Applications are open for support payments worth between $1,000 and $10,000 through Manufacturing Skills Australia’s Industry Development Fund. According to an invitation for nominees on MSA’s website, the funding will help those “seeking support for individual skilling and development that is not supported by any other funding opportunity.” Nominees can be aged between 15 and…
By Archie Chapman, The University of Queensland There were an estimated 100 million individual solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in Australia at the end of 2022. We estimate this number will likely grow to over 2 billion if we are to meet Australia’s 2050 net-zero emissions target. This growth means Australia is facing a 450,000-tonne mountain…
Drone engine maker Orbital Corporation has announced the signing of a development contract with defence technology company Anduril Industries. In a short ASX announcement on Thursday morning, Perth-based Orbital said an initial contract worth approximately $3 million would lead to prototypes delivered for ground testing by January next year. The two companies had announced an…
New York-listed Albemarle has announced it will build two new processing trains at its lithium hydroxide processing plant and Kemerton, Western Australia, spending up to $US 1.5 billion in the biggest investment in downstream lithium processing in Australia. Albemarle said on Wednesday that it would double capacity at the plant by adding processing trains three…
PWR Advanced Cooling Technology has announced a partnership with Constellium, aimed at developing 3D printed heat exchangers and other aluminium components. PWR, an ASX-listed, Gold Coast-based company specialising in design and manufacture of automotive cooling solutions, said the partnership would make use of Constellium’s metallurgical expertise and proprietary Aheadd aluminium alloys for additive manufacturing. Mark…
Nominations have opened for the state’s major export awards program, with applications being accepted until June 14 for the 2023 Premier’s NSW Export Awards. The annual awards are in their 61st year and are being held across 13 categories in 2023, with winners progressing as finalists in the Australian Export Awards. “NSW is truly blessed…
A new report from Standards Australia finds that the nation is losing out on the potential economic and performance benefits of using recycled content in roads, presenting a roadmap to address barriers to adoption. According to a statement from Standards Australia on Tuesday, the report identifies ways to advance the use of recycled materials in…
UNSW Founders has announced the launch of a new accelerator program it says will fast-track six clean technology startups. The new Climate 10x program is being backed by the UNSW-headquartered Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) program and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation-launched venture fund manager Virescent Ventures. The program begins on August 2…
Lark boosts whiskey sales and stocks Tasmanian whiskey distiller Lark Distilling continues to build its stock of whiskey, reporting it has 2.35 million litres in stock at the end of the March quarter, up six percent from the December quarter. At the same time it continues to build the age profile of stocks to ‘meet…
Packaging and recycling company Visy has announced that it has acquired privately-owned hardware and storage products supplier Zenexus. The amount paid for Zenexus was not given, but Visy said it would add approximately $170 million to annual revenues, with the business and all 160 staff at Zenexus to be migrated into the Visy Retail Services…
