Alutec deal sees Clearvue reach fast-growing Middle East construction market

Manufacturing News

Building-integrated photovoltaics company Clearvue Technologies has announced a five-year manufacturing and distribution agreement with Aluminium Technology Auxiliary Industries (Alutec), a Qatar-based facade engineering company. In a statement on Thursday, Clearvue said the signed agreement marks an expansion into the fast-growing Middle East and Indian markets. According to market research cited by Clearvue, the combined construction…

Defence industry STEM skills boosted in SA and WA

Defence, Manufacturing News

The federal government has entered into a $5.1 million Federation Funding Agreement with South Australia and Western Australia to deliver a new programme to give students defence industry experience. The governments will deliver the Schools Pathways Program (SPP), part of the Australian Government’s Defence Industry Development Strategy. The SPP will help to promote Science, Technology,…

Altech Batteries completes battery cell manufacture

Manufacturing News, Technology

Altech Batteries has reported significant progress in manufacturing its CERENERGY ABS60 BatteryPack prototypes in partnership with the German Fraunhofer institutes research and development organisation. The company told investors that all 240 cells for the first ABS60 BatteryPack Prototype had been assembled and initialised at high performance ceramics R&D institute Fraunhofer IKTS, Hermsdorf, Germany (pictured). The…

PARKD completes parking station prefabrication facility

Manufacturing News, Technology

Modular relocatable carpark manufacturer PARKD has completed a prefabrication and assembly line for its modular car park systems which allow up to six parking levels to be fabricated offsite. The facility manufactures PARKD slab modules using Fielders Slimdek structural formwork and PARKD’s Metal Deck Support System. PARKD Managing Director Peter McUtchen said: “The establishment of…

Orica decarbonises chemicals, fertiliser and explosives production

Manufacturing News, Technology

Chemicals and explosives manufacturer Orica is to deploy tertiary emissions abatement technology at a second site – its Yarwun chemicals and ammonium nitrate facility in Gladstone, Queensland (pictured). Orica expects to eliminate an estimated 200,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) annually once the project is complete. The installation of two tertiary abatement reactors at…

Sparc Hydrogen reveals details of photocatalytic hydrogen pilot plant

Manufacturing News, Technology

Sparc Hydrogen has significantly progressed the design and engineering of a pilot scale photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) reactor to produce green hydrogen at cheaper cost than traditional electrolysis. The company, a joint venture between Sparc Technologies, Fortescue and the University of Adelaide, has been working collaboratively with a linear Fresnel equipment supplier to ensure the…

Pact Group aims to recycle a million chemical drums a year through new program

Manufacturing News

A new initiative between industry organisation CropLife, its not-for-profit stewardship subsidiary Agsafe, and plastic recycler and manufacturer Pact Group could see nearly a million plastic agricultural chemical containers recycled a year, according to those involved. According to a statement from Pact on Wednesday, Drums-to-Drums is a new part of the drumMUSTER initiative, which has been…