Analysis by Peter Roberts No country can hope to have a sustainable manufacturing sector without the ability to make its own industrial machines, and Australia is no exception. Australia’s premier manufacturing and machine tools exhibitions kicked off in Melbourne today, demonstrating renewed vitality in Australian made equipment. Austech, the leading advanced manufacturing and machine tool…
Antimicrobial agent manufacturer, Zoono Group (ASX: ZNO) has signed a distribution agreement that will see it supply up to $33 million of its products to car care company Turtle Wax in the United States. The company announced it had signed a distribution agreement with US-based MicroSonic, which has developed a propriety antimicrobial system based on…
Shares in nerve growth therapy developer Orthocell (ASX: OCC) have surged 377 per cent on positive news from clinical trials of its CelGro tissue repair device. The company, which developed and manufactures CelGro at its internationally-approved facility in Perth, passed a critical trial with patients with damaged nerves. The first four patients to receive surgery…
If you were thinking of casting your vote in the 2019 federal election on the basis of the innovation policies of the major parties you now have a choice between proven failure and halfhearted and misguided action. As I have argued, the Coalition’s research and innovation policies have been missing in action, with our national…
The US arm of Australian shipbuilder Austal (ASX: ASB) has displayed a range of catamaran and trimaran unmanned naval vessels for the first time. The company, which builds ferries and naval vessels in Australia, the Phillipines and the US, used the Sea Air Space 2019 expo in Washington DC to unveil its new unmanned surface…
The Clean Energy Council has convened an emergency meeting today (Friday) to discuss new Queensland state government rules covering the installation of solar PV systems. The rules, which require licensed electricians to perform mechanical work such as lifting, mounting and fixing unplugged solar panels, threaten jobs on solar farms and in commercial PV installations according…
By Stuart Corner of IoT Australia The Ponemon Institute has called on organisations to conduct, as a matter of urgency, employee training programs on the risks created by IoT devices. Its view comes from the results of a survey sponsored by third party risk management company Shared Assessments in which Ponemon found few companies conducting…
Sydney biotech drug developer and manufacturer, Pharmaxis (ASX: PXS) has secured a positive recommendation from a key US body for the benefits of its flagship Bronchitol drug in the treatment of adult cystic fibrosis. The decision, from the Pulmonary‐Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee (PADAC), supported the approval for the use of the inhaled dry powder for…
Global chemicals, fertilisers and explosives group Orica (ASX: ORI) today announced booming sales and profits for the first half ended 31 March, 2019. The result of Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) of $33 million, and $167 million before individually significant items, was up 35 per cent on the previous corresponding period. Orica managing director Alberto…
Australia’s National Centre for Vocational Educational Research (NCVER) has urged employers to do more to prepare for a digital future of work. In a report, Skilling the Australian workforce for the digital economy, NCVER found preparedness for a digital future was highly varied between workplaces. NCVER managing director, Simon Walker said: “This new report focuses…
