Applications open for Securing Raw Materials Program (SRMP). Round two of the federal government’s Securing Raw Materials Program (SRMP) will invest $29 million into businesses looking to undertake R&D on locally sourced raw material supplies. The government is anticipating applications from manufacturing businesses looking to innovate with Australian materials, importantly through linking with public sector…
A claimed Australian-first launch took place north-east of Esperance, Western Australia on Thursday, with a remote telco tower powered by a standalone power system (SAPS) delivered by Horizon Power and Boundary Power.
The $2 billion the federal government will inject to align university research commercialisation with its hand-picked manufacturing priorities will be stretched across the next 11 years.
Planet Innovation and ASX-listed Lumos Diagnostics will open a new Covid-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) production facility, with full capacity of 50 million tests per year.
As we near the end of the first of two weeks in our Cybersecurity – Identity and Access Management series, John Yang tells us what we can expect from the rest of the year. 2022 is expected to deliver supply chain attacks, cyber cold war escalation, cyber insurance pressure, and more, as Yang explains.
The latest round of grants under the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre’s Commercialisation Fund has been announced, with 24 manufacturers sharing in $9.03 million in assistance to commercialise products including a super-fast Covid-19 test, quality hardwood from timber waste, and “smart shoes”. Private investment was roughly four times the value of grants, according to a statement…
Dr Howard Lovatt, a research collaborator with Energy Renaissance and head of CSIRO’s Electrical Machines team, has left the scientific organisation to join the Tomago-based lithium ion battery business as CTO. Lovatt (pictured) had been at CSIRO for three decades, and a researcher on projects including electric and hybrid vehicles, solar car racing, and battery…
Nova Systems rebrands, repositions as integrated company Engineering and technology solutions business Nova Systems has brought together its four business divisions — Nova Systems, Geoplex, GVH Aerospace and two10degrees — and unveiled a refreshed brand, to be rolled out over the next few months. Nova explained that its refreshed brand acknowledged its heritage, with an…
The government’s $2 billion effort to improve Australia’s commercialisation efforts is welcome, but the approach is too narrow and risks undervaluing basic research, UTS special innovation advisor Professor Roy Green says.
Thomson Mathew runs us through a half-dozen ways to keep your factory safe from cyberattacks in this part of our Cybersecurity – Identity and Access Management series. While smart factories are revolutionising the manufacturing industry, being connected comes with new risk factors that must be addressed. A Deloitte study revealed that 48% of manufacturers identified…
