Appreciation has grown in the last decade or so for a modern, holistic view of manufacturing. It’s “more than just production”, you will have heard countless times, and production is the lowest point in the “smiley curve” model of where value is added. The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, for example, chose to open its inaugural…
Organics recycler Soilco has announced its acquisition of The Good Dirt Company, a regional organics processor based in Lethbridge, marking the company’s entry into the Victorian market. Soilco said that Good Dirt has historically received and composted green waste and agricultural manures and distributed finished products to the region’s farming community. An EPA-licensed composting facility…
ASX-listed surface technology business AnteoTech has appointed Merrill Gray as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Scientist, engineer and executive Gray (pictured) has served a four-month period as Interim MD and CEO, and her full-time appointment is effective Tuesday. “I am excited by the prospect of taking what I have learnt and supporting increased product…
An Australian-developed agtech product named FurrowMate, a direct air injection unit that integrates with air seeders to deliver biological products, has been launched by Loam Bio. Orange-headquartered Loam Bio is a developer of microbial technology for capturing carbon and increasing the health of agricultural soils. In a statement on Monday marking the launch of FurrowMate…
Hydrogen storage startup Carbon280 launched its Hydrilyte Technology Pilot Plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, which aims to prove its technology at an industrially-relevant scale. According to a statement from the company on Monday, the pilot is a 100 kilowatt prototype at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6. The pilot and a lab onsite are funded via…