Queensland left hand drive vehicle conversion company AUSEV has signed a purchase order for one stripped electric vehicle chassis from US manufacturer Xos Inc. The company, which has plans to add EV production to its current vehicle conversion business, said in a statement it had ‘started conversations on working towards a manufacturing and distribution partnership…
The completion rate for apprentices and trainees who commenced training in 2017 decreased to 55.7 percent, down by 1.2 percentage points from those commencing in 2016, according to the latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees 2021 reports on the completion rates for…
Any hopes that A2 Milk could emulate competitor Bubs Australia’s stellar success this year in the US Market have been dashed, at least for the moment with the company receiving an adverse notification from the US Food and Drug Administration. A2 Milk had hoped to be able to secure enforcement discretion to import infant formula…
Two South Australian companies have been awarded a contract to build and supply a mobile launch rail for Australian spaceport and space mission provider Southern Launch. Ferretti International and Hydroil have been awarded contracts to build the mobile launch rail which is funded by an almost $1 million dollar grant awarded to Southern Launch as…
CSIRO has opened a new $23.1 million national laboratory in Melbourne that will bolster the nation’s ability to produce vaccines and drug treatments onshore. Researchers at CSIRO’s National Vaccine and Therapeutics Lab will turn vaccine and drug candidates into products that can be manufactured in quantity for clinical trials. According to a statement from CSIRO,…
Manufacturing is viewed by some as a fading sector, inevitably being replaced by new, knowledge and service based industries in developed countries such as the US, UK and Australia. But a study of the behaviour of manufacturing companies over time by researchers at Princeton University has demonstrated that as manufacturing itself changes, it changes the…
Quantum computing hardware error specialist Q-CTRL has introduced its new quantum sensing division reflecting a growing demand and opportunity to deliver sovereign capability to Australia and the AUKUS allies. Quantum sensing allows users to leverage the fragility of quantum computing technology to detect tiny signals for applications in navigation, defence, Earth observation and space. Sydney-based…
Melbourne’s Monash University has been announced as one of ten winners internationally of unique grants being awarded by international group the Algorand Foundation to further education, and research into positive effects of blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies. The university’s Dr. Joseph Liu will receive a share of $50 million over five years to fund an Algorand…
Perth biotechnology group Proteomics International Laboratories has reached an agreement to exclusively licence its PromarkerD test for diabetes to Sonic Healthcare USA. An estimated 32 million people or 11 percent of the American population live with diabetes, with PromarkerD the only test available that is able to identify their risk of developing diabetic kidney disease.…
Minerals producer QEM Ltd has achieved high oil and vanadium extraction rates from its Melbourne pilot plant (pictured) in tests of ores from the company’s Julia Creek mine in western Queensland. Higher rates of extraction of oil and vanadium, a critical battery metal, were possible at a larger scale which processed 6kg of Julia Creek…
