Revenue for the local sheet metal manufacturing sector has declined at a compound annual growth rate of 1.2 per cent for the five years through 2024-25, and is currently worth $2.5 billion, according to a new update from IBISWorld. The market research firm’s Sheet Metal Product Manufacturing in Australia – Market Research Report (2014-2029) was…
The Western Australian government says a new biomedical industry and research precinct in Perth is closer following the signing of an MoU with CSIRO and the University of Western Australia to transform CSIRO’s Floreat site, northwest of Perth’s CBD. According to a statement from state innovation minister Stephen Dawson on Friday, the way is now…
A just released study from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) found that the cost of electricity generated from nuclear plants as proposed by the federal opposition would likely be 1.5 to 3.8 times the current cost of electricity generation in eastern Australia. The independent think tank estimated typical Australian households could…
Women in Australia will be able to collect blood samples at home and mail them to a lab for analysis of their ovarian reserve or egg count using technology delivered by WHEN Fertility and Trajan Scientific and Medical. The WHEN Fertility Egg Count Check will use Trajan’s Neoteryx Mitra device (IVD, pictured)) with its patented…
By Karen Raubenheimer, University of Wollongong It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and fibres. It named the particles “microplastics”. The paper opened an entire research field. Since then, more than 7,000 published studies have shown the prevalence of microplastics in the environment,…
A rubber crumb plant at Shoalhaven City Council’s West Nowra Recycling and Waste Depot, which the council says will help it increase tyre recycling capacity from 58 tonnes to 160 tonnes per year, was officially opened on Thursday According to a statement from the council, the site is currently making crumbed rubber and mesh powder,…
In-space servicing firm Space Machines Company has forged strategic partnerships with two Indian space businesses, aerospace and defence manufacturer Ananth Technologies and space infrastructure company Digantara. The partnerships will play a pivotal role in the upcoming Space MAITRI (Mission for Australia-India’s Technology, Research and Innovation) mission and the launch of Space Machines Company’s second Optimus…
The quarterly ACCI–Westpac Survey of Industrial Trends has found signs of improvement in conditions among manufacturers, though the general business outlook from companies for the next six months, while improved, “remains deeply pessimistic”. A summary of the survey, which has been running since 1966, notes that national accounts figures indicate the Australian economy remaining in…
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has made its first investment into greening Australia’s ports through electrification. A $70 million CEFC investment in Flinders Port Holdings (FPH) is the first-ever green financing of container stevedoring operations in Australia and will reduce emissions and help cut costs. The shipping industry is traditionally a hard to abate…
Memphasys commits to equine fertility study Reproductive technology company Memphasys has committed to a three-year equine fertility study, aimed at positioning its Felix laboratory instrument for sperm separation as a leading solution for the equine reproduction sector. The company expects commercial outcomes within 12 months from the trial, to be conducted in conjunction with the…