Australia risks becoming a mere consumer of technology rather than a producer if it continues following global best practices instead of charting its own course in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, according to Professor Henrik von Scheel, the strategist who coined the term “Industry 4.0”. Speaking ahead of his keynote at Industrial Transformation Australia next week,…
Engineering company Pyrocal has been selected as preferred contractor on a Canadian regional government project, with the Toowoomba-based business to contribute its Continuous Carbonisation Technology (CCT) process for converting biosolids into biochar. According to a statement from Pyrocal on Monday, its pyrolysis process will be integrated into the Capital Regional District’s (CRD) Residuals Treatment Facility…
Sponsored Walk through any modern factory and you’ll find robots packing products, sensors tracking conditions and an assortment of machines quietly humming away. But look past the production line and a different picture often emerges – one where finance teams remain in spreadsheets, compliance sits in silos and decision-makers struggle to get a real-time picture…
Three months after announcing the installation of its largest custom-built Arcemy machine, wire arc additive manufacturing business AML3D has received an order for a small version, worth approximately $1.2 million. According to a statement to the ASX on Monday, the order is from Austal USA, for delivery to the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of…
Queensland-based SMEs in “agriculture, food and related technologies” have been invited to apply for the next intake of CSIRO’s free Innovate to Grow program. The R&D training program is online-based, with a two- to three-hour commitment per week. It is being delivered as part of the Queensland Government-funded Regional University Industry Collaboration (RUIC) program this…
By Anurag Srivastava, West Virginia University It’s hard work soaking up sunlight to generate clean electricity. After about 25 to 30 years, solar panels wear out. Over the years, heating and cooling cycles stress the materials. Small cracks develop, precipitation corrodes the frame and layers of materials can start to peel apart. In 2023, about…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Factory to supply Western Harbour Tunnel Project opens at Emu Plains A precast concrete factory that will help in construction of the Western Harbour Tunnel project has opened at Western Sydney’s Emu Plains, ahead of the arrival of tunnel…
Meiban, Planet Innovation announce partnership Medtech business Planet Innovation (PI) and Singapore-based contract manufacturer Meiban Group have announced a new “strategic alliance” aimed at delivering “comprehensive Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) services” spanning early-stage innovation through to high-volume manufacturing. According to a statement from PI on Thursday, the alliance will enable clients to “seamlessly…
The NSW government has approved a bioenergy facility at Austral Bricks site at Horsley Park, west of Sydney’s CBD. According to a statement from the government on Friday, the project will involve an anaerobic digester and process up to 150,000 tonnes of organic waste annually, helping provide electricity and heat for the brickworks. The organic…
Panels don’t always cover topics such as unforeseen disasters attached to winning a grant or the untapped potential of propaganda, but the final discussion at the recent Spotlight on Scaling Up seminar did. Simon Crane, CEO and majority shareholder of 95-year-old industrial and automotive supplier Lovells Group, shared that his company had only once applied…