Industrial process technology company Calix has got the go ahead to scale up its Low Emissions Intensity Lime And Cement (LEILAC) technology to a full demonstration plant to be built in Germany. To be launched on April 7, the project involves construction of a 100kTpa CO2 capture plant at a working cement plant in Europe.…
Drug developer Noxopharm is following up on indications that an experimental anti-cancer drug may be effective against the Covid-19 coronavirus. Melbourne’s Hudson Institute of Medical Research has identified anti-inflammatory properties of the experimental drug idronoxil, the active ingredient in the company’s anti-cancer drug candidate Veyonda. Pre-clinical models indicate the drug has the ability to treat…
The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre has received a massive response from Australian manufacturers keen to step up production of medical supplies vital to checking the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The national register set up by AMGC to collate local expertise and production capacity has received an incredible 1,000 responses from companies willing to help.…
Global protective glove manufacturer Ansell is one of the few large companies that has been able to reaffirm its profit projections for the year despite the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The manufacturer of rubber industrial and surgical gloves told investors it was experiencing very strong demand for its AlphaTec hand and body chemical protection products. There…
Australian Manufacturing Forum viewpoint by Mike Kalms Without anything really changing, Australian Industry Content Policy (AICP) is now unalterably different. There have been relatively cosmetic changes to how AICP is described, at what thresholds it applies, and how it might be measured, but none of these constitute wholesale change or any sort of ‘policy re-write’.…
Australia’s first digital shipbuilding course has been launched to support the increased pace and sophistication of naval shipbuilding in Australia. With the federal government letting $90 billion in contracts for patrol boats, frigates and submarines, yards in Perth and Adelaide are increasingly digitally enabled. The BAE Systems yard being enlarged at Osborne in South Australasia…
Large-scale additive manufacturing technology company Titomic has linked up with US defence R&D company Triton Systems to validate its Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) technology for US defence projects. The two companies have entered a strategic partnership which aims to develop innovative products and solutions under US defence department grant schemes – the department spends US$60…
Archer Materials has successfully made high-value coated spherical graphite (CSG) from its Campoona graphite mine on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula and tested it in lithium-ion battery prototypes. The company told investors it had used commercially available amorphous carbon to coat the spherical graphite which was derived from flake graphite mined 220 kilometres north-west of Adelaide.…
Drone detection and counter-measure company DroneShield has completed shipment of an order of its DroneGun anti-drone counter measure systems to the defence department of a middle eastern nation. The nation, which has not been named by the Sydney company, will pay the company $3 million on completion of the order. DroneShield CEO Oleg Vornik said:…
Australian Manufacturing Forum member viewpoint by John Sheridan The world is changing…maybe faster than we want. And, it’s not easy to think about the future in the face of job loss, business closures and the threat of possible infection from the coronavirus. These are very challenging times but we can’t let fear, uncertainty and doubt…
