Hydrogen storage startup Carbon280 launched its Hydrilyte Technology Pilot Plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, which aims to prove its technology at an industrially-relevant scale. According to a statement from the company on Monday, the pilot is a 100 kilowatt prototype at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6. The pilot and a lab onsite are funded via…
Tropes about high costs don’t tell the whole story when it comes to making things in Australia. Those aren’t the real reasons why the industry’s share of GDP is so low, explains Dominic Parsonson. Manufacturing isn’t a “nice to have” for Australia, it’s a pillar of growth, resilience and national security. Yet whenever we talk…
A total of $50.4 million has been awarded through the latest selection round of the Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P), including for production of greener rocket fuel ingredients, salvaging pectin from fruit waste, and refining high-value ingredients from algae biomass. Twenty-one projects were funded through Round 17, which was announced on Friday. Among the projects…
Sponsored Australia’s largest gathering of resource recovery professionals returns to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 29-30 October 2025, with free registrations now open for the nation’s premier event for resource recovery and sustainable solutions. Australia’s manufacturing sector is at the forefront of the resource recovery sector and the circular economy revolution, with Waste…
By Melanie MacGregor, Flinders University Progress towards a legally binding global treaty on plastics pollution stalled and went into reverse this week. The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ran overtime. It’s likely to conclude this evening, without agreement. This is an incredibly disappointing result. As a member of the Scientists’ Coalition…
Monash University and the CSIRO have opened a new Membrane Pilot Facility at Monash’s Clayton campus, which the pair say addresses a “critical gap” between lab-scale research in membrane technologies and their commercial deployment. According to a statement from Monash on Friday, the new facility at its New Horizons Building “supercharges Australia’s ability to translate…
The University of Sydney’s Sydney Manufacturing Hub (SMH) has installed a new WarpSPEE3D cold spray additive manufacturing machine made by Australian company SPEE3D, which it says will support both novel research and collaborative projects with industry partners. In a statement on Tuesday, SMH said the machine is the latest addition to its Large-Format Additive Manufacturing…
Kongsberg Defence Australia (KDAu) has secured two export deals totalling $80 million and covering launcher systems and command and control consoles, which will all be assembled using “100 per cent Australian made components and subsystems”. According to a statement from Defence on Thursday, KDAu secured a $50 million order for Australian-made Naval Strike Missile (NSM)…
Solar module maker Tindo Solar was recently awarded $34.5 million in federal government support. Here CEO Richard Petterson answers criticism about assistance to local companies in terms of the “potential unfair advantage” enjoyed by other nations selling into Australia. The big news in renewables last week was the government’s $34.5 million commitment to domestic manufacturing…
Archer partners with IMEC on Biochip ASX-listed semiconductor developer Archer Materials has signed a contract to work with R&D organisation Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) on the product development of its biosensor. According to a statement from Archer, IMEC will trial the use of silicon-based devices such as ion-selective field effect transistors alongside Archer’s graphene devices.…