Supplier of Australian food products to China, The Food Revolution Group (ASX: FOD) has inked a distribution deal which will net $8 million in sales in the next year. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with international cross-border e-commerce platform, ICC Global to supply its Australian juices and processed products such as…
Building products manufacturer CSR (ASX: CSR) has secured the first domestic gas supply deal from Queensland’s new Project Atlas natural gas development. The contract, with Atlas’ developer Senex Energy (ASX: SXY), will secure 260 jobs and production at three CSR factories making PGH bricks, Gyprock plasterboard and Bradford insulation. Under the initial three year agreement,…
Global explosives, chemicals and fertiliser manufacturer, Orica (ASX: ORI) has further developed its world-leading digital BlastIQ mine blasting system. Orica Global Digital Product Manager, Angelo Labriola outlined numerous updates to the system, which automates the complex sequential blasting of ore bodies to maximise mine processing productivity. Labriola said: “Inspired by our customers’ feedback, the latest…
The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre and Brisbane manufacturer, Movus have teamed up to get 50 SME’s started on their journey of digital transformation. Movus will provide a 50% subsidy for 12 months on the cost of the starter kit for their Industrial internet of things (IIoT) FitMachine The FitMachine is a ‘fitbit’ for machines such…
Comment by Peter Roberts No-one expects the coming federal election to be decided on the fundamental challenges facing Australia’s economy and manufacturing sector. But there are signs of a more progressive attitude towards industry policy and some understanding of the massive changes being wrought by innovation in product and production processes. To my mind, one…
Wireless video and data transmission technology company, Elsight Limited (ASX:ELS) has begun manufacturing what it hopes will be its’ breakthrough product, the Halo communications platform. The hardware platform incorporates the company’s unique algorithms that facilitate secure and highly reliable communications from remote cameras to control rooms and command centres. Halo will be available from June…
Swinburne University of Technology and industry research partners including composites manufacturer, Quickstep Holdings (ASX: QHL), have received $1 million from a federal government R&D programme. The grant from the Global Innovation Linkages programme brings to $3.5 million the partners are spending developing on Industry 4.0 manufacturing systems for high volume, lightweight composites. Their project will…
Canadian home lithium ion energy storage system manufacturer, Eguana has opened in Adelaide, according to CEO Justin Holland. Holland tweeted about the opening, posting posting a photograph of founder Brent Harris in Adelaide taking partners through the features of the Eguana Evolve system as part of training. Holland said: “The Eguana Evolve will be manufactured…
Science fiction didn’t do a great job in preparing us for our first real encounters with AI. Rather than a walking, thinking C-3PO from the movies, the current iteration of AI is quite different. With modern AI, all the “thinking” gets done in the cloud, and the algorithms are not tied to the identity of…
Brisbane’s L3-Micreo will produce and export more than 14,000 SILVERSHIELD units which protect vehicles from radio-controlled improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The units will be delivered to the Afghanistan National Defence and Security Forces and are in addition to 16,000 systems exported in 2018. The latest contract, announced by defence industry minister, Linda Reynolds, brings to…
