Battery manufacturing headlines young companies in their commercialisation stage that have received some of the first funding from the federal government’s Industry Growth Program. The IGP, which is intended to lead to investment through the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund should scale up be successful, is worth a total of $392 million. The Minister for…
High flying electric vehicle charger manufacturer Tritium DCFC has become the latest Australian manufacturer to fall to overseas control, with its purchase by Indian-based charger company Exicom Tele-systems Exicom subsidiary Exicom Power Solutions B.V. Netherlands entered into a definitive agreement to acquire business and assets of Brisbane based Tritium. With over 13,000 DC Fast Chargers…
A new Rail Collaboration Centre (RCC) at Karratha, operated by the CORE Innovation Hub, has been opened. The centre will provide a platform to undertake world class testing, research and development in supporting iron ore railcar manufacturing”, according to the Western Australian government, which contributed $998,000 to its establishment. “The opening of this new Rail…
Hydrogen technology developer Hazer Group has passed a new production milestone, achieving 240 hours continuous operation at its Commercial Demonstration Plant at Woodlawn in Western Australia. The company told investors the plant has achieved stable production of hydrogen and graphite and 97.5 percent plant uptime utilising a feedstock of methane biogas. The CDP is now…
Energy and resources company EVZ Limited has been awarded a major contract in the mining and industrial sector through its wholly owned subsidiary, Brockman Engineering. Brockman has been awarded a bulk process water tanks package by Rio Tinto as part of the seawater desalination project at Parker Point, Dampier. The package includes design and procurement…
UNSW researchers have developed a new recycling method that can work on a variety of plastics and uses sunlight, air and a cheap, common chemical. According to a statement from the university, the process could break down seven different types of polymers by 90 per cent in under 30 minutes (and 97 per cent after…
Grant Dooley, the CEO of state government-backed venture fund Breakthrough Victoria, has announced he is resigning after almost three years in the role. “The opportunity to serve as Breakthrough Victoria’s inaugural CEO is one that I will forever cherish,” said Dooley in a statement on Friday morning. “In just under three years, BV has been…
The Managing Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre Jens Goennemann is on an extended 4WD trek around Australia. He posted this report on the Australian Made products he relies on from the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia. Often, I hear that Australia does not make anything anymore. I heard this misnomer again recently…
AIM Defence’s Fractl Tactical Directed Energy Laser has taken out first place at an international Counter Drone Sandbox in Canada netting a $1 million dollar prize. The win cements AIM’s position at the forefront of low cost and compact Tactical Counter-Drone Systems and follows the Australian Government’s $5.4 million commitment to buy a Fractl counter…
Next week we’re happy to be discussing a topic that’s sort of new but really isn’t, and has become sort of unavoidable. Nearly two years ago ChatGPT 3 burst into our lives and they haven’t been the same since. Generative artificial intelligence has moved into more and more places and there are some real ways…
