Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) has welcomed a cohort of 16 trainee aerospace workers to its P-8A Poseidon through life support program, which BDA says is its largest single intake of trainees. Over 40 new trades employees are required over the next two years for the upgrade program, said Ben Knabe, director of BDA’s Product Support,…
The maker of Penfolds Treasury Wine Estates is to sell off its entire commercial wine brand portfolio as it continues to pursue a premium strategy for its wine offerings which offer higher margins and profits. The company told investors that it would seek to sell commercial brands including Wolf Blass, Yellowglen, Lindeman’s and Blossom Hill.…
LED lighting manufacturer VAILO has announced that it will re-establish its production on the Gold Coast, citing growth opportunities on the east coast including the upcoming 2032 Brisbane Olympics. In a statement on Tuesday, the company – which was established in Adelaide in 2012 as a lighting wholesaler – added that it would not leave…
Sparc Hydrogen begins pilot plant work Sparc Hydrogen has begun front-end engineering and design (FEED) work on its pilot water splitting (PWS) reactor to produce green hydrogen at cheaper cost than traditional electrolysis. The company, a joint venture between Sparc Technologies, Fortescue and the University of Adelaide, will locate the plant at the UoA’s Roseworthy…
Two projects backed by the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre have commercialised technology based on cosmic rays and hyperspectral imaging to make mining safer and more productive. In a statement on Tuesday, the not-for-profit organisation highlighted projects by Swinburne University spinout mDetect and ASX-listed EQ resources, both of which received backing from AMGC’s Commercialisation Fund. mDetect…
Defence technology and engineering solutions provider KBR is to deliver sustainment services supporting the Australian Defence Force’s satellite communications service. The company has been selected as the industry partner to sustain Aggregated Monitoring and Control (AM&C) of Satellite Earth Stations. The programme of work will be supported by specialist Australian SME Blacktree Technology and US…
Melbourne-based ElectraLith Pty Ltd has announced that its next-generation DLE-RTM technology has successfully produced battery grade lithium hydroxide from very concentrated brines known as Salar brines, geothermal oilfield brines and spodumene (lithium ore) leach. The technology, Backed by Rio Tinto, IP Group and Monash University, included production of 99.9 percent pure lithium hydroxide from a…
By Peter Roberts Much of Australia’s modesty sized steel sector was born through the adversity of distance from established suppliers and the threat Japan posed to Australia during WW2. Since then there has been some development of electric arc furnaces utilising scrap as a feedstock, but otherwise Japan, then Korea and China have swamped Australian…
The final tranche of the Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Seed pilot program has been announced, with funding totalling approximately $11 million awarded to 36 projects that are between Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3 and TRL 5. AEA said in a statement on Monday that the grants focus on three of the federal government’s priority areas for…
Shipbuilder Austal has been awarded a $84.4 million fixed-priced contract modification for the construction of two additional Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700-class vessels (pictured) for the United States Navy. The contract modification brings the total number of LCU scheduled or under construction at Austal USA to five of a class that the USN originally envisaged…