The Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index survey has recorded its best result since its 1992 beginning, with each activity index and each sector in growth.
Semi-conductors, water treatment chemicals and telecommunications equipment are being considered for the next round of grants, with between $50,000 and $2 million in matched funding on offer.
Guidelines were released on Wednesday for the federal government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative “collaboration” stream grants, worth between $20 million and $200 million and supporting large-scale Australian manufacturers with “large, transformational projects.”
Additive manufacturing company AML3D announced on Wednesday that it received a purchase order from Boeing, which though small in dollar value offered the ASX-listed company a key opportunity to showcase its abilities. According to a statement from AML3D, the sub-$50,000 order was to produce a part of roughly 150 kilograms out of invar-36. Invar is…
Despite clear momentum, manufacturers are currently dealing with materials disruptions comparable to the 1970’s oil shock and skills shortages “not seen in 14 years” according to research from the quarterly Australian Chamber-Westpac Survey of Industrial Trends.
Three new CRCs have earned funding under the Cooperative Research Centre Program’s round 22, with a total federal government investment of $158 million and estimated total investment of $664.6 million over their lifespans.
Sleep monitoring technology company Sleeptite has announced “a world-first sleep disorder diagnosis evaluation and monitoring trial” in partnership with Flinders University and RMIT University researchers.
The Victorian government has announced $14.2 million in support for Deakin University-based hydrogen and battery storage research facilities.
University of Melbourne spinout business Esfam Biotech says it is on schedule to begin human trials of their new Covid-19 therapy in 2021.
Autonomous electric vehicle company Applied EV has been awarded Victorian government support, and expects to welcome 20 new employees to its new Bayswater North facility over the next two years.