Drones are one of the hottest technologies gaining traction in defence globally. Today, as part of @AuManufacturing’s sponsored series reporting on BAE Systems Australia’s Partnering for success defence industry supplier event, we look at the locally designed STRIX drone, and the role played by PWR Advanced Cooling Technology in its success. By Peter Roberts. The…
Electrochemical test developer Universal Biosensors has launched its Petrackr diabetes monitoring device (pictured) for cats and dogs. The company, whose main product is the Sentia testing device used during the winemaking process, launched the blood glucose monitoring system at the same time announcing distribution partnerships in the United States and Canada. The product involves a…
Defence manufacturer Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions’ Queensland artillery shell plant has made its first export shipment to its customer in Germany, as the new factory is moving towards full-rate production. The Maryborough factory’s workforce has more than doubled to 60 since this time last year, with another 30 vacancies to be filled by July. Rheinmetall Waffe…
Vitura Health expands from cannabis to psychedelics Medical cannabis product company Vitura Health has linked with Canadian-based PharmAla Biotech in a new joint venture Cortexa to tackle the emerging psychedelics product market for research and therapeutic use. This follows the decision of the Therapeutic Goods Administration to permit from 1 July the prescribing of MDMA…
Today we continue our sponsored series reporting on BAE Systems Australia’s Partnering for success defence industry supplier event, with a look at what could be the future of industry growth centres in Australia. Here, Peter Roberts tours the Factory of the Future at the Tonsley innovation precinct in Adelaide. More than 250 SME manufacturers have…
By Peter Roberts Cold cathode X-ray machine manufacturer Micro-X has announced the appointment of Kingsley Hall (main picture) as Chief Executive Officer following the retirement of company founder Peter Rowland (pictured, below). Hall’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer comes at a time when the company has identified the need for a shift of emphasis from…
Social enterprise company Bedford is to build a $45 million advanced manufacturing hub in Adelaide’s northern suburbs in association with Leyton Property and Leyton Funds. The joint venture partners have unveiled plans for what is believed will be Australia’s largest social enterprise site, offering employment opportunities in new manufacturing sectors to people of all abilities.…
Today as @AuManufacturing continues its sponsored series reporting on BAE Systems Australia’s Partnering for success defence industry supplier event, Peter Roberts profiles HF antenna manufacturer Lencom. Lencom Antennas had its origin back in the days of long HF radio antennas that used to sprout from the bonnets of four wheel drive vehicles and that kept…
Today we continue our sponsored series reporting on BAE Systems Australia’s Partnering for success defence industry supplier event, with the big picture of opportunities open to SMEs in global defence supply chains. Here Ann Ackerson talks with Peter Roberts. As Chief Procurement Officer for the global BAE Systems company Ann Ackerson (pictured) believes the uncertainties…
Brisbane-based rocket manufacturer Black Sky Aerospace has become the first Australian company to locally produce Ammonium Perchlorate, a chemical that makes up about 70 percent of most rocket fuel. Known as A.P., the chemical will help Australia become self-sufficient as it moves to produce sovereign rockets and missiles, according to a statement. Black Sky announced…
