The federal government declared an offshore wind zone off the coast of Bunbury in Western Australia, at least 30 kilometres from shore at its closest point, following a consultation period launched in February to address concerns about the potential impact on marine life. The zone was originally 7,674 square kilometres and began 20 kilometres from…
Automotive business Premcar has completed a two-year, $1.53 million project “to engineer and enhance the powertrain offering a globally relevant land-based military vehicle”, backed by $699,931 in support from the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre. In a statement from AMGC on Monday, it said the project saw Premcar design, engineer, fit and test a “significantly more…
Green hydrogen developer Provaris Energy has completed a Concept Design Study which reaffirms the low energy use and low capital cost of its proposed bulk hydrogen export and import compression facilities that complement the company’s H2Neo compressed hydrogen vessels (pictured). The Study was based on a 540MW capacity export site producing 10 tonnes of hydrogen…
Nature-derived insecticide company Bio-Gene Technology and its Indian contract manufacturer Rallis have announced successful production of pre-commercial quantities of the Flavocide product. In a statement on Monday, Bio-Gene said it had appointed Rallis – part of the Tata Group conglomerate – based on its record of agri-chemical products made to stringent standards, as well as…
National science agency CSIRO and Murdoch University have launched The Bioplastics Innovation Hub, focussed on biologically-derived plastics that can break down in nature. According to a statement from CSIRO on Monday, the effort is valued at $8 million, and links industry partners with experts in disciplines including microbiology, molecular genetics, synthetic biology and biochemical engineering.…
Packaging solutions company Detpak has launched more than 20 commercially-compostable and recyclable PBS-lined cartons, trays and lunchboxes, aligning with new legislation to cut single-use plastics in South and Western Australia. PBS – or Polybutylene Succinate, a polymer made from renewable plant sources and a fossil fuel component, is extruded onto material to create a barrier…
Register for our latest webinar, Lessons in Resilience, presented by Epicor and @AuManufacturing today. Sanja Minervini of industrial fluid and gas control company Klinger Australia knows what it is like to fret over supply chain breakdowns that threaten the ability to supply customers with critical gaskets needed in the minerals industry. When the company’s Perth…
Join our latest webinar Towards 3% R&D – Where to from here? to hear from experts discussing the slump in Australian innovation effort (information and sign up here). Innovation is the lifeblood of our economic future and we are failing badly following a 10 year decline in measured R&D. https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/wp-admin/post.php?post=82543&action=edit#edit_timestamp What went wrong? What is…
