Revving up the engine of progress

Dr Munib Karavdic is the founder and CEO of WAVE Design, which has a longstanding partnership with @AuManufacturing and has been involved in this title’s Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers campaign for the last couple of years. He shares some observations on what sets the best innovators apart. There’s a quote from the legendary football…

ICN NSW celebrates 40th anniversary

Industry Capability Network NSW (ICN NSW) celebrated its 40th anniversary this week at an event in Sydney’s CBD featuring a four-decade retrospective and a keynote address from NSW industry minister Anoulack Chanthivong. According to a statement, Chanthivong commended ICN NSW for its unwavering commitment to supporting local businesses to engage with domestic supply chains and…

68 projects announced under National Industry PhD Program

Funding totalling $12 million has been awarded to 68 research projects through the fourth round of the National Industry PhD Program, addressing industry problems in laser dentistry, surgical robotics, meat analogue foods, and elsewhere. PhDs under the program are designed to tackle an industry application, with candidates undertaking a co-designed research project with university and…

ClearVue strengthens greenhouse business with Israeli IP

Building-integrated photovoltaics company ClearVue Technologies has entered into an agreement to acquire the IP and assets of Israeli company ROOTS Sustainable Agricultural Technologies. The acquisition, by subsidiary OptiCrop (Israel) Ltd, aims to expand photovoltaic glass and curtain wall systems manufacturer ClearVue’s offerings in agriculture markets. ROOTS, formerly listed on the ASX, has developed a Root…

Novel hydrogen production tech from CSIRO passes 1,000-hour mark at BlueScope

A CSIRO-developed tubular solid oxide electrolysis (SOE) system for generating hydrogen began operation at BlueScope Steel’s Port Kembla Steelworks in October, and has passed 1,000 hours of operation, according to the nation’s scientific agency. In a statement on Thursday, CSIRO said the system differs from water-splitting electrolysis machines – which separate water into hydrogen and…

Cyclopharm makes first sale to giant US healthcare system

Radiopharmaceutical medical imaging company Cyclopharm has received its first purchase orders from two United States Veterans Health Administration (VA) Hospitals – part of the largest integrated US Government health care system in the United States (US). The purchase orders for an initial five-year term apply to the installation and annual charges associated with the Technegas…