By Peter Roberts The Department of Defence has called for information and ideas leading to the development of a small, capable and genuinely sovereign drone system to be developed and manufactured in Australia. The Department issued a Request For Information (RFI) which is an ‘industry engagement activity’ for the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA)’s first…
There is something particularly cruel for Australian manufacturing in China’s continuing targeting of wine exports as part of its – failed – attempt to force Australia to toe a more Beijing friendly policy line. With China’s recent move to remove crippling trade sanctions on Australian barley holding up hopes for wine, nothing is sure and…
A new partnership between remote operations consortium AROSE and the Robotics Australia Group will help connect and grow Australia’s maturing robotics ecosystem, developing opportunities for growth, collaboration and advocacy of remote operations technology. AROSE is an industry-led organisation focused on remote operations science, technology and services on Earth and in Space, while Robotics Australia Group…
Siemens and its national distribution partner APS Industrial (APS) today announced the opening of a new facility in Adelaide to manufacture and assemble a range of critical technology, including Siemens’ air circuit breakers (ACBs). The new development will inject over 150 technology jobs into the local industry over the next 10 years, as well as…
Following last week’s 2023 National Manufacturing Summit in Canberra, Weld Australia has issued a call for transformative national policy that delivers secure supply chains and a diverse renewables and clean energy economy, sustained by the manufacturing industry. Here Geoff Crittenden writes that Australia must take inspiration from the United States, and their Inflation Reduction Act…
By Peter Roberts Queensland, a state only a few years seemingly totally committed to coal fired electricity generation as well as fossil fuel export, is putting on a greener front as investments in green energy reap quick results. According to the government the state is halfway to achieving its 2030 renewable energy target with a…
Building products group Boral is close to the culmination of a major effort at the site of the new Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) now under construction. According to the company it ‘is in the thick of assembling (the) mobile asphalt plant’ which will be responsible for the airside surfaces at the airport at the…
Pegasus International Group which claims to make the world’s only true roadable flying car capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) has set its eyes on the Dubai market after a successful capital raising. The Mt Waverley, Victoria company showed off a prototype at the Avalon air show (pictured), claiming it was capable of ‘fitting…
Family owned confectioner and food manufacturer Ferndale Foods Australia has inaugurated its $20 million state-of-the-art food manufacturing facility in Ballarat, Victoria to produce ‘better for you’ bars and snacks. Once fully operational, the new facility – the company’s third – to be known as FoodLine Australia will have the capacity to manufacture 180 million bars…
Microbiology diagnostic equipment manufacturer LBT Innovations has fully written down the value of its major business centred on its APAS technology. The company has recognised a non-cash impairment of $13.4 million which is the full carrying value of the company’s intangible assets related to APAS, as well as a non cash write off of around…
