Pentarch has won both the National Innovation and SME Innovation categories at the Land Forces Innovation Awards, in what the organiser has said was a first in the history of the awards. Pentarch was recognised for its Project Damocles, which is described as a safe and purpose-designed system using “robotic handling and creative use of…
By Fergus Downey, Curtin University This weekend marked a milestone for Western Australia’s Binar Space Program as its first satellite Binar-1 lived up to its name. Binar is the word for “fireball” in the Noongar language spoken by the Aboriginal people of Perth. Binar-1 became a real “Binar” as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over the…
Dutch headquartered Ebusco launched both a right-hand drive version of its 2.2 model and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Melbourne on Friday, and again raised the possibility that it will set up assembly operations in Australia. The 2.0 model is a battery electric bus made in 12.5-metre and 18-metre variants, with a range of 450 kilometres.…
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The defence industry was worth $8.9 billion to the Australian economy in the 2020/21 financial year, an increase of 5.7 per cent versus the previous year and representing 0.46 per cent of the nation’s gross value added, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The figures are from the ABS’s Australian Defence…
Construction is underway at Bradfield City Centre, with a sod turn held on Thursday for the first building, which will include the first stage of the Advanced Manufacturing and Research Facility. The 3,840 square metre mixed-use building will house office, exhibition and event spaces within the Western Sydney Aerotropolis, and near the upcoming Western Sydney…
The Electrolux Home Products factory in Adelaide’s Dudley Park held an event on Thursday attended by premier Peter Malinauskas and others to celebrate the commencement of exports to the United States. The plant – which was opened in 1939 and has had $30 million invested in it in the last three years – employs about…
First Graphene has launched three new cement and concrete industry products as it continues R&D in the sector aimed at “reducing CO2 emissions and improving concrete durability”. The ASX-listed company announced the launch of products marketed as PureGRAPH CEM, PureGRAPH AM, and HexMortar. The latter product is a “graphene-enhanced dry mix mortar for shotcrete and…
A combined $15 million in state and federal grant funding for ten recycling projects was announced on Thursday, supporting reprocessing of materials including organic waste and plastics. The funding is made up of $11.26 million from the Circular Economy Organics Sector Transformation Fund and $3 million from the Victorian Circular Economy Recycling Modernisation Fund (both…
Circular economy researcher to trace plastic textile and refrigerant materials Among three University of Wollongong researchers awarded funding through the Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Scheme is Associate Research Fellow Dr Elyse Stanes, awarded $449,335 over the next three years. According to a statement from UoW, Stanes will conduct research into the circular economy…