week to progress key skills sector reforms and vocational education workforce challenges, aimed at strengthening the quality of vocational education and training and tackling the nations skills shortages now and over the longer term. This an edited version of their communique. National Skills…
