Frontiers in additive manufacturing – ANCA’s hybrid AM development enters advanced phase
Our Frontiers in additive manufacturing series today provides an update on a locally-developed hybrid additive/subtractive machine for producing cutting tools.
Brent is a co-founder and editor of @AuManufacturing.
Series launch: Frontiers in additive manufacturing
@AuManufacturing’s latest editorial series, Frontiers in Additive Manufacturing, begins today. Brent Balinski introduces the one-week series.
@AuManufacturing Conversations launched
We are delighted to launch @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, the podcast for the @AuManufacturing website, newsletter and community.
Asparagopsis era begins with first commercial sale by CH4
Industry marketing and research body Meat and Livestock Australia has welcomed the arrival of asparagopsis extract supplements for beef producers, following years of research and development. Asparagopsis is a microalgae that grows in Australian coastal waters. It contains a compound that acts on gut enzymes in the last stomach of cows, significantly reducing the production…
New NSW semiconductor bureau to set up at Sydney’s tech precinct
A NSW government-funded Semiconductor Service Bureau will be established at Cicada Innovations in Sydney’s Tech Central Precinct, aiming to “drive sovereign semiconductor capability” and support critical industries “including health, defence and telecommunications.” Support for a $4 million Semiconductor Sector Service Bureau, styled “S3B”, was announced in October last year, based on a primary recommendation of…
Barbie maker beats supply chain blues by taking production in-house
By Brent Balinski There are many examples since 2020 of manufacturers of all sizes being forced to re-examine their supply chains. One comes from John Smith, owner of Smith’s Cooking Systems and Smith’s BBQ. He began designing and selling cooker cabinets and later microwave trims in 2000, and BBQs and related equipment in 2015. The…
Don’t have a cow: the Australian startup brewing high-tech animal-free milk
Eden Brew is roughly 18 months old and commercialising CSIRO R&D on precision fermentation for animal-free milk, which it says has a “four-casein micelle” identical to dairy milk. It recently announced it raised $US 5 million to support commercialisation, and is preparing to launch ice cream from this in time for summer next year. We…
Celebrating Australian Made: Local ingenuity walloping the world’s weeds
In the final day of our two-week Celebrating Australian Made series, @AuManufacturing looks at Seed Terminator, a company whose machines fit onto combine harvesters and play a role in weed control for crop farmers. By Brent Balinski
Celebrating Australian Made: A quiet achiever’s homespun wisdom
Today our Celebrating Australian Made editorial series takes a look at CST Composites, which exports the vast majority of what it makes. Brent Balinski speaks to Managing Director Clive Watts, who started the company by building production machinery in his garage.
Celebrating Australian Made: Lighting innovator looks to defence, IoT to continue expansion
To close the first week of our fortnight-long Celebrating Australian Made editorial series, @AuManufacturing profiles Hallam, Victoria-based industrial lighting specialist Coolon. By Brent Balinski.