Magnium raises $3.24 million to progress green magnesium technology

Magnium Australia has raised $3.24 million as it continues to scale up its CSIRO-developed technology for carbon neutral processing of the lightweight metal magnesium.  The Australian Financial Review’s Street Talk column reports that the raise will support a new plant to prove Magnium’s process can run continuously, with completion planned for December. According to Magnum’s…

Frontiers in additive manufacturing: the challenges of design, innovation and commercialisation

In the final day of our Frontiers in additive manufacturing series, Glenn Rees, Head of Engineering at Conflux, discusses the many challenges that come with design freedom, the commercial sweet spots for metal AM, and more. You’ve come from a Motorsport background – can you tell me a bit about the differences and similarities in…

Finalists announced for 2022 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards

A list of finalists has been published for the annual Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards, which has been running since 2001. Announced on Wednesday, the finalists are: Amaero Additive Manufacturing (Notting Hill) Australian Defence Apparel (East Bendigo) Care Essentials (North Geelong) Coolon (Hallam) Dual Chelate Fertilizer (Robinvale) Duratray International (Bayswater) Elastomers Australia (Airport West)…

Frontiers in additive manufacturing: 4D printing adds another dimension of possibilities

Today our Frontiers in additive manufacturing editorial series looks at the emerging field of 4D printing. Dr Ali Zolfagharian explains. Additive manufacturing (AM) technology – involving materials built up layer-by-layer, and also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing – was first developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s by different scientists and engineers around the…