In a world-first, Adelaide-based Glaciem Cooling Technologies has deployed its groundbreaking energy-efficient refrigeration solutions to help leading Australian retailer Coles reduce CO2 emissions in line with its sustainability ambitions. The company today demonstrated how it can provide large industrial and commercial businesses with heating and cooling solutions that support decarbonisation by installing the company’s unique…
Building products group CSR is to acquire design-led acoustic finishes and textiles business Woven Image for $43 million. The acquisition, which broadens the company’s offering to commercial markets, builds on a 20 year relationship between the two companies, with CSR having manufactured some of Woven Image’s products. CSR Managing Director and CEO Julie Coates said:…
Drone detection and countermeasure manufacturer DroneShield has been awarded a follow-on two-year R&D contract with a total value of $9.9 million by a Five Eyes nation’s Department of Defence (DoD), which the company chose not to name. Five Eyes refers to the defence/intelligence alliance between the US, Canada, UK, Australia and NZ. The award follows…
@AuManufacturing and the Australian Manufacturing Forum’s quest to identify Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers is over. Editor Brent Balinski hosted a breakfast event in the Melbourne industrial heartland of Clayton this morning which saw the whole list revealed. As we planned, 50 Australian manufacturers were inducted into @AuManufacturing’s inaugural Top 50, with another 24 forcing…
Collaborative space research centre the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (SmartSat) has launched a $7 million project to develop new autonomous spacecraft using artificial intelligence (AI). The three-year project, Spacecraft Autonomy and Onboard AI for Next Generation Space Systems, or SCARLET-α, aims to create a set of autonomous algorithms that will enable small and distributed spacecraft…
Mining research organisation Mining3 and the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) have partnered to develop a novel carbon fibre composite rock bolt through support from the Australian Coal Industry’s Research Program (ACARP). This ground-breaking development aims to replace traditional steel and fibreglass rock bolts, offering improved performance and cost-effectiveness in mining and tunnelling engineering. Rock…
Perth mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering has maintained strong growth in its order book as it continues to ride a resurgent mining sector. Reporting the outcome of a massive order it foreshadowed in May, the company said the orders had been conformed, plus 25 percent in additional orders bringing the deal with a single buyer…
Innovative energy technology developer Sparc Hydrogen is to test its catalyst process for producing green hydrogen at the CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales. Sparc Hydrogen, a joint venture between Sparc Technologies, Fortescue Future Industries and the University of Adelaide, will conduct on sun testing of its photocatalytic water splitting reactor following an…
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today opened a $30 million funding initiative to reduce emissions in the aviation sector. Australia’s aviation industry accounts for roughly one per cent of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions and is viewed as a hard to abate sector – most of these emissions are from medium to long haul…
AAMRI announces New Rising Star Award The Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) has announces a new, CSL-sponsored AAMRI Rising Star Award. According to AAMRI, the award will recognise an outstanding mid-career researcher and be presented by federal health minister Mark Butler at the annual AAMRI Dinner at Parliament House in October. AAMRI is…
