With only a month until we unveil Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers and the category award winners, we look at Trans-Tasman medical products remanufacturer Medsalv, a finalist for 2025. Brent Balinski speaks to founder and CEO, Oliver Hunt. In a family with more than its fair share of medical professionals, Oliver Hunt agrees that his…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Liquid catalyst breakthrough speeds up chemical manufacturing A major breakthrough in liquid catalysis is transforming how essential products are made, making the chemical manufacturing process faster, safer and more sustainable than ever before. Researchers from Monash University, the University of Sydney,…
As our panel of expert judges go about the marking of nominations, the Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers campaign looks at a company trying to turn theoretical physics research into the impossible dream of clean, abundant energy. Brent Balinski speaks to HB11 Energy founder Dr Warren McKenzie. The nation’s record on turning research inputs into…
Ten years after the runaway success of the Flow Hive, HiveKeepers has started a Kickstarter to fund a new, Australian-made method of harvesting honey for hobbyists and beekeepers, following what it says is five years of research and development. According to a statement from the company on Tuesday, the Micro Honey Harvester system (pictured) is…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Applications open for regional NSW lean manufacturing pilot program The NSW government has launched a pilot program budgeted at $800,000, providing lean manufacturing audits to regional SME (between 20 and 200 full-time employees) companies. The Lean Manufacturing Pilot Program opened on…
As we prepare to hand nominations for Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers 2025 over to our judges, we look at an ASX-listed battery recycling company commercialising “deep eutectic solvent” research from the University of Adelaide. Brent Balinski speaks to IonDrive CEO Dr Ebbe Dommisse. There are a lot of ways to not make it when…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) BluGlass achieves gallium nitride laser world record result ASX-listed compound semiconductor developer and maker BluGlass has announced what it says is a world record for power produced by a single-mode gallium nitride (GaN) laser. In a statement on Tuesday, the company…
As we mentioned this week (and a couple of times before that), we are wrapping up the nomination period for this year’s Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers campaign. A last reminder that if you entered last year or in 2023 you are still absolutely welcome to nominate a second (or third) time. And a last…
We are nearing the end of the nomination period for this year’s Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers, with Saturday the cut-off to make your case to join 2025’s prestigious list. If you entered last year or in 2023 and wonder if you can nominate a second (or third) time, let me assure you that you…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) “Make it here, ship it everywhere”: federal government announces $5 million for Australian Made The federal government has announced $5 million in new funding, which it says will make the Australian Made logo “more recognisable across the globe” and support new…