APAC and applications are big parts to the current additive manufacturing story, attendees at a launch event for the new Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre heard last week. The AM CRC is a seven-year effort expected to invest over $250 million developing “a world-class additive manufacturing ecosystem” in this nation. Keynote Terry Wohlers, founder of…
A Boeing 737 RFS air tanker has become the first plane to land at the new Western Sydney International Airport, touching down on Tuesday morning. According to a statement from federal transport minister Catherine King, the milestone comes as a two-day multiagency emergency exercise begins as part of the ongoing testing ahead of the airport’s…
The owners of Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter are in talks with workers at Tomago, with the company “yet to identify a pathway” to commercially sustainable operations beyond 2028. Tomago Aluminium’s current electricity contract with AGL Energy expires in December 2028. The site employs 1,000, produces up to 590,000 tonnes of aluminium annually, and uses about a…