By Peter Roberts A new company made up of experienced global car industry executives has been formed to produce hydrogen vehicles at facilities at Port Kembla in New South Wales. The new company, H2X Australia, to be revealed to the general media later today, has developed several prototypes powered by a hybrid powertrain of hydrogen…
H2X Australia which plans to begin manufacturing hydrogen vehicles in Australia is led by Brendan Norman, an experienced industry executive who has worked for BMW and VW in Australia and Asia. When working in China he and partner, designer Chris Reitz, formed Grove automobiles in partnership with China’s Institute of Geoscience and Environment. Reitz was…
Technology developer BNNT Technology has succeeded in producing high purity boron nitride nanotubes in commercial quantities. The company, part of the diversified PPK group, is producing 10 grams a day of nanotubes from a single furnace and at 99 per cent purity. Boron nitride nanotubes are a cutting edge new material similar to carbon nanotubes,…
Two of Bisalloy Steels high-performance armour steel grades have passed stringent German Government certification after two years of research, development and testing in collaboration with Rheinmetall Defence Australia. This qualifies the steel to be manufactured for Rheinmetall’s Australian-built BOXER 8×8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) (pictured), for export to customers including Rheinmetall in Germany. Bisalloy developed…
Several leading Australian retailers have committed to providing customers with a wide range of genuine Australian products in-store and online. Partnering with the Australian Made Campaign (AMCL) are Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, Harvey Norman, Berkowitz Furniture, Forty Winks and Bev Marks.. Australian Made Chief Executive, Ben Lazzaro, said: “Australia’s leading retailers are helping to support our…
Australian Strategic Materials is pressing ahead with its Dubbo, NSW rare earths project with ambitious plans to value-add the strategically important materials in Australia. The company, a subsidiary of listed miner Alkane Resources, is developing the Dubbo deposit containing zirconium, rare earths, niobium and halfnium. These are minerals critical to advanced industries with more than…
International mining engineering firm Austin Engineering is reviewing its South American operations following the loss of a key contract due to a mine stoppage sparked by Covid-19. The company told investors a repair contract had been terminated in Columbia by mutual consent forcing the retrenchment of more than 200 employees. Entitlement payouts of $1 million…
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has launched two new ‘good practice guides’ as part of their response to issues raised by Industry 4.0 technologies. The guides lay out frameworks for how best to incorporate essential digital skills into vocational education and training (VET) delivery and to upskill VET educators. The guides Incorporating…
A regional Victorian company that has developed technologies to reuse ammunition containers, has signed a $15 million contract with Defence. Pentarch Industrial, based in Wangaratta, Victoria has been awarded a six-year contract to supply, refurbish and recycle ammunition containers. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said: “Pentarch’s system enables containers to be reused, rather than…
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison appears to be wrestling with a way to boost manufacturing despite the Coalition’s traditional antipathy to manufacturing subsidies. A report in Channel 9 media quoted Coalition members at their regular party meeting who called for options to replace manufacturing imprts. Journalist David Crowe, who is very close to the government…
