Darwin-based roofing specialist Steeline GRP has become the sixth business to be awarded support under the Northern Territory government’s Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem Fund, with the announcement of a $800,000 co-investment. Support through the AMEF – which is administered by the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre – will be met by a further cash and in-kind investment…
By Pascal Scherrer, Southern Cross University This week in Paris, negotiators from around the world are convening for a United Nations meeting. They will tackle a thorny problem: finding a globally binding solution for plastic pollution. Of the staggering 460 million tonnes of plastic used globally in 2019 alone, much is used only once and…
Marand Precision Engineering and Rheinmetall have announced an extension to their manufacturing partnership worth $50 million. The announcement concerns the Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (CRV), which is currently in use with the Australian Defence Force, and assembled near Brisbane. Marand’s work involves manufacture of LANCE digital turrets, hull components and vehicle attachments in Geelong for…
A new project led by the CSIRO and delivered as part of its Hydrogen Industry Mission will develop a demonstrator moveable hydrogen generator, able to create the gas from a liquid carrier, according to the national science agency. In a statement on Friday, CSIRO said the unit would use its patented “catalytic static mixer” approach…
A Charles Darwin University (CDU) research group has shared what would be needed to create a food manufacturing hub in Darwin during this week’s Food Futures Conference Northern Australia Food Technology Innovation (NAFTI) project manager Dr Warren Hunt and University of Tasmania Professor Roger Stanley presented the findings from a 15-months research program to the…
By Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Swinburne University of Technology; Alex Stojcevski, Swinburne University of Technology, and Saad Mekhilef, Swinburne University of Technology Electric vehicle advocates say the cars ultimately have a smaller carbon footprint than their fossil-fuelled counterparts and could resolve our energy concerns for good. Well, fair enough, but questions arise when we dig into the…
ACOR report estimates the value attached to recycling The Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) has released a new report that it says “demonstrates the immense economic value of the recycling sector.” The Economic Contribution of the Australian Recycling Industry, authored by Australian Economic Advocacy Solutions, estimates that over the past year, the recycling sector contributed…
Today in our Celebrating Australian Made series — sponsored by Australian Made — we hear from Berkowitz Furniture. @AuManufacturing speaks to Sales Consultant Justin Berkowitz, a member of the family’s fifth generation. @AuManufacturing: You’re a retail partner of Australian Made. Does the company manufacture itself, or is that a part of your history that you’ve…
Eleven businesses have been awarded approximately $870,000 under the final round of the Tasmanian government’s Advanced Manufacturing Accelerating Growth Program. Grants are worth up to $100,000 each on a co-contribution basis and assist manufacturers “to purchase capital equipment, linked to an off island market driven expansion opportunity with resulting increased employment.” Round four recipients (a…
The City of Newcastle’s councillors voted unanimously on Tuesday night in favour of a $56.7 million tender by iQRenew, which will see the company build and operate a new material recovery facility (MRF) at Summerhill. The new MRF at Summerhill Waste Management Facility will have capacity to process 85,000 tonnes per annum of yellow-lid bin…
