$150,000 grant for Australian rapid Covid test
An Australian team developing a rapid Covid-19 test has received a $150,000 grant to bring the product from proof of concept to Good Manufacturing Practice Readiness within four months.
Australian world-leading camera techniques being developed for underwater use
Western Sydney University researchers are developing world-first “event-based camera” applications with Defence.
What does a contemporary manufacturing executive look like?
By Peter Tulau The thing about reality checks is that they tend to be thrust upon businesses at the most inconvenient moments, and as reality-checks go, this current one is large. What happens over the next period is critical to business success and leadership will play a critical role in that. Savvy manufacturing businesses are…
Luck or leverage? How Australian manufacturers can use innovation and incentives to make local products more attractive to export markets
We have long been internationally admired for our low levels of debt, high standards of living and a consistently safe and stable environments in which to live and work. We are indeed the lucky country but if we hope to retain that title, we face a choice: to continue safely along this well-worn path or to strike out and forge a new path.
Working smarter with data: Why leveraging data is the manufacturer’s key to success in a post-COVID-19 world
In this instalment of @AuManufacturing’s ‘Working smarter with data‘ series, Kamal Prasad gives some tips on being prepared for the digitally-driven future.
Dr Cathy Foley appointed as new Chief Scientist
Dr Cathy Foley has been named as Australia’s Chief Scientist and will begin a three-year term in January 2021.
Cash boost for big South Australian green ammonia project
A project to build the world’s largest green ammonia plant in South Australia has been launched.
Govt releases ‘plain English’ R&D tax guide
By Denham Sadler New “plain English” guidance for the research and development tax incentive has been released, providing new definitions for “hypothesis” and “new knowledge” and further information on the record keeping required under the scheme. The new Guide to Interpretation, an update on the document first published in 2016, comes just weeks after the federal…
GMG completes oversubscribed Series C round ahead of planned Canadian listing
Graphene manufacturer and solutions provider Graphene Manufacturing Group has announced completion of a $3 million Series C raise, with just over $1.7 million from TSXV-listed capital pool company Cuspis Capital of Canada.
Air Fab gets $1.3 million Boeing Defence Australia contract to build work platforms
Air Fab has been awarded a $1.3 million contract with Boeing Defence Australia to design, fabricate and supply safety stands used in maintaining the Air Force’s Air Force’s F/A-18F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growler planes.