Tasmanian engineering and mining equipment manufacturer Elphinstone has acquired the Beltor ‘Puller’ system – an underground mine extraction device (MED) designed to safely recover buried equipment. Originally developed in the 1980s by Newcastle, NSW business Beltor Engineering, the MED met a need by underground miners to extract buried or bogged equipment in a safe and…
Tasmanian heavy vehicle builder Elphinstone has reached an agreement to build 45 armoured turrets and hulls for the Australian army’s next generation artillery system, the AS-9 Huntsman (pictured). Hanwha Defense Australia’s Huntsman mobile howitzers, being manufactured in Geelong, Victoria by in a $1 billion project, will utilise Elphinstone which has been chasing defence work for…
By Peter Roberts Dale Elphinstone is living proof of the old adage that you can’t keep a good man down – in his case, a good manufacturer. Elphinstone’s (pictured below) story is one of those that begins in a garage, this time in the small mining, industrial and port town of Burnie on the north-west…
GeVentor emergency hospital ventilators made by Gekko Medical of Ballarat in Victoria have been delivered to Tasmania through a purchase by Dale Elphinstone’s Elphinstone Group. Dale Elphinstone made his fortune manufacturing mining equipment and is a major shareholder in the Gekko Group of companies, which also manufactures mineral processing equipment. Elphinstone has purchased six GeVentors,…
Tasmanian mining equipment manufacturer Elphinstone has made a remarkable comeback as an OEM manufacturer to the global Caterpillar group. The Burnie company, which employs 2,500, first shot to prominence when it modified Caterpillar surface equipment to operate underground. Eventually it grew into a 50: 50 joint venture with Caterpillar, designing and making underground load, haul,…
Gaia EnviroTech welcomes new investors in decarbonisation Gaia EnviroTech management and team has hosted key investors at its first board meeting following the recent equity investment in Gaia EnviroTech by RFC Ambrian Funds Management (RFM). Bioenergy decarbonisation developer Gaia EnviroTech was spun out of Ballarat, Victoria based Gekko Systems in 2023 in advance of capital…
Canberra defence manufacturer Electro Optic Systems is in the box seat to be a major local supplier in the construction of Hanwha Defense Australia Redback infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to be built in Geelong. In a $5 billion plus deal just announced, EOS along with local manufacturers armour steel manufacturer Bisalloy and heavy equipment manufacturer…
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has told ABC TV that the Hanwha Defense Australia Redback infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to be built in Geelong will have around ’60 per cent local content’. Responding to questions from Greg Jennett, he said the outcome of the $5 billion plus order was a ‘great day for Aussie manufacturing’.…
The federal government has announced that it has selected Hanwha Defense Australia as the preferred tenderer to deliver 129 infantry fighting vehicles to the Australian Army. The Government has also decided that the new vehicles will be built in Australia at Hanwha’s facilities now under construction at Avalon airport in Geelong, Victoria. Conroy said the…
Imagion completes move to new R&D, production facility Breast cancer detection company Imagion Biosystems has moved into new facilities housing its offices, R&D activities and nanoparticle synthesis operation. The facility provides additional manufacturing capacity for its specialised MagSense nanoparticles. These are coated with tumour targeting antibodies which are used to test for HER2 positive breast…
