By Melanie MacGregor, Flinders University Progress towards a legally binding global treaty on plastics pollution stalled and went into reverse this week. The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ran overtime. It’s likely to conclude this evening, without agreement. This is an incredibly disappointing result. As a member of the Scientists’ Coalition…
The administrator to Energy Renaissance has given “withdrawal of a major investor from a planned funding subscription program” as the reason for the battery maker’s difficulties. According to a short statement from Jirsch Sutherland provided to @AuManufacturing on Sunday, the withdrawal “left the company in a cash crisis“. Stewart Free and Bradd Morelli of Jirsch…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) 11 grants awarded under Supply Chain Uplift Program Recipients of grants under Round 5 of the state government’s Supply Chain Uplift Program have been announced, with approximately $800,000 awarded to 11 Victorian businesses. State manufacturing minister Colin Brooks visited Hanwha…
Monash University and the CSIRO have opened a new Membrane Pilot Facility at Monash’s Clayton campus, which the pair say addresses a “critical gap” between lab-scale research in membrane technologies and their commercial deployment. According to a statement from Monash on Friday, the new facility at its New Horizons Building “supercharges Australia’s ability to translate…
Lithium ion battery storage company Energy Renaissance, which recently marked a decade anniversary, has apparently collapsed. Few details are available, but an ASIC notice dated August 13 states that Stewart William Free and Bradd William Morelli have been appointed as administrators to ER Industrial Pty Ltd, formerly trading as Energy Renaissance. @AuManufacturing requested comment from…
The University of Sydney’s Sydney Manufacturing Hub (SMH) has installed a new WarpSPEE3D cold spray additive manufacturing machine made by Australian company SPEE3D, which it says will support both novel research and collaborative projects with industry partners. In a statement on Tuesday, SMH said the machine is the latest addition to its Large-Format Additive Manufacturing…
Kongsberg Defence Australia (KDAu) has secured two export deals totalling $80 million and covering launcher systems and command and control consoles, which will all be assembled using “100 per cent Australian made components and subsystems”. According to a statement from Defence on Thursday, KDAu secured a $50 million order for Australian-made Naval Strike Missile (NSM)…
Solar module maker Tindo Solar was recently awarded $34.5 million in federal government support. Here CEO Richard Petterson answers criticism about assistance to local companies in terms of the “potential unfair advantage” enjoyed by other nations selling into Australia. The big news in renewables last week was the government’s $34.5 million commitment to domestic manufacturing…
Archer partners with IMEC on Biochip ASX-listed semiconductor developer Archer Materials has signed a contract to work with R&D organisation Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) on the product development of its biosensor. According to a statement from Archer, IMEC will trial the use of silicon-based devices such as ion-selective field effect transistors alongside Archer’s graphene devices.…
Social enterprise Soft Landing, which was recently awarded a grant from the state government’s Circular Economy Investment Program, has shared its plans to establish Queensland’s “first dedicated mattress recycling site to offer non-virgin material streams including steel, timber and textiles”. According to a statement from the company on Wednesday, it will collaborate with South East…