ABC news is reporting an as yet unannounced Labor election policy to restart Australian car making, this time manufacturing electric and hydrogen powered vehicles. The report, on abc.net.au, says Labor would provide R&D grants from a $1 billion manufacturing-focussed fund. ABC reports high-ranking US executives have travelled to Australia to discuss co-investment options with the…
Melbourne agri-tech business, Agersens has increased penetration of its IoT-based eShepherd in the United States signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ohio State University. The MoU follows similar agreements to trial and implement the cattle husbandry technology with universities which provide agricultural extension services in Idaho and Kansas. Cattle wear the eShepherd collar,…
Sydney-based drone security manufacturer, DroneShield (ASX: DRO) powered ahead in the latest quarter substantially increasing cash inflows and reducing cash burn. The company, which makes DroneShield, DroneSentinel and DroneGun Tactical products to detect and eliminate threats from rogue drones, booked revenue of more than a million for the first time in the quarter ended 31…
Comment by Peter Roberts Like many I was hot under the collar when Treasurer Josh Frydenberg failed to mention the word ‘innovation’ during last week’s federal budget speech. Shadow industry minister, Kim Carr, spent the next day chiding the government for failing to mention a concept which only a few years ago was the centrepiece…
Perth shipbuilder Austal (ASX: ASB) has handed over a second Guardian class patrol boat to the Department of Defence which yesterday presented the craft to the government of Tuvalu. Austal is building 21 of the vessels to be presented to 12 Pacific island nations under the Commonwealth Pacific Maritime Security Programme. Austal CEO, David Singleton…
Melbourne’s Monash University has launched Monash Food Innovation in a major new commitment to apply research to co-create innovations with industry. Monash took over Mondelez International’s regional food innovation centre in 2016, and has been busy expanding the operation and integrating it with the university’s diverse research disciplines. Mondelez had made its centre available to…
Hunter-based Nupress Tools has won a contract with Pratt & Whitney to manufacture precision machined small parts for the jet engines that power Australia’s new F-35 fighter jet. The company has signed a seven year, multi million dollar contract to produce five different components for the sophisticated single-engine plane. The company will produce 50 per…
Comment by Peter Roberts The 2019 federal budget was certainly bad for manufacturers, as reported in @AuManufacturing, but close examination reveals that for innovation in general it was far worse than first seen. The budget contained a nasty $1.35 billion cut to the research and development tax incentive over the forward estimates, on top of…
Sydney professional audio manufacturer, RØDE Microphones, has launched Wireless GO, the world’s smallest broadcast quality microphone. The latest product from the leading sound engineering company will debut at NAB 2019, a media, entertainment and technology show in Las Vegas from 8 April. Measuring a compact 44mm x 45.3mm x 18.5mm and weighing only 31g, the…
These are boom times for investment in renewable energy with more than 2.3 GW of new renewable energy capacity entering the market in 2018, according to the Clean Energy Council. The council’s Clean Energy Report found 38 large scale wind and solar projects were completed in the year. Household rooftop solar also experienced its’ best…
