Seven SA companies awarded $48 million in MMI grants
Bickford’s, Mayne Pharmaceuticals and Inovor Technologies are among South Australian companies awarded a total of $48 million in grants through the Modern Manufacturing Initiative this week.
State government announces new UNSW-headquartered decarbonisation tech hub
The NSW government has announced $15 million in funding for a new NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub, which will be based at the University of NSW.
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WA government makes renewable hydrogen target announcement The Western Australian government has said it will investigate implementation of a Renewable Hydrogen Target. According to a statement made on Friday, the approach would set targets for retailers in the South West Interconnected System (WA’s main electricity grid) to procure a certain percentage of electricity fuelled by…
Excellence in maritime manufacturing – Making a case for safer lithium batteries
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series Excellence in maritime manufacturing looks at an Australian startup targeting the problem of overheating batteries, and their early work in marine applications. By Tyson Bowen.
Politicians in high-vis say they love manufacturing. But if we want more Australian-made jobs, here’s what we need
Most politicians vocally support Australian-made products. Manufacturing certainly provides excellent opportunities for candidates in high-vis to make election campaign announcements.
Fresenius opens new dialysis bag plant in Western Sydney
Fresenius Medical Care has officially opened a new plant in Smithfield, Western Sydney, capable of producing 2.4 million dialysis fluid bags a year, which will be used in the Australian, New Zealand and Hong Kong markets. The plant will create 100 per cent PVC-free fluid bags in recyclable pouches. Dialysis fluid is used by patients…
Excellence in maritime manufacturing – material gains for maritime
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series Excellence in maritime manufacturing coinciding with the Indo Pacific 2022 International Maritime Exposition, William Poole speaks to composites specialist ACS-A.
China’s ‘innovation machine’: how it works, how it’s changing and why it matters
China has had the world’s fastest growing economy since the 1980s. A key driver of this extraordinary growth has been the country’s pragmatic system of innovation, which balances government steering and market-oriented entrepreneurs. Right now, this system is undergoing changes which may have profound implications for the global economic and political order.
BlueScope, UoW announce 13-month steelmaking decarbonisation project
BlueScope Steel, University of Wollongong and the Future Fuels Cooperative Research Centre have announced a 13-month, $1.8 million project to explore methods to reduce carbon emissions from steelmaking at the Port Kembla Steel Works.
CS Energy and Senex Energy announce JV on Kogan hydrogen demo plant
Queensland government-owned CS Energy and natural gas producer Senex Energy have announced a joint venture to develop the Kogan Renewable Hydrogen Demonstration Plant near Chinchilla, which will fuel the latest planned stop on the tri-state Hydrogen Superhighway.