Hydrogen, gas and mobility business Pure Hydrogen will reveal Australia’s first hydrogen-powered prime mover (pictured) at the Brisbane Truck Show on 18 May this year. The company’s ‘Taurus’ truck follows the release of the company’s hydrogen powered waste and cement trucks, and will go on trial with PepsiCo after the show. Taurus is an Australian…
AI-based inertial navigation technology company Advanced Navigation has unveiled Australia’s largest subsea robotics centre in Balcatta, Western Australia, incorporating high tech manufacturing and R&D facilities on a 5.5 acre site. The new facility (pictured) will accelerate the production of the company’s revolutionary subsea technologies, including autonomous underwater robot Hydrus, and the growth of its underwater…
DC electric vehicle fast charger manufacturer Tritium DCFC has announced a strategic partnership with energy infrastructure business Jump Charging to expand access to fast charging infrastructure in New Zealand. The move takes advantage of the low penetration of fast charging options in the country, which has only 350 public charging stations in the country, or…
Hard to recycle plastic has successfully been biodegraded by two strains of fungi in a new laboratory experiment led by researchers at the University of Sydney. The researchers reported their success in breaking down the common plastic polypropylene in a study just published in npj: Materials Degradation, using two common strains of fungi. Polypropylene accounts…
Mining analysis drives XRF Scientific growth Scientific equipment and chemicals manufacturer XRF Scientific (picture) has ridden a wave of increased mining and industrial activity, as well as geographic growth, to report a 30 per cent growth in March quarter profit of $2.8 million compared to the previous corresponding period of $2.2 million, on revenue up…
Brisbane communications system manufacturer EM Solutions has announced new orders worth $8.5 million and success in its role as part of a Lockheed Martin Australia led group named as preferred tenderer to deliver on a new Australian defence satellite communication system. EM Solutions, part of the Electro Optic Systems group, received three new defence systems…
Snacks and treats manufacturer Mars Wrigley Australia will invest a further $28.8 million in its Ballarat factory, adding to more than $67 million invested since 2021. The upgrading of manufacturing facilities comes as one of the factory’s biggest innovations – recyclable paper-based packaging (pictured) – begins to roll onto shelves across the country, replacing plastic…
Innovation and entrepreneurship researcher Chad Renando has released an updated map of the Australian Innovation Ecosystem which shows the location and role of over 3,450 active in the sector in 3,744 locations around the country. Renando, the Managing Director of Global Entrepreneurship Network Australia, has updated the interface which allows people to zoom into the…
By Peter Roberts Leading beverage manufacturers have now put their past, vigorous opposition to container deposit schemes behind them and have strongly backed the new CDS Vic scheme announced by the state government last week. Lion, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Asahi Beverages, all members of not for profit group VicReturn which has been appointed as…
One of the world’s largest spirit producers has partnered with Queensland manufacturer Products for Industry to adopt the company’s small bore thin walled titanium membranes to replace existing filtration systems, initially for whiskey. The company has also received its first orders from one of the worlds largest snackfood companies for systems to improve the quality…
