By Stuart Corner of IoT Australia Australian company Leash It, which provides Bluetooth-based tracking technology for assets and individuals, has evolved its technology to provide contact tracing of workers in places such as construction sites, hospitals and factories. Leash It founder and CEO, Tony Lotzof told IoTAustralia that the technology could avoid a workplace being…
Laboratory supplies and equipment manufacturer Westlab Group has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and recently launched local face shield manufacturing operations. The company, which offers a range of imported and locally made supplies to the scientific community, is now in full production (main picture and below) turning out 25,000 units per day, according to director…
Regional recycling technology developer Green Distillation Technologies is continuing its run of success with increasing interest in its tyre recycling systems pioneered at a plant at Warren in New South Wales. The company announced that an agreement with a United States group to build 10 tyre recycling plants using its technology had been increased to…
Australia’s Attack class submarines to be built in Adelaide by France’s Naval Group have appeared to go up massively in price since first revealed to the public – from a ‘turned out cost’ of $50 billion for 12 vessels, to $87 billion. In an article in the journal of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)…
Victoria University’s VU Polytechnic has bolstered its offering by transitioning to digital modes of delivery, and short sharp courses for its skills upgrading programmes. The Polytechnic was one of the first to adjust modes of delivery, including remote delivery of education and training programmes, to support students and staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Leadership and workplace skills are crucial to manufacturing success and Australia’s economic future. Kerrie Clarke has the keys to a skills revival in today’s contribution to @AuManufacturing’s campaign to crowd source a new deal plan for manufacturing post Covid-19. A future for manufacturing will be built on skills – starting with the ones we already…
Bendigo armoured vehicle manufacturer, the French Thales group is to export six additional medical variants of the Bushmaster protected vehicle to the Netherlands, according to media reports. The new order, worth $14 million, brings to 100 the number of Bushmaster’s operated by the Royal Netherlands Army and used in Afghanistan. The new models will be…
@AuManufacturing’s campaign to crowd source a new deal plan for manufacturing now in its third week takes on greater urgency with this contribution by Dr Sarah Pearson. A leader in academia and government, she appeals for greater urgency and greater collaboration in this personal opinion. “Future Industries” – actually not future – is alive and…
Pokie machine manufacturer Aristocrat Leisure is taking the axe to staff and wages as its global customers remain closed as a precaution against the spread of Covid-19. The company, which earns 60 per cent of profits from casinos and other public gambling, told investors it would save $100 million in the year ended 30 September…
Motor cycle suspension developer M-Sport Design is building export sales on the back of the value of the Australian dollar, now well below its long-term average of US72 cents. The Melbourne company has just prepared its latest shipment of locally designed and manufactured Slamtail Suspension kits for retrofitting to M8 Mono-Shock Harley Davidson motorcycles. Director…
