Charles Darwin University (CDU) has shared some of the uses of an electrospinning machine at its Casuarina campus, producing nanofibres “10 to 100 times thinner than a spider’s silk”. In a statement on Monday, the university said the extreme surface area-to-volume ratios of such fibres could act like a superpower with usefulness in applications “whether…
Mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering has won more than 100 orders for new min truck trays at its Chile business in the first three months of FY25. The orders are collectively worth $35 million and represent significant, and potentially ongoing incremental business over the previous year, according to the company. The bulk of the purchase…
Battery recycling company Iondrive has claimed “exceptional results” in large-scale bench trials this month, using its process to recover critical minerals from end-of-life battery materials. In a statement on Monday, the ASX-listed company shared that “a major leap forward” had been achieved in its ability to demonstrate recovery of valuable minerals, including lithium, even from…
Environmental Clean Technologies has signed a joint venture agreement with ESG Agriculture to conduct field trials targeting construction of a facility with initial production of 30,000 tonnes per annum of lignite-nitrogen fertiliser at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, increasing to 50,000 tpa. The JV, which follows a heads of agreement signed in July, is backed by $500,000…
Perth based Aurora Labs has received a second direct order for the Department of Defence for experimental additively manufactured metal components. This follows a June order from Defence to supply experimental metal alloy 3D printed parts, as well as supplying print production specialty componentry over the coming months. The company develops metal additive printers and…
Recycling technology company Licella has announced a new partnership with the decarbonisation division of Shell, applying the two companies’ collective expertise to biofuels, particularly sustainable aviation fuels (SAF.) In a statement on Monday, Licella described the news as a “global upgrading collaboration” combining its proprietary hydrothermal liquefaction process, known as Cat-HTR, with partner Shell Catalysts…
Biotechnology company InhaleRx has secured $38.5 million in funding to further develop its precision medicines delivered via inhalation. Clendon Biotech Capital has entered into a strategic partnership with the company to provide funding to cover all direct costs associated with the Phase 1 & 2 clinical development of its’ key drug development projects – IRX-211…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Green hydrogen plant breaks ground at Wodonga Ground has been broken in Wodonga, Victoria today on one of Australia’s largest renewable hydrogen plants – a facility that is predicted to cut CO2 emissions by around 4,000 tonnes each year from…
Solar PV innovator SunDrive Solar has linked with a big overseas solar manufacturer to help get its technology utilised internationally and establish a major Australian solar manufacturing facility. The company, which has developed solar panels based on copper rather than expensive metal components, has signed a MoU with Trinasolar, one of the world’s largest solar…
The federal government has issued an Australian Innovation Statistics (AIS) dashboard showing, according to the headline on the government’s media release, ‘Govt R&D up, overall R&D needs uplift’. The problem with this convenient analysis is that it belies the reality established in @AuManufacturing’s editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – of a national innovation effort…