The ribbon was cut on Friday on plant upgrades totalling $55 million at Asahi Beverages’ Wulkuraka in southeast Queensland, where the investment has created “more than a dozen” jobs, according to the company.
Novel recycled wine bottle launched Leading wine brands have launched ranges of wine products in a new, 100 percent recycled PET plastic bottle produced by packaging company Packamama (pictured). Taylors Wines and the giant Accolade Group are among brands launching the eco friendly bottles at Coles Group liquor stores – Liquor Land and First Choice…
FormFlow, Deakin University and the Innovative Manufacturing CRC have shared results of a collaborative research partnership, which they say has yielded commercially useful technologies for the metal forming sector. The team originally announced a 12-month project backed by IMCRC’s activate program in January last year, targeting development of a “an Industry 4.0 enabled manufacturing cell”…
Recycling clothing isn’t like recycling paper, glass or metal. Clothes are endlessly variable and unpredictable. So they’re not ideal for recycling technologies, which require a steady and consistent source material. Even a seemingly simple garment may contain multiple materials, with fibre blends such as cotton/polyester and cotton/elastane being common.
A team from UNSW Sydney has successfully simulated the behaviour of an organic molecule using a quantum circuit, an achievement they say is two years ahead of schedule and likely to lead to a commercial result in five years. The team’s results, achieved in 2021, were published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature on Thursday.…
Denmark-headquartered collaborative robot company Universal Robots has announced a new machine with a 20 kilogram payload capacity, which is being demonstrated this week at the Automatica trade show in Munich, Germany.
Hydrogen Fuels Australia and Clara Energy have announced signage of “an MOU to fast-track” joint development of as many as five hydrogen refuelling stations along the Sydney-to-Melbourne corridor along the Hume Highway, at a cost of approximately $600 million.
Metal additive manufacturing company Amaero International has given a short update saying it is on-schedule for production-readiness at its titanium alloy powder factory by the end of the year.
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Australia’s electricity generators would be paid extra money to be available even if they don’t actually generate any energy, under a new mechanism proposed by the federal government’s Energy Security Board (ESB).
