What were the five biggest stories this week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. CARBON REVOLUTION LOOKS TO MERGE, LIST IN THE US Carbon Fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has outlined an ambitious plan to merge with a US fund, list on a US stock exchange and emerge with a warchest to…
Recycling technology company Samsara Eco has announced completion of a $54 million Series A round, ahead of plans to begin volume production next year. The Australian National University spinout officially launched in September 2021, and is commercialising an “enzymatic depolymerisation” approach to recycling. This uses engineered enzymes to break plastics into monomers which can be…
Senior engineering and management professional Dr Sanjay Mazumdar has been announced as Executive Director of the four-year Defence Trailblazer for Concept to Sovereign Capability (CSC), a program allocated $50 million by the previous federal government. University of NSW – which leads the Trailblazer with University of Adelaide – described Mazumdar as a “proven chief executive…
In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we hear from Lee Stanley, Business Development Manager at systems integrator Daronmont Technologies. The episode was recorded at this month’s Land Forces expo. 0:20 – Career path and introduction to Daronmont and its work. 2:50 – Overview of some projects, including as tier one subcontractor to…
What were the five biggest stories during the week just finished? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. GREEN HYDROGEN IS ELECTRIFICATION A number of people contacted me last week after the remarks of Saul Griffith on television and in print media that have been reported as an attack on green hydrogen. I have responded individually…
If all goes to plan, in May next year, Australian companies will make a small step towards addressing an enduring lack of sovereign control of very important data. Among a planned launch will be products designed and made by edge computing company Spiral Blue and Esper Satellite Imagery, which is building satellites to capture hyperspectral…
Livestock feed supplement maker CH4 Global and engineering company Siemens have announced a technology cooperation to support commercialisation of seaweed extract made at a South Australian factory. The MoU between the two companies, made public on Tuesday, would see CH4 make use of its partner’s “technological skills and capabilities in areas of digitalization and automation”…
Curious about what people were most interested in during the week just finished? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. SIEMENS, APPLIED EV ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION ON PLM SOFTWARE Siemens and Applied EV have announced a partnership, with the Melbourne-headquartered EV company to use Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software to support the design, quality…
In the final day of @AuManufacturing’s special editorial series, Land Forces 2022, we look at contract manufacturing firm GPC Electronics. Brent Balinski speaks to Managing Director Christopher Janssen. Defence makes up about 10 to 15 per cent of turnover at GPC Electronics, the Western Sydney contract electronics manufacturer run by Christopher Janssen. He describes it…
Nova Systems marks 2,700 technical professionals receiving skills training Test and Evaluation (T&E) registered training organisation (RTO) Nova Systems announced on Tuesday that it had passed a milestone of more than 2,700 Australian technical professionals having made it through the company’s short training courses. According to the company, the milestone is “yet another example of…
