Sundrop, a world leader in the use of solar concentrator electricity generation to power horticulture production, has sold out to a New Zealand based investment firm. ABC news reports that Sundrop has sold its operating solar powered farm near Port Augusta and two overseas pilot operations to NZ’s Morrison and Co. Private equity firm Kohlberg,…
By Stuart Corner of IoT Australia DXC Technology has published a study Beyond Disruption: Australian organisations race to digital transformation success. It underestimates the role of IoT in digital disruption. To produce the report DXC’s Australian subsidiary, Telsyte, surveyed 447 business and IT decision makers across Australian organisations to gather their views on the impacts…
Perth HD camera systems manufacturer Spectur (ASX:SP3) is enjoying sales increases of 90 per cent in six months as it deals with burgeoning orders. The company recently hit the $1 million a quarter sales mark, with numerous bodies in a testing phase set to boost future sales further. Ten systems are on trial in the…
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…
