FIAL offers clustering grants The Food and Agribusiness Growth Centre (FIAL), is offering matched funding of $150,000 to eligible clusters of small companies in the food and agribusiness sector through its Cluster Grant Program 2021. The funding helps businesses, government and researchers unite to tackle challenges in regions and/or cities. By working together for the…
The Bionics Institute and the University of Melbourne have launched Australia’s first medical device development and manufacturing facility to fast-track new treatments for people with diseases such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, hearing loss, stroke and diabetes. Named Neo-Bionica, is a highly specialised laboratory, purpose-built with the latest cleanroom technology, cutting edge robotic equipment, enhanced 3D…
This year’s Australian Defence Sales Catalogue released today shows the surge in new entrants into the export market is continuing. The fifth edition of the catalogue features 214 Australian small businesses, a 25 per cent increase from the previous edition. Defence industry minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the increase highlighted the growth and…
Prestige Italian automaker Ferrari has shown its new Ferrari 812 model (pictured) for the first time complete with one-piece carbon fibre road wheels manufactured in Geelong by Carbon Revolution. The Ferrari 812 was shown publicly at an event at Club Competizione Ferrari’s test track, with a video of the launch available here. Ferrari’s Enrico Galliera…
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series – Celebrating Australian Made – looks at one of the technologies that is changing the face of security and defence thinking – autonomous systems. Here we celebrate a breakthrough in the field by Perth’s Stealth Technologies. Autonomous systems are everywhere threatening to displace manned systems in the defence and security sphere.…
Luxury food group Maggie Beer Holdings rapid growth continued in the latest quarter, with the company revealing it expected sales of $85 million for the full year. In a business update the Barossa Valley company said the business was expected to make earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $11 million in the full…
Biotechnology company CSL has completed the acquisition of a novel gene therapy for the treatment of haemophilia B from NASDAQ listed uniQure. The company will pay US$450 million initially with further milestone payments and royalties to follow as the product etranacogene dezaparvovec (AMT-061) is further developed and commercialised. uniQure will complete the Phase three trial…
Perth international shipbuilder Austal has been forced to deny reports it is close to purchasing a second shipyard in the Philippines, this time at the former US naval base at Subic Bay. ABC reported this week comments by Australia’s ambassador to the Philippines, Steven Robinson who said Austal was closing in on a takeover of…
Holmwood Highgate to manufacture fuel and water storage modules Queensland bulk liquid storage manufacturer Holmwood Highgate has signed a $30 million contract with Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles to deliver fuel and water modules. The modules will be fitted to defence’s fleet of logistics trucks. The Loganholme company has previously secured more than $108 million worth…
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series – Celebrating Australian Made – looks at local manufacturers supporting the switch to renewable energies. Here Peter Roberts profiles Australia’s one and only manufacturer of solar PV panels – Tindo Solar. One of the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic is the danger of over-reliance on extended global supply chains and the…
