EPCA Expands into Latin America Mining equipment electrification company EPCA has announced a strategic partnership with Escala Consulting, which will represent EPCA across Mexico and Latin America as the official sales representative for the region. “With established operations in Australia and Mexico, Escala leverages deep regional insight and cross-border industry experience to unlock commercial opportunities…
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society’s (IEEE PES) Generation Transmission and Distribution Conference & Exposition Asia will be held in Melbourne. According to a statement on Monday from Victorian events minister Steve Dimopoulos, the event is expected to draw over 3,000 attendees to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in…
The deadline passed on Friday for the indicative bidding stage of the sale of Whyalla steelworks, which was put into administration earlier this year. KordaMentha put out a statement last Thursday saying that the duration was uncertain “and will be highly dependent on the nature of the indicative interest received and the extent of engagement…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Bedford forfeits $20m site in bailout deal as new manufacturing hub hangs in balance Disability services provider Bedford Group will surrender land worth more than $20 million as part of its government bailout, whilst the future of its brand new…
Sponsored Engineers Australia’s flagship event, the Climate Smart Engineering Conference 2025 (CSE25), is heading to Adelaide for the first time this August 27 to 28 – and it couldn’t come at a more urgent time. With Australia’s climate challenges intensifying, this year’s theme, Resilience engineered: solutions for our climate reality, cuts to the heart of…
By Magnus Söderberg, Griffith University Building a solar farm in Australia is getting about 8% cheaper each year as panel prices fall and technology improves, according to an official new report. Battery storage costs are falling even more sharply, dropping 20% over the past year alone. But the same can’t be said for wind farms,…
Monash University has officially launched its pre-seed fund, with an announcement of co-investments totalling $2.25 million made in spinout companies Myostellar, FytonBio, and Remagine Labs. The funding for the three companies is through the $15 million Monash Ventures Pre-Seed Fund, a participant in the Breakthrough Victoria’s $100 million University Innovation Platform (BVUIP.) Breakthrough Victoria describes…