Cheesemakers face opportunities as well as volatility, says new report
The new Global Cheese Trade Dynamics report finds that trade opportunities remain “broadly favourable” but exist within a time of economic instability.
Local manufacturer Trendpac inducted into the Family Business Australia’s Hall of Fame
Berkeley Vale manufacturer, TrendPac has been inducted into the Family Business Australia NSW/ACT Hall of Fame. The second-generation company shared the prestigious honour alongside Ella Bache and joins former NSW inductees, including Raine & Horne, Akubra Hats, Kennards Hire, Scenic World, and another Central Coast family business, Sharpe Bros., who were inducted in 2008.
French company joins Adelaide cyber-tech hub
French cyber tech company Squad will establish a presence in South Australia’s new space, innovation, defence and cybersecurity precinct.
Horizons open up for medtech funding
Applications opened on Wednesday for grants in the third round of the federal BioMedTech Horizons program.
E-waste recycler, recycled roads and industry electrification researchers among Premier’s Sustainability Award winners
The Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards have been held, with winners including Enable Social Enterprises, which took out the Premier’s Recognition Award for its e-waste business. Enable assists disadvantaged workers in reentering the workforce. Among the company’s businesses is Enable IT Recycling, which “created 10 employment pathways while diverting 133,046kgs of e-waste from landfill” according…
‘Highly charged story’: chemistry Nobel goes to inventors of lithium-ion batteries
This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three chemists who collectively developed something that has become an absolute necessity in our daily lives – the lithium ion battery.
Titanium membrane filters find new industries
Titanium filtration membranes originally designed for the wine sector are being adapted for a new range of industries including oil, wool and water.
World-leading implant manufacturer opens new Melbourne factory
Australian medical implant pioneer Anatomics will launch its new manufacturing facility in East Bentleigh, Melbourne on Thursday morning.
First gas from Project Atlas in Queensland
Queensland’s Project Atlas development by Senex Energy (ASX:SXY), which will supply manufacturers CSR, Orora and O-I, has produced its first gas.
What’s at stake in Trump’s war on Huawei: control of the global computer-chip industry
By Clinton Fernandes, Professor, International and Political Studies, UNSW Silicon Valley may now be more popularly associated with software companies such as Google and Facebook but it takes its name from the material most used to make semiconductors. Semiconductors – or computer chips – power everything from mobile phones to military systems. The semiconductor industry…