Food manufacturer opens new factory with robots and machine learning
Robots are coming to the fore following the launch of one of Queensland’s largest cake factories.
Richmond Vanadium plans vanadium battery manufacturing
Richmond Vanadium Technology (RVT) is planning a vanadium redox flow battery manufacturing facility to complement its Julia Creek vanadium project in Queensland. The company will collaborate with Dalian Rongke Power Group (RKP) and TS Hold Co to establish a complete localised renewable energy and long duration energy storage supply chain in Australia. TS Hold Co…
Design for Western Sydney’s micro-electronics and semiconductor-focussed Second Building unveiled
The proposed design of Bradfield City Centre’s Second Building has been released for public exhibition, covering 12,000 square metres over three levels and including stage two of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF.) In a statement on Tuesday, the NSW government’s Western Parkland City Authority agency said the Second Building will have space to accommodate…
Robotics gets a major boost in Australia
Industry groups and startup innovators have welcomed the launch of a National Robotics Strategy, creating a partnership to turbocharge the technology in Australia.
AICRAFT to provide edge data processing unit destined for Korean space project
Onboard computing systems maker AICRAFT has announced a contract with European imaging company Scanway Space to deliver a module to be integrated into a space optical payload for detecting methane plumes. In a short statement on Tuesday morning (Australian time), the South Australian company said it would supply an edge computing module to partner Scanway, to…
Rice growers welcomes NSW gov decision to end rice vesting
Rice manufacturers have welcomed the expected draft legislation to end statutory rice export marketing, or vesting, by July 2025.
OIdfield announces scaffolding system recall over safety concerns
Scaffolding and painting equipment maker Oldfields Holdings has issued a recall of its scaffolding braces over safety concerns they may unlock and disengage from frames. Oldfield says a component of its guard rail and hand rail braces, a self-lock spring hook, used in two of its scaffolding systems, may fail and disconnect from the scaffolds,…
Elexon Group rises from the ashes with new factory
High tech electronics manufacturer Elexon Group has relaunched following a massive fire that destroyed their facilities in August, last year.
Canberra confident of boosting rail car manufacturing – Ayres
The Assistant Minister for Manufacturing Senator Tim Ayres is confident that the federal government’s new National Rail Manufacturing Plan will see greater investment in industry and a growth in employment and apprentice training. Interviewed on radio 2GB, Ayres was commenting on the just announced national procurement database providing ‘a one-stop-shop of rollingstock projects’, the National…
AgTech gets a boost in Victoria
The Victorian government is providing a new wave of funding for agriculture tech startup companies. State Minister for Agriculture, Ros Spence, unveiled an additional $1 million in funding under the AgTech Grants program, which will provide up to $50,000 for eligible startups. The program is delivered in partnership with LaunchVic, the state’s startup agency, which…