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…
By Peter Roberts The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today opened the first phase of the $1 billion Solar Sunshot program to support development of a solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing industry. Solar Sunshot will be rolled out in two phases with $550 million available in grants. Round 1A aims to support solar PV manufacturing…
Fleet Space’s Centauri-6 satellite takes off flight at space discovery centre A new piece of next-generation Australian space technology is on display at the Australian Space Discovery Centre in Adelaide. It is a full size model of Centauri-6, the eighth satellite launched by Adelaide-based company Fleet Space Technologies successfully reached orbit on April 8, 2024…
James Haarhoff has been named the incoming CEO at agriculture and transport equipment maker BOSS Engineering. In a statement on Friday, Inverell, NSW-based BOSS said Haarhoff’s hire followed the appointment of John Lehman as CFO in July, and would “drive the next stage of [its] growth strategy”. The appointment is effective in October. “…[Haarhoff] will…
Engineering and shipbuilding firm Civmec has confirmed it is moving its corporate domicile from Singapore to Australia in light of the company’s business – a record in FY 24 – being in this country. Chairman James Fitzgerald said moving domicile aligned with the company’s strategic growth plans. Fitzgerald said: : “It is pleasing to deliver…
The South Australian Government has commenced an application and assessment process for BHP’s planned smelter and refinery expansion at Olympic Dam in South Australia, which could see copper cathode production double over the next decade, The news came through a notification in the South Australian Government Gazette on Thursday, and was described by BHP as…
A team of scientists has unlocked the potential of 6G communications with a new polarisation multiplexer mounted on a silicon chip. Terahertz communications represent the next frontier in wireless technology, promising data transmission rates far exceeding current systems, according to the University of Adelaide. However, one of the significant challenges in terahertz communications is effectively…
Following the publication of our e-book of our editorial series Towards 3% R&D – turbocharging Australia’s innovation effort, @AuManufacturing News and public accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory BDO are proud to present a webinar Towards 3% R&D – Where to from here?. Will Australia step up and invest as much as peer nations on…
Four Australian SMEs have been selected to test and trial innovative technologies for the digitally advanced Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide that is constructing Hunter Class Frigates for the Royal Australian Navy Insight Via Artificial Intelligence (IVAI), Overlay, Spiral Data, and Open Welding will explore the use of Artificial Intelligence and advance sensors to drive…