To begin the second week of @AuManufacturing’s Celebrating Australian sovereign capability series, Brent Balinski speaks to Adam Gilmour from Gilmour Space Technologies about the company’s planned orbital launch. If things go to plan, this year Gilmour Space Technologies will become the first Australian company to build a rocket and put it into orbit. The company,…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) CELEBRATING AUSTRALIAN SOVEREIGN CAPABILITY – INTRODUCTION TO OUR NEW EDITORIAL SERIES We have all heard the phrase – sovereign manufacturing capabilities. But what does it mean for Australia in the 21st century, what are they and how…
Today we hear from the first nominee for our Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers list. Brent Balinski speaks to The Hygiene Co.’s co-founders Phil Scardigno and Corey White about solving a waste problem they say is 30 times worse than plastic straws. Unless there’s a medical, scientific or forensic reason for it, sales of plastic…
Today in our Celebrating Australian sovereign capability editorial series we look at advanced air mobility manufacturer AMSL Aero, which recently achieved its maiden flight. Brent Balinski speaks to co-founder and CEO Andrew Moore about their progress so far, the potential of electric aviation, and the importance of companies making final products in Australia. There are…
By Brent Balinski “Geelong’s had an interesting evolution and obviously the company in its various forms reflects that,” Ross George, Managing Director of Austeng, a self-described boutique engineering firm plying its trade in the city. “My grandfather supplied parts to International Harvester, Ford, Alcoa, Pilkington Glass, and so all the Geelong-based automotive businesses, which have…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION FUND BILL PASSES LOWER HOUSE The federal government’s National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) Corporation Bill passed the House of Representatives with amendments, and despite opposition from the federal opposition will now go to the Senate. The…
For the first time ever, we are conducting a search to find out which companies lead the nation in their efforts to innovate. We are delighted to announce the launch of our brand new campaign: Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. With the help of MYOB, SMC Corporation Australia, and Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions, @AuManufacturing will…
One thousand jobs added between censuses might not sound huge, concedes Jennifer Conley, CEO of the Geelong Manufacturing Council, but they’re better than a mere hunch that things are on the up. Last decade, Geelong saw a few high-profile industrial difficulties – the closures of Alcoa’s Point Henry smelter in 2014 and the Ford engine…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) HYDROGEN COUNCIL WELCOMES REVIEW OF NATIONAL HYDROGEN STRATEGY The Australian Hydrogen Council has welcomed a review of the National Hydrogen Strategy as well as state-level strategies. The new strategy will respond to the local and global changes since…
As a sales engineer not long out of Monash University, Kheang Khauv had early exposure to a new technique for visualising stress and understanding metal fatigue in aircraft. It was the mid-2000s. Researchers at Defence Science and Technology Group’s Fishermans Bend labs – wanting to better understand the fatigue life of ageing F/A-18 Hornets –…
