FDA clears Nova Eye Medical’s latest device for sale Ophthalmic treatment device manufacturer Nova Eye Medical has announced the Food and Drug Administration has approved its iTrack Advance glaucoma surgical device for sale to surgeons in the United States. iTrack Advance is the latest product in the company’s range and is a hand held delivery…
Australian drone manufacturer Carbonix has signed a new $2.3 million contract with Australia’s largest independent aerospace composite manufacturer Quickstep Holdings that will see the company triple its drone production over the next year. Under the 12 month contract, Quickstep will manufacture 40 of Carbonix’s latest long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The UAV is the next…
By Peter Roberts Suddenly, every iron ore producer and the country’s two primary steel producers are looking at ways of decarbonising the steelmaking process, or going entirely to green steel production. Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue group is famously attempting to become Australia’s greenest company while Whyalla steelworks operator GFG Alliance has begun production of green steel…
The UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has announced that the Buxton Lime Net Zero project utilising Australian company Calix technology has successfully passed the due diligence phase of the country’s Industrial Carbon Capture (ICC) funding scheme. This is seen by project proponents UK construction company Tarmac and Calix subsidiary Leilac…
Edge computer manufacturer Spiral Blue has announced that the commissioning of their Space Edge One computer (SE-1, pictured) has made it the first Australian Space Edge computer to become operational in space. SE-1 is the most powerful computer ever built for use in space outside of a space station, boasting the capability to process massive…
Japan’s Mizuho Bank has announced a US$5 million investment in Canberra-based carbon capture and storage startup MCi Carbon. The company, which captures industrial emissions and utilises them to make products and materials using a chemical process called mineral carbonation, received the investment from the bank’s ‘Transition Investment Facility’ which commits seed or early-stage equity investments.…
Engineering group Civmec has announced $100 million worth of manufacturing, construction and maintenance orders for fabrications for Western Australian mining infrastructure. The company has been awarded three new contracts for the proposed Albemarle Lithium Kemerton expansion project in WA (pictured). Civmec will fabricate 25 carbon steel tanks for the project which will be fabricated, assembled…
Defence contractor Raytheon Australia has announced an ‘Invested in Exmouth’ programme to upgrade skills and knowledge needed to create strategic naval and space capabilities at the Harold E. Holt (HEH) defence precinct at Exmouth in Western Australia. Raytheon Australia Managing Director Michael Ward said in a statement that the programme was a new multi-year initiative…
The potential industrial payoff from the construction of Australian nuclear submarines, or potentially the lack of it, has ignited controversy among @AuManufacturing readers. Here, in the third in a series (see below) Geoff Potts takes a more positive view. AUKUS will be one of the most significant and difficult national projects undertaken by our nation…
John Kerin who served as minister for primary industries, trade and transport between 1983 and 1993, and was treasurer for six months in 1991, has passed away, aged 85. His passing is important to note as he was behind the setting up of 15 research and development corporations around rural industries and the founding of…
