German chemical company Henkel has announced that it will begin producing its Loctite brand of polyurethane adhesives in Australia, citing increased interest in engineered timber for construction. Henkel said it would start production of Purbond at Kilsyth, Victoria in the second half of 2023, which would open “many opportunities for us to help our customers…
In episode six of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we speak to Jess Hodge, co-founder at the husband-and-wife led startup Resourceful Living. Solutions for post-consumer and post-industrial plastic have grown in importance over the last few years, and phased-in Australian waste export bans ramped up again on July 1, with Australians now unable send any…
Brent Balinski As anybody who has tried to do it knows, there’s a lot of tough work and frustration between accessing a scientific breakthrough and turning it into commercial success. On Friday an audience of NSW MPs and media at Tomago heard about the progress Lavo has made since launching in October 2020 — armed…
In episode five of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we speak to Catie Fry, founder and Master Distiller at Clovendoe, a Gold Coast-based distillery with a difference. Fry’s career in the drinks business began with a gin and rum enterprise that she, her husband and some friends opened in Rockhampton in 2016. It was before…
In episode four of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we speak to John Mellowes, CEO of PyroAg Wood Vinegar and Director at Biocarbon. We learn some of the fundamentals of pyrolysis and its products — such as biochar, wood vinegar and syngas — when used to decompose biomass. Mellowes tells us about the potential of wood…
Our world as we know it could not exist without semiconductors, an industry of immense technological, economic and strategic importance, and expected to grow in value from $US 600 billion last year to $US 1 trillion by 2030.
Elexon achieves aerospace QMS cert Contract manufacturer Elexon Electronics has announced that it has attained AS9100D Aerospace Quality Management Certification. “We made it! It was a tough journey we boarded for, but we love a challenge” said the Brisbane company in a Linkedin post on Thursday afternoon, accompanied by the Stars Wars quote, “Do. Or…
In the third episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations With Brent Balinski, we speak to Jon Bulman, Director of Manufacturing at Finisar.
Brent Balinski speaks to Jon Bulman, Director of Manufacturing at Finisar, which has assembled and exported about $2 billion in optical products from Sydney, though would be a name unfamiliar to most Australians.
@AuManufacturing’s editorial series, Frontiers in additive manufacturing, looks at an Australian innovation for printing surfaces that borrow from nature. Brent Balinski speaks to Henry Bilinsky of MicroTau. (A podcast of the interview is available at this link, and through Spotify and other platforms.) As in the examples of Carbon Revolution and Tritium –…