Bosch earns contract on ventilator project
Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions has earned a $1 million contract to make test equipment required for invasive ventilators under a recently-announced project.
Covid-19 response register for manufacturers tops 2,000 submissions
The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre has released a map and state-by-state breakdown of submissions to its Manufacturer Response Register, launched last month to coordinate a response by the industry to the Covid-19 outbreak.
All eyes on Australian manufacturing
Yes, Australian manufacturing is having its moment here. You can’t miss it. We’ve lost track of the stories this month on heroic coronavirus-inspired pivots, of the industry’s overall importance, and of the need for it to play a big role in the post-Covid-19 rebuild. “Coronavirus shortages prompt Australia to bring manufacturing home” read…
QLD named WEF Advanced Manufacturing Hub
Queensland’s $20 billion manufacturing sector has achieved recognition by the World Economic Forum as an Advanced Manufacturing Hub. In a statement over the weekend, manufacturing minister Cameron Dick said this recognised the ingenuity and potential of Queensland’s sixth biggest sector, which was currently standing tall to address to Covid-19 pandemic. “We’re seeing distillers making sanitiser, plastics…
Response group announced for ventilator conversions
A group led by Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro has been established to boost the availability of invasive ventilators in Australian hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Don’t panic: Australia has truly excellent food security
COVID-19 has taken Australia and the world by surprise. Coming after severe droughts in eastern Australia, concerns have been raised about Australian food security.
RMIT staff print up a PPE solution for frontline healthcare workers
Engineers at RMIT’s Advanced Manufacturing Precinct have stepped up to address the PPE shortage among frontline workers, have used the precinct’s 3D printing equipment to create 950 prototype face shields so far, and are seeking manufacturing partners to scale up their efforts.
EOIs open for $70 m renewable hydrogen funding round
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is accepting expressions of interest in its $70 million Renewable Hydrogen Deployment Funding Round. The round will support “two or more large scale renewable hydrogen projects, with electrolysers of a minimum of 5 MW capacity, with a preference for 10 MW or larger.” The electrolysers must be powered by renewable electricity. “With…
Lab tests show effectiveness of Australian 3D printed copper invention against COVID-19
Australian technology company SPEE3D has released news of lab tests showing the effectiveness of their copper 3D printed coating against Covid-19.
Pandemic shows the value of reshoring, co-ops, says BCCM chief
The Business Council of Cooperatives and Mutuals head has said the current Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the value of co-operatives and the opportunity for Australia to reshore manufacturing lost overseas in recent decades.