What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Sydney’s new buses arrive from China despite local build promises New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is facing criticism after buses promised to be built locally arrived nearly complete from a Chinese factory, despite government pledges to revitalise domestic manufacturing. Transport…
The Deakin University Solar Team’s vehicle, named DUST, will be unveiled at the university’s Waurn Ponds campus at 3 pm on Friday, ahead of the Darwin to Adelaide Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC), running from August 24 – 31. The team (pictured) will compete in the Cruiser Class of the 3000-kilometre BWSC, with vehicles judged…
BluGlass Inc, the wholly-owned US subsidiary of ASX-listed compound semiconductor business BluGlass, has received an initial order from the Indian government’s Ministry of Defence, worth $230,000. The company announced on Friday morning that it is now an approved supplier to the ministry and had received the order from its Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL.) The…
Groundhog Day: The annual Harvard Growth Lab’s Economic Complexity Index (ECI) figures have been released – and Australia’s ranking has dropped, again. By Dr Jens Goennemann. Australia now ranks 105th in the world in the measure of the complexity of the products it produces placing us between Botswana and Côte d’Ivoire. Let me repeat that: Botswana…
Brain scanning device company EMVision Medical Devices has announced the appointment of Carmel Monaghan as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Announced on and effective on Thursday, Monaghan’s appointment brings “a wealth of experience across clinician engagement, corporate strategy, marketing, procurement and government relations” according to EMVision’s Chairman, John Keep. Monaghan is described in the statement as…
University of South Australia (UniSA) researchers have demonstrated a new corrosive-resistant material containing sludge from water treatment, which the university has said is over 50 per cent stronger than traditional cement-based pipes “and resistant to acid-induced degradation.” According to a statement from UniSA on Thursday, concrete is common in sewage pipes – due to its…
Researchers at RMIT University say that a new method to process a clay type into a low-carbon substitute for cement in concrete could prove “economically and environmentally scalable”. According to a statement from the university on Thursday, the team has demonstrated a way to turn cheap and abundant illite clay with low-grade kaolinite clay into…
More Australian businesses are embracing artificial intelligence to enhance productivity, with 41 per cent of small and medium enterprises now adopting the technology. Industry and Innovation Minister Tim Ayres (pictured) released the latest AI Adoption Tracker data on Tuesday, showing a 5 per cent increase in SME adoption from the previous quarter. The interactive data…
Defence heralds sustainability measures ahead of World Environment Day The Department of Defence said is recognising its significant role in contributing to the nation’s emissions reduction target of 43 per cent by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050 ahead of World Environment Day. In a statement this week, it mentioned initiatives including heat pump upgrades…
ClearVue Technologies subsidiary OptiCrop has secured its first commercial project worth approximately $80,000 for ground-source heat exchange technology at a greenhouse installation. The ASX-listed company announced on Wednesday that OptiCrop will provide its proprietary cooling solution for a one-acre greenhouse being built by a global irrigation and greenhouse provider. The cooling coils will optimise nutrient…