The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has announced it will purchase new, smart sea mines, which will reinvigorate Defence’s maritime mining capability, and are deployable from submarines, ships and aircraft, according to an announcement. Following evaluation of market options last year, Defence selected RWM Italia (pictured) to provide the capability under a multi-million-dollar contract – the…
Queensland’s publicly owned energy company Stanwell Corporation will build a Future Energy and Innovation Training Hub (FEITH) valued at up to $100 million as step one of the state’s investment in a Stanwell Clean Energy Hub at major regional city, Rockhampton. The size of a shopping centre, the hub will provide the ‘sandbox’ to test…
A big electric passenger and vehicle ferry needs a big battery – and electric vessels don’t come much bigger than leading Tasmanian ferry builder Incat’s ferry being built for South American customer, Buquebus. The 130 metre long catamaran ‘utility Ro-Pax’ design (pictured) announced in January will be capable of carrying up to 2,100 passengers and…
Industrial technologies developer Calix has reported strong FY23 results underpinned by its traditional water treatment business and novel technologies that have positioned it as a leader in decarbonisation of the cement sector, lithium processing and advanced battery materials. The company reported revenue up 43 percent to $29.6 million underpinned by its US and Asia Pacific…
Thales Australia is developing a masterplan for the company’s Carrington site on the Newcastle foreshore to establish a sovereign Maritime Autonomy and SME Collaboration Precinct. The Precinct, on the site which built and supports the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Huon class minehunter coastal (MHC) and mine warfare capability, will support Mine Countermeasures and Military Survey…
Like many SME manufacturers Toowoomba, Queensland manufacturer Great Western Manufacturing had an Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that was not being utilised to its full potential, especially to help stream line operations that are often stretched by the sort of workforce shortages affecting all manufacturing. So financial controller Patrick Ferron and the manufacturing leader in…
Forrestdale, Perth environmental health and safety technology business Guarda Systems has held a live demonstration of its unique water and vacuum dust suppression system on a variety of masonry cutting tools, including a stone benchtop saw. The demonstration at the Melbourne offices of concrete construction equipment supplier Allcon Group left attendees impressed about the future…
General Motors is among critical mineral hungry investors who have backed a $16 million capital raise by battery materials maker Queensland Pacific Metals. The automotive company is staking its claim to a share of production of nickel sulfate and cobalt sulfate from QPM’s 100 per cent-owned Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH, pictured) Project, about 45…
By Peter Roberts It seems a long time ago that Australia was in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic and novel mRNA technologies were hot news. Though the technology had been around for decades it was the pandemic which saw the first major vaccines made using the genetic technology approved for public use in 2020,…
Brendale Queensland manufacturer Elexon Electronics has updated customers on its recovery after a fire damaged its factory and warehouse. CEO Frank Faller wrote to customers to say that the recovery process was moving forward at a pace that has exceeded initial expectations. Faller said: “With a big sigh of relief, we can report that a…
