Defence and emergency services contractor Alkath Group will launch a new Product Showcase Centre at its headquarters in Nowra on Wednesday this week. The launch is in collaboration with defence SME industry body the Australian Industry and Defence Network (AIDN), the veteran-owned company said in a statement. Alkath added that the centre is “designed to…
Next week is Australian Made Week, and it’s a chance to celebrate local ingenuity, according to organisers the Australian Made Campaign. Citing outdoor toilet roll holder the ‘Dunny Buddy’ and the ‘Strucket’ (an all-in-one strainer bucket) and beyond, Australians are “among the most ingenious makers and creators in the world”, said AMCL in a statement…
As we come towards the end of our editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – Professor Cori Stewart Founder and CEO ARM Hub explains the importance of commercialising hubs in turning research into economic outcomes. For the past two decades the capability generated by Australian R&D funding and the capability…
As we come towards the conclusion of our editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – we turn to the critical issue of innovation in the use of renewables for industrial process heat. Dr Mahesh Venkataraman of thermal energy storage company 1414 Degrees outlines the way forward. The decarbonisation of process…
The federal government needs to make urgent changes to the financial incentives that support the employment of apprentices and trainees, according to the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing skills training providers. ITECA Chief Executive Troy Williams said: “Recent data shows a significant decline in apprentice and trainee commencements, which is…
By Giles Parkinson The receivers and managers appointed to the Australian fast-charging company Tritium DCFC after its financial collapse last month say they are confident of sale after receiving interest from a ‘number of parties’. Tritium appointed KPMG to act as its voluntary administrators after deciding that the business could no longer continue as is,…
DXN in biggest data centre sale Modular data centre manufacturer DXN has signed a contract to supply four cable landing stations for the East Micronesia Cable System. The contracts, worth $5.7 million, is DXN’s largest contract to date. The contracts are for telecommunications operators in the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru and Kiribati and are…
Brisbane’s Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub is partnering with data and AI platform, Databricks to deliver AI intelligence to SME manufacturers. The AI, robotics and design-for-manufacture hub’s new alliance will enable smarter decision-making through affordable, safe, relevant and always up-to-date data and AI solutions. ARM Hub Founder and CEO Professor Cori Stewart said: “Our…
It is probably “quite a surprise to Australian manufacturers to find themselves as the centrepiece industry” the Ai Group has commented ahead of next week’s federal budget, though skills shortages continue to hold the industry back. In a research note published by the employer organisation this week, it takes stock of the manufacturing industry’s performance…
The federal government has today announced a boost to renewables in Victoria and Tasmania, with a combined 1.7GW of the 6GW available across the country in Australia’s largest ever tender for renewable energy. Deals will be signed with the states as part of the federal government’s Capacity Investment Scheme, which envisages 32GW of reliable renewables…
