By Peter Roberts Last year’s $1.4 billion Manufacturing Modernisation fund – that is a paltry few hundred million a year – is essentially the sum total of the federal government’s response to the question marks raised over the role of manufacturing by Covid-19 supply chain disruptions. There was almost nothing not previously announced, and only…
Industrial process technology company Calix and Pilbara Minerals have teamed up to develop a lithium chemicals refinery at Pilgangoora in Western Australia., The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding for a scoping study for a lithium salt production facility using Calix technology at Pilbara’s existing spodumene concentrate facility. Following that the companies plan…
By Denham Sadler A limited patent box scheme will be launched by the federal government, offering tax breaks for medical and biotech innovations in an effort to boost commercialisation and retain IP in Australia. The federal budget, handed down by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Tuesday night, included the establishment of a patent box scheme targeted…
By Denham Sadler The federal government has said it will develop an onshore mRNA vaccine manufacturing capability in Australia, but the actual amount of funding allocated to the significant task has been kept secret. In the 2021-22 federal budget, unveiled by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Tuesday night, the government confirmed that the industry department would…
Brisbane medtech company Ellume has established a diagnostics manufacturing facility in Maryland in the United States, even as it ramps up production of its rapid Covid-19 test kits at its Richlands plant in Queensland. The company is rapidly increasing production to meet a $US230 million contract from the United States Department of Defense to make…
Building products group Boral has rejected a formal takeover offer from Seven Group which values the company at $8 billion. The company, which has been struggling to sell assets following a disastrous foray into the North American market, rejected the $6.50 a share offer which offered shareholders no premium over the latest market price. Seven…
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series – Celebrating Australian Made – looks at BusTech Group which saw opportunity where others hesitated, investing in human capital to create a new national automotive manufacturing group. It is not every day that you hear about a capital company that sees opportunity in investing in Australian manufacturing. And it is even…
Perth international shipbuilder Austal has delivered its tenth Guardian-class Patrol Boat to the Department of Defence for gifting to the Solomon Islands Government. The RSIPV Taro (pictured), built at Austal’s Henderson shipyard, is the second Guardian-class Patrol Boat to be delivered to the Solomon Islands under the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project, part of Australia’s…
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Fertiliser and explosives group Incitec Pivot’s trouble-plagued Waggaman ammonia plant in the US (pictured) has failed yet again, this time twice in only a matter of weeks. Last month @AuManufacturing reported that the plant broke down on March 17 ‘as a result of a dry gas seal failure and vibrations in the turbine on the…
