As @AuManufacturing prepares to deliver our 2025 Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers report this week, Simran Gill gives a wrap-up of the recent awards event. There are also video interviews from the day with Rux Energy, the Smartcrete CRC, Allegro Energy, Advanced Navigation, the Australian Business Growth Fund, Mapei Australia, and Australia Wide Engineering. Australia’s…
AnteoTech announced on Thursday it had received a sales order worth $213,000 from the Serum Institute of India under their five-year purchase agreement. The Brisbane-based biotechnology company said its Life Sciences business unit was on track to achieve approximately $930,000 in sales for FY2025, representing an increase of about 130 per cent over FY2024. AnteoTech…
Cochlear announced on Thursday the launch of the Nucleus Nexa System, which the company described as the world’s first and only smart cochlear implant system featuring internal memory and upgradeable firmware. The Australian medical device company said Australians living with hearing loss are among the first in the world to access the next generation technology,…
Aurora Labs announced on Wednesday it had been awarded a Defence Industry Development Grant of $544,333 on a 50/50 co-investment basis to support the acquisition of advanced manufacturing equipment. The 3D metal printing company said it had been selected as a priority sovereign industrial manufacturer for defence applications under the Sovereign Industrial Priorities Stream. The…
Victoria has exceeded its $20 billion food and fibre export target six years ahead of schedule, according to a government report released on Wednesday. Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs Danny Pearson released the 2023-24 Food and Fibre Export Performance Report, which shows Victoria is Australia’s top food and fibre exporter, capturing 27 per cent…
Austin Engineering announced on Wednesday it had increased guidance for FY25 revenue to approximately $370 million, up from the $350 million forecast in February, but revised underlying EBIT guidance down from approximately $50 million to circa $41 million. The engineering company said revenue was expected to be up by approximately 18 per cent versus FY24…
Livium announced on Tuesday it had commenced discussions with Australian and international developers of rare-earth element extraction technologies as part of its strategy to expand into adjacent circular economy opportunities. The company said REE extraction represented an extension of recycling services for its enterprise client base, with discussions progressing with developers focused on collaboration, including…
Pure Hydrogen Corporation announced on Tuesday it had received a 15-year Potential Commercial Area permit from the Queensland government for its Windorah Gas Project in the Cooper Basin. The wholly-owned subsidiary Real Energy Queensland received the permit following a 22-month regulatory approval process with the Queensland government’s Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and…
Space Machines Company and the University of Technology Sydney announced on Tuesday the creation of Australia’s largest industrial-scale spacecraft manufacturing facility at UTS Tech Lab in Sydney. The Optimus Factory (OF-01) will feature an additional 800-square-metre spacecraft production space and house Australia’s largest satellite Assembly, Integration and Test cleanroom. The facility represents a co-investment from…
Alexandria-based medical device manufacturer ProMed Australia raised more than $16,000 for the Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation at a charity auction in Pyrmont on Wednesday night, June 4. The event at Audrey Fine Art gallery featured the auction of a landscape painting by artist Ted Lewis, which sold for $4,800 despite being valued at $8,000. The…