Don’t get run over by digital (4.0) technology!
We are entering a new era of business related technologies that will change how very many of us work, how business models operate, and which of these business approaches wins and loses.
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Nestle embraces blockchain to give consumers supply chain visibility
The world’s largest food manufacturer Nestle is investing in supply chain transparency through a collaboration with OpenSC, a blockchain platform that allows consumers to track their food back to its source. The company, also Australia’s largest food manufacturer with six factories, is the first major food and beverage company to pilot open blockchain technology. Founded…
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Australia’s first electric motorbike launched in Adelaide
The Fonzarelli NKD electric motorbike and its charging stations will be manufactured in Adelaide, South Australia.
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Ribbon cut on southern hemisphere’s biggest cannabis manufacturing facility
Federal health minister Greg Hunt was among attendees at the official opening of THC Global’s Southport factory, which is expected to begin significant production next year and make the company Australia’s first commercial supplier of medicinal cannabis.
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GaardTech launches its robotic tank decoy target
Defence equipment supplier GaardTech has launched a range of full size robotic military targets for use in real-world combat training. The company announced on Linkedin that its full size 3D robotic tank target is now available for viewing at its Brisbane factory. The tank target is capable of travelling over all terrain at 30 kilometres…
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Antibiotic developer Next Science emerges on top
Biotechnology start-up Next Science (ASX: NXS) has emerged as one of the top five performing stocks on the ASX with investors recognising a promising new platform technoogy. The company, which raised $35 million to develop its technology to kill bacteria, rose 35 per cent on listing in April, as reported in @AuManufacturing news. Now its…
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Meat processor Teys utilises biogas to value add
Australia’s largest meat processor and exporter Teys Australia has turned to biogas to power a plant expansion which will see it launch a new value added meat brand. The company revealed that its Teys Naracoorte Beef Processing Facility had captured biogas from a Covered Anaerobic Lagoon and used it for the first time to fuel…
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Swinburne University invests in Australian-made supersonic 3D printer
Swinburne University has announced the installation of a new supersonic deposition-based 3D printer made by Australian company SPEE3D.
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Ombudsman investigating R&D Tax Incentive audits, treatment of small business
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman will release a report shortly on the Australian Taxation Office’s enforcement of R&D Tax Incentive claims.
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RMIT researchers print wash-and-wear graphene supercapacitors
A Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology team has demonstrated a process for “cost-effective and scaleable” laser printing of stretchable, washable textiles able to store energy. A 10 centimetre by 10 centimetre patch of graphene-based smart textiles could be printed in three minutes using the technique, according to work published in the journal Scientific Reports. …
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