South Australia’s innovation minister David Pisoni has given a first glimpse into Precision Buses expanded manufacturing facility at Edinburgh in northern Adelaide. The facility, enlarged to cope with a state government bus purchase of 340 buses, has taken on an extra 40 staff, bringing the full complement to 95. “This is the place where South…
By Jim Plouffe American company Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems will establish a manufacturing facility for the integration and testing of space vehicles in South Australia. Announced today during the 8th Space Forum Adelaide, the Californian company will move into Lot Fourteen, the innovation neighbourhood already home to the Australian Space Agency and a growing list of…
Canberra’s Electro Optic Systems ((ASX: EOS) has established a new business segment EOS Communications Systems joining its existing defence and space systems businesses. The company has invested more than $250 million over nine years, including $50 million from government grants here and in the United States, to prepare for its communications foray. The company, best…
the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has backed a plan by Queensland Nitrates (QNP) to study the feasibility of building a renewable ammonia plant at its existing facility near Moura in Central Queensland. A consortium of QNP, Neoen and Worley plans to produce 20,000 tonnes per year of ammonia from 3,600 tonnes of renewable hydrogen.…
Southern Launch which is developing the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia has signed up its first rocket launch customer. Southern Launch signed an agreement today at an international space conference in Adelaide with Perigee Aerospace of Daejeon, South Korea. Perigee is developing the Blue Whale micro launch vehicle, which…
Australian seeds and crop protection specialist Nufarm (ASX: NFM) today announced it had sold its South American operations to Sumitomo Chemical for $1.9 billion. The company sold its businesses in Brazil, Argentina, Columbia and Chile and will continue to supply the operations under an agreement wth the Japanese global group. The sale represented a multiple…
A company developing Australia’s first energy storage solution based on compressing air is on the way to achieving its second contract following a grant from the New South Wales government. Hydrostor Australia has won a share of $7 million in feasibility grants announced in the lead-up to the closure of the Liddell coal-fired power plant…
By Stuart Corner Australian startup Forcite that has developed a smart motorcycle helmet — originally for police motorcycle riders – is taking the product to the United States. This follows what the company says has been overwhelming demand for the product since its launch earlier this year. Forcite’s MK1 helmet (pictured) incorporates a high definition…
Comment by Peter Roberts A former South Australian Liberal party leader who later became a minister in the state Labor government has called for the establishment of a national shipbuilding authority to guide naval ship construction. Martin Hamilton-Smith’s political history is indeed as complex as the task now facing Australia to build and then sustain…
Tasmanian mining equipment manufacturer Elphinstone has made a remarkable comeback as an OEM manufacturer to the global Caterpillar group. The Burnie company, which employs 2,500, first shot to prominence when it modified Caterpillar surface equipment to operate underground. Eventually it grew into a 50: 50 joint venture with Caterpillar, designing and making underground load, haul,…