New MD for Tetra Pak Oceania Boris Munster has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Tetra Pak Oceania, succeeding Andrew Pooch, who stepped down to retire after nearly 35 years of service to the company. In his new role, Munster will be responsible for Tetra Pak’s business operations in Australia and New Zealand.…
Electrical engineering business Ampcontrol has announced that it has acquired its fellow Hunter region, NSW-based business Androck Engineering & Mining, with this expected to be completed on May 31. Androck is a company of 65, with five workshops in Rutherford. It manufactures, repairs and supplies for the underground mining sector. A share purchase agreement was…
Hanwha Aerospace has placed what it called a “significant order” with Wollongong, NSW-based Bisalloy Steel for armour plates on the KP, K10 and K11 program for the Egyptian government. The two companies announced an MoU in February last year, covering the use of Bisalloy’s steel for land platforms such as the Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle…
Austal launches future USS Augusta Shipbuilder Austal’s Mobile, Alabama operation has delivered the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) to its customer, the United States Navy. This is the 17th Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Austal USA for the USN. Austal CEO Paddy Gregg said the delivery of the Augusta five months after…
CSIRO has opened applications for another round of its ten-week Innovate to Grow program, with a limited set of free places available for small and medium enterprise companies working in the health and medical technologies sector. According to CSIRO, the ten-week program “provides SMEs with the knowledge and tools to better identify and understand their…
Seabin, a maker of floating buckets that suck in and filter waste such as oil and plastics out of ocean water, is launching its third equity crowd-sourced funding campaign on Tuesday. A message from the company on Friday said the round would help to scale up its nature repair impact data offering, which presented a…
The third annual Australian Made Week begins on Monday, as the Australian Made Campaign notes vastly increased licensee numbers since 2020. In a statement on Friday, Australian Made said the number of its licensees had “rocketed” upwards in the last three years, with consumers wanting to support more items “bearing trustworthy country-of-origin certification.” “The brand…
CSIRO appoints new Energy Director Dr Dietmar Tourbier has been appointed Director of Energy at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, following a competitive international recruitment search. Dr Peter Mayfield, CSIRO’s Executive Director for Environment, Energy and Resources, said Tourbier’s appointment comes at a critical juncture for Australia and CSIRO in particular. “Dr Tourbier’s deep industry…
By Jarryd Daymond, University of Sydney Imagine a world where computers can solve complex problems in seconds, making our current devices seem like mere typewriters. These supercomputers would revolutionise industries, create new medicines, and even help combat climate change. Imagine as well we could observe the workings of our own bodies in unprecedented detail, and…
The government should prioritise building sovereign capability, argues Martin Ripple ahead of Tuesday night’s federal budget. As we are awaiting the budget announcement, it is crucial that the federal government addresses the issue of sovereign capability in the country’s manufacturing industry. Australia has the highest dependency on manufactured imports and the lowest level of manufacturing…
