A Queensland University of Technology-led team has been awarded a $2.2 million grant through the Quad Clean Energy Supply Chain Diversification Program to develop a novel battery cathode production method. Australia has committed $50 million to the diversification program, which was announced during May 2023 Leaders’ Summit for the Quad, a diplomatic partnership between Australia,…
ASX-listed specialty chemicals company Alpha HPA says it has strengthened its position within the global semiconductor supply chain, executing three new letters of intent with unnamed global OEMs for the supply of high-purity aluminium products. According to an update from the company on Monday, the LOIs follow “more than a year of rigorous product qualification…
Medovex, a company that makes products to treat back pain, has been awarded a $760,107 grant from the NSW government to establish a device manufacturing and sterilisation facility at Wollongong. According to an update from the state government on Monday, the funded project will establish a facility for device manufacture and small-batch sterilisation of medical…
Wollongong-based energy storage startup Green Gravity has branched out into India, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TEXMiN, one of India’s four Technology Translation Research Parks. According to a statement from the Australian company on Monday, the signing covers a collaboration exploring the potential of gravitational energy storage systems – Green Gravity’s core business…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Australian hive harvesting innovator wins gold at World Beekeeping Awards HiveKeepers, a company that is commercialising a new method of harvesting honey for hobbyists and beekeepers after five years of R&D, has won the top prize for innovation at…
By Deanna D’Alessandro, University of Sydney The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal–organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large spaces within them, capable of capturing and storing gases and other chemicals. The prize is shared by Susumu Kitagawa from Kyoto University, Omar M. Yaghi from the University of…