Virgin Galactic executive will return home to head Australian Space Agency
The chief operating officer of Virgin Galactic and President of its subsidiary The Spaceship company will return home to head the Australian Space Agency.
Waste reduction efforts gain $10.5 million through National Product Stewardship Investment Fund
Grants totalling $10.5 million and going to 15 organisations through the National Product Stewardship Investment Fund have been announced.
UNSW recycling researchers recover aluminium from tricky packaging
Researchers at University of NSW have developed a new technique to recover aluminium out of challenging-to-recycle polymer-laminated aluminium packaging materials.
Can sales drive Coopers Brewery profits
South Australian brewer Coopers is crediting a national consumer-led push towards trusted, locally-made beer brands and a move to more canned products for a 3.9 per cent rise in sales in the 2019-20 financial year.
Pfizer’s ultra-cold vaccine could be difficult to distribute
If the final results show anything like the numbers quoted in the press release, then the world can indeed be pleased and the scientists behind the scenes very proud of themselves.
Working smarter with data: Manufacturing the next generation of smart materials
In today’s addition to our ‘Working smarter with data‘ series, Dr Nishar Hameed explains Australian work on smart sensing, and future applications for a new class of materials enabling this.
First commercial project using local recycled soft-plastic-in-aggregate product
The redevelopment of Coles Horsham has featured the first commercial application of PolyRok, a product by Australian company Replas using soft plastic in place of aggregate minerals.
$150,000 grant for Australian rapid Covid test
An Australian team developing a rapid Covid-19 test has received a $150,000 grant to bring the product from proof of concept to Good Manufacturing Practice Readiness within four months.
Australian world-leading camera techniques being developed for underwater use
Western Sydney University researchers are developing world-first “event-based camera” applications with Defence.
What does a contemporary manufacturing executive look like?
By Peter Tulau The thing about reality checks is that they tend to be thrust upon businesses at the most inconvenient moments, and as reality-checks go, this current one is large. What happens over the next period is critical to business success and leadership will play a critical role in that. Savvy manufacturing businesses are…