Packaging and recycling company Visy has announced that it has acquired privately-owned hardware and storage products supplier Zenexus. The amount paid for Zenexus was not given, but Visy said it would add approximately $170 million to annual revenues, with the business and all 160 staff at Zenexus to be migrated into the Visy Retail Services…
By Sean O’Byrne, UNSW Sydney “God mode”, for those who aren’t gamers, is a mode of operation (or cheat) built into some types of games based around shooting things. In God mode you are invulnerable to damage and you never run out of ammunition. There’s no God mode in real life, of course, but the…
The event program and speakers list for the Advanced Manufacturing Showcase 2023, held by Deakin University’s Manufutures on May 5, has been released. The day-long event at Waurn Ponds will begin with a welcome session, then hold four streams across sessions running 10 am – 11:30 am and another at 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm.…
Public hearings for the ongoing federal parliamentary inquiry into advanced manufacturing will be held on Wednesday in Melbourne. The Developing Advanced Manufacturing in Australia inquiry by the House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources was announced on February 15 and accepted written submissions until March 30. It has a stated aim of “supporting Australian industry, creating…
Brisbane-based rocket manufacturer Black Sky Aerospace has become the first Australian company to locally produce Ammonium Perchlorate, a chemical that makes up about 70 percent of most rocket fuel. Known as A.P., the chemical will help Australia become self-sufficient as it moves to produce sovereign rockets and missiles, according to a statement. Black Sky announced…
In the latest interview with a nominee for our Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers list, we learn about MGA Thermal. Brent Balinski spoke to Chief Commercial Officer Mark Croudace about the importance of novelty. MGA Thermal, one of the high-profile startups in Newcastle’s attempt to reposition itself in the energy transition era, is in the…
Today @AuManufacturing continues our sponsored series reporting BAE Systems Australia’s Partnering for success defence industry supplier event we look at burgeoning partnerships in naval ship construction. By Professor John Spoehr. In much of life, success is the sum of a lot of parts. This is inherently true in the defence sphere. Australia is embarking on…
The shakeup in Australia’s defence innovation programmes announced last week will see research and development linked more closely to eventual purchasing by defence, according to Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy. Speaking on ABC Radio National, Conroy said the creation of a new Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) would focus innovation efforts on capabilities that the…
