Wire arc additive manufacturing business AML3D has been awarded its biggest contract so far, with Newport News Shipbuilding ordering two custom-built Arcemy machines. According to a statement from the Adelaide-headquartered company on Monday, the order worth approximately $4.5 from the subsidiary of HII – the USA’s biggest shipbuilder – further embeds it in the shipbuilding…
The federal government has awarded $9.3 million through the second stage of the Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification pilot program (AUSSQ), focussing on “industry uplift activities involving air and gas flasks, and fabricated parts.” The funding covers “additional work packages” and will help “build skills, create jobs, and strengthen our national security through industrial base collaboration…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Former Queensland premier appointed chair of Advanced Materials and Battery Council Industry lobby group the Advanced Materials and Battery Council (AMBC) has rejigged its leadership team, with former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (pictured) appointed its new chair. In a statement Monday,…
Sponsored Failures of quality management and resulting problems, such as expensive food recalls, generally draw more attention than businesses running smoothly, which tend to go unnoticed. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) counted 836 food recalls for the decade to 2024, with undeclared allergens the leading reason. Even the unspectacular recalls, unlike the more memorable berry saga…
EV Fire Protection, a Brisbane-based company developing fire suppression products for electric vehicle parking bays, has announced the independent verification of “effectiveness, safety, and compliance with international standards” for its EV FirePro system. According to a statement from the company this week, it used Applus+ Laboratories in Spain for the tests due to an absence…
Battery recycling technology company Livium has announced firm commitments to raise $4.5 million through a share placement, with funding to support efforts including expansion of its large-format lithium battery collections across Australia, and the relocation and consolidation of its Victorian battery-recycling facilities into a centralised site. According to a statement from the ASX-listed company on…
Husband-and-wife-led material science company Great Wrap is in administration, with a reported $39 million in debts, citing a slump in demand as retailers and FMCG businesses began to recycle plastic in-house. Great Wrap was founded in 2019 by Jordy and Julia Kay, a winemaker and an architect respectively. They launched their first stretch wrap product…
GFG Alliance-owned steel recycler InfraBuild has won the Innovation of the Year award at the annual Steelie Awards, hosted by the World Steel Association (worldsteel.) Tracey Sen (pictured left), Executive General Manager of Communications, represented the company at the event in Washington, DC and which was hosted by the industry group representing 85 per cent…
Austrian-headquartered Erema Group, the world leader in plastic recycling equipment, has made an unspecified strategic investment in Brisbane textile recycling technology startup BlockTexx. The two companies shared the news at industry fair the K show in Düsseldorf, Germany this week, saying the development is aimed at scaling “post-consumer textile-to-textile recycling to industrial levels”. BlockTexx was…
Modular construction company Oly Homes has won at the 2025 Master Builders Queensland Housing & Construction Awards in the Prefabricated and Modular Housing category for its Thursday Island project, with eight homes built at its Sunshine Coast factory before being delivered and installed over 1,700 kilometres away. According to a statement from the company on…