Bus maker Volgren will add an extra 50 new jobs and 16 traineeships as it begins delivery of zero- and low-emissions buses for Kinetic, which was recently awarded the contract for the Metropolitan Bus Franchise.
Electric truck drive train manufacturer SEA Electric has won Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia’s Product Innovation award for 2021. The Australian-born and Los Angeles-headquartered company won the award for its battery electric powered truck range, including the SEA 300 EV and SEA 500 EV models, which were launched in 2021 and are “the first comprehensive battery…
The Queensland government announced “at least $10 million” in funding for a government-owned, multi-user, multi-purpose critical minerals processing plant, with vanadium processing planned for 2023.
A new incubator to open in 2023 at CSL’s global headquarters in Melbourne, with capacity to host 40 startups, has attracted $95 million in support from CSL, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, the University of Melbourne and the Victorian government. CSL said in a statement that the facility would occupy two floors of its…
With the largest Defence budget in our nation’s history, along with the launch of the Australian Space Agency and now the AUKUS Partnership, the opportunities for Australian manufacturers to diversify are growing. By Michael Sharpe.
Each dollar invested in research and development (R&D) would earn an average of A$3.50 in economy-wide benefits for Australia, according to evidence compiled in a new report from CSIRO.
Changing this equation and moving to a circular economy, in which materials are reused and recycled rather than discarded in landfill, is a key goal to reduce the impact of building and construction on the environment, including its contribution to climate change.
Tritium opened a new testing facility for its fast DC electric vehicle chargers at its Brisbane headquarters on Monday.
IInfection prevention specialist Nanosonics is on track to more than double its manufacturing capacity and add a significant number of employees over the next three years, according to a statement from the NSW government.
A partnership between Textile Recyclers Australia and Karie Soehardi Consultancy, named TRAKS, has announced two trial programs for 2022 attempting to address the unmet need for repurposing discarded rugs and soft furnishing industry waste. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, roughly 800,000 tonnes of textile, leather and rubber waste was thrown out in 2018/19,…
