Australian crane innovator teams up with QUT robotics experts on two-year project
A two-year project linking an award-winning crane load management manufacturer and robotics experts at Queensland University of Technology has been announced.
A two-year project linking an award-winning crane load management manufacturer and robotics experts at Queensland University of Technology has been announced.
Sydney-headquartered life science group, the IQ Group Global, has announced the acquisition of an anti-cancer drug platform from the University of Texas, and plans to begin clinical trials of novel platinum-based chemotherapy drugs within the next 12 months.
By Andrew Spence Australian hi-tech company Micro-X has rolled out the first of its lightweight mobile X-ray carts fitted with its own in-house designed and manufactured X- ray tube. The X-ray tubes are the world’s first to be electronically controlled and contain a unique carbon nanotube emitter designed by Micro-X in collaboration with South Australian…
A new report commissioned by two of the Industry Growth Centres has calculated the economic impact – 80,000 new jobs and $74 billion in economic value created – of adopting Industry 4.0 within the mining and oil and gas sectors.
A development application has been lodged for the recently-purchased former Electrolux site in Orange, with the company behind it saying around 25 jobs will be created through a new aluminium extrusion operation. According to a statement from Orange City Council, the DA is for “a set of concrete footings to support the equipment required”…
The Australian Made Campaign has released a new series of short-form videos featuring several of the country’s manufacturers, aiming to “celebrate Australia’s diverse and evolving manufacturing sector” and some of the people and stories behind it.
DMTC has signed a $3.8 million contract with the Defence Innovation Hub for collaborative R&D activities. The announcement was made on Thursday, and includes four projects to increase industrial capability, according to a release from the Department of Defence. It describes these as “aimed at enhancing land vehicle design and build; additive manufacturing of…
The Manufacturing Modernisation Fund was announced during the last federal election and launched last week. What are some ways you can maximise your application’s chances of success?
By Professor Danny Samson For many years, I have pondered why Australia has not been able to take its high performing companies to the global stage. Larger countries such as the USA, Germany, France, Japan, Korea and most recently China have done so very successfully. Companies from smaller countries have done so too, such as…
Brancourts Dairy has gone into administration, with approximately 50 manufacturing workers stood down across the company’s two factories.