Cold spray 3D printer manufacturer Titomic has announced the sale of a TKF 1000 cold spray system to its Repkon Titomic Production Technologies and Trade Co. Inc joint venture for $2.3 million. Repkon Titomic will operate the hybrid cold spray manufacturing facility in Turkey, which will integrate Titomic’s TKF technology with Repkon’s flow-forming techniques to…
A new project involving Barwon Region Water Corporation and Viva Energy will look at the potential of pure oxygen – created when splitting water through electrolysis – to create mutual benefits for green hydrogen producers and wastewater treatment plant operators. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced on Thursday that it has committed up to…
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has backpedaled on its ambitions in green hydrogen, reorganising the mining and energy company and focusing more on familiar downstream green energy opportunities. The company, which has taken what some observers call a ‘scattergun’ approach to green hydrogen opportunities across the globe, has simplified its corporate structure, merging the mining and energy…
The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen has put forward what he called the government’s ‘sensible (and) pragmatic’ approach to tne future of gas in Australia’s electricity grid. Answering questions at the National Press Club, Bowen said that on the one extreme there was the Coalition with what he called ‘a gas bin…
Electro Optic Systems (EOS) joined innovators from across Canada and around the world for the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) programme’s 2024 Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Sandbox event. At the Canadian event, counter-drone prototypes were put to the test in realistic scenarios with EOS demonstrating its Laser Dazzler technology. Led by Ian…
The federal government is fast tracking the development of a Guarantee of Origin scheme which will provide the emissions accounting backbone to support the development of Australia’s green industries. The scheme, a component of the Future Made in Australia programme, will issue digital certificates that allow producers, exporters and users to prove where a product…
Australia has clear defence industry priorities including developing a local drone manufacturing sector. Here Dr Peter Layton examines Defence’s recent drone purchases, and asks why then, do we buy overseas made drones and not the best value or most advanced ones at that? In late February the Minister for Defence Industry launched the Defence Industry…
By Peter Roberts Pernod Ricard has sold its hugely successful Jacob’s Creek wine brand in a deal with Accolade Wines that will create a new Australian wine giant. Pernod Ricard announced it would merge the Jacob’s Creek business with Australian Wine Holdco Limited which purchased Accolade earlier this year. Australian Wine Holdco Limited is a…
The South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance (SEMMA) has labelled funding cuts to RTO operators in Victoria as ‘senseless’. The comment follows confirmation that despite holding a contract in 2023, 22 RTOs across the state did not secure a Skills First contract offer for 2024. SEMMA CEO Honi Walker said: “It’s hard to understand why the…
Wire arc additive manufacturing company AML3D has announced a project with Century Engineering to upgrade the company’s robotic welding system. According to a statement from ASX-listed AML3D on Wednesday, the order is worth $0.28 million and will see it retrofit its fellow Adelaide-based business’s older welding system to a newer ARCEMY metal 3D printing system.…