By Stuart Corner of IoT Australia Deloitte Australia has teamed up with California based IoT startup ioTium to exploit opportunities in industrial IoT. The two say they will jointly deliver the foundational infrastructure to support technology implementation and services that enable end-to-end secure digitisation of industrial IoT (IIoT) platforms for Australian organisations in healthcare, energy,…
Maggie Beer Products are emerging as the star of multi-brand premium food group Longtable (ASX: LON) whose results continue to be held back by other brands in the business. Now in its first full year of ownership, Beer’s iconic Barossa Valley fine foods are continuing their turnaround following 2019 when they cut fixed and overhead…
Vertically integrated lithium ion battery metals and component manufacturing and recycling company Lithium Australia (ASX: LIT) has announced that its Envirostream subsidiary has produced its first metals from a new Melbourne recycling plant. The plant is capable of recycling 3,000 tonnes of battery waste a year with first production of nickle, cobalt, lithium and carbon…
New consumer research from Roy Morgan shows Australians prefer Australian Made products across a wide range of product categories. The research found that 80 per cent of Australians have a preference for Australian Made food and beverages, 77 per cent for Australian Made agricultural and gardening products, 73 per cent for children and baby care…
Confidence in new clean energy investment continued to slide in the past six months driven by grid connection and transmission concerns and lack of federal government policy. The latest Clean Energy Outlook survey of industry executives found confidence is at its lowest ever level. Executives surveyed by the Clean Energy Council rated their confidence to…
TV presenter and international prizewinner for furniture design Jamie Durie OAM has been appointed ambassador by the Australasian Furnishing Association (AFA). Durie hosts ‘Australia by Design’ which airs on Network Ten, following his role as an expert design judge on the Seven Network’s ‘House Rules’ programme. His ambassadorship was announced at an event in Sydney’s…
Comment by Peter Roberts One thing has been left out of the discussion of major government outlays developing Australia’s sovereign ability to build and maintain naval ships. That is the requirement for SMEs to play their part and invest large sums that often challenge – and risk – the resources of what are family owned…
Prefabricated data centre manufacturer DXN Limited (ASX: SXN) is growing strongly on the back of demand from government, the 5G communications rollout and edge computing customers. CEO Matthew Madden told the company’s annual general meeting today today that the company was focusing on growing its sales pipeline in a market that was expanding at 20…
Perth’s Advanced Braking Technology (ASX: ABV) has made good progress in the past year in stabilising the company’s financial position. Chairman Dagmar Parsons told the company’s annual general meeting that the company had undertaken a strategic review, driven cultural change and identified cost savings. She said progress had been made towards the goal of returning…
Medicinal cannabis cultivator and manufacturer Althea Global (ASX: AGH) has ended the year hitting milestones with 3,031 patients prescribed the drug by 375 healthcare professionals. Only 159 patients had been prescribed the company’s products a year ago. CEO Josh Fegan told the annual general meeting that the company also entered the United Kingdom market and…
