Employment on the rise in regional Geelong

The Geelong region has proof of what was until now only supported anecdotally – Australia’s regions are growing manufacturing jobs. Census data available this week from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals an extraordinary story about Geelong manufacturing – manufacturing employment in the Geelong and Colac regions grew for the first time in recent memory.…

Arctic panels to insulate the Territory

Northern Territory insulation manufacturer Arctic Solutions has developed a novel range of insulating panels designed for the unique climatic and weather requirements of tropical regions. The solution is set to displace fully imported material via a co-invested project from the Northern Territory’s (NT) Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem Fund (AMEF). The NT-developed panels, used in cool rooms…

Bristile to offer Australian engineered solar roof tile

Leading roofing products manufacturer Bristile is to offer householders a range of Australian engineered – and soon – Australian made solar PV roof tiles. The Volt solar tiles (pictured) are engineered by the Melbourne building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) developer Leeson Group, and will also be distributed overseas by Spanish roof tile manufacturer La Escandella. Volt solar…

Kongsberg grows its Australian presence

Norwegian defence contractor Kongsberg Defence Australia has announced a significant investment in a dedicated facility at Mawson Lakes in Adelaide to support the delivery and support of Defence acquisition programmes. The company is involved in numerous Australian defence programmes, and in April the Commonwealth announced the accelerated acquisition of the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile to…

Calix raises funds for Boral and Adbri low-emission industrial plants

Low emission industrial technology company Calix has moved to raise $80 million from investors to fund its share of planned low emission processing plants being constructed with Australian building products companies Boral and Adbri. The plants, which will utilise Calix’s new kiln technology enabling the capture of CO2 in the manufacture of cement and lime,…