Removing “invisible layer” promises to save 15 tonnes a year of plastic: Kimberly-Clark 

Personal care product manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Australia says a new packaging approach is delivering promising early results, and could see 15 tonnes of plastic removed annually from supply chains nationally. According to a statement from K-CA on Monday, the trial with with supermarket chain Woolworths began in mid-September, following “over a year in development and testing”.…

Ammonia production tech startup believes it can cut nation’s fertiliser bill by a tenth

Fertiliser maker PlasmaLeap, which recently raised $2.9 million to support commercialisation of its ammonia production method, has claimed that it could save Australia’s farmers $400 million annually. In a statement on Monday, PlasmaLeap said it is trying to displace the Haber–Bosch process, which was developed early in the 1900s and remains the dominant way of…

Government shortlists frigate builders – but will they build locally?

The federal government has down-selected two shipbuilders, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, to progress designs for Australia’s future general purpose frigates under the SEA 3000 programme. In May, Defence released an approach to market to five shipbuilders, with Defence now planning to work with the two industry partners to further develop the proposals…