Sydney-based anti-drone security company, DroneShield (ASX: DRO), has won regulatory approval to fulfil an export order to a Central American customer. The company announced in a statement that approval would allow it to go ahead and fulfil a $300,000 order for its DroneGun Tactical jammer products. Oleg Vornik, DroneShield’s CEO, commented: “Drone misuse is a…
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Albemarle Corporation has begun earthworks on the company’s Kemerton lithium hydroxide (LiOH) conversion plant, deepening Australia’s burgeoning lithium products industry. The plant, at the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area, in Western Australia, will have an initial capacity of 60,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide (LiOH) when commissioned in 2021. Eric Norris, Albemarle President, Lithium said in…
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The term supercar is often used loosely, but when applied to the Brabham BT62 even that superlative seems an understatement. The car, built by Brabham Automotive in Adelaide, is a limited edition, mid-engined track car powered by a 5.4 litre Brabham engine. Capable of producing 700bhp or 522kW of power and 667 Nm of torque,…
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Imports are better seems to be an Aussie tradition among some. But Robyn Sefiani, a successful PR and marketing guru, found this was not the case this Xmas. Robyn, the Chairman of Sefiani Communications Group just posted: “This is a story of slick marketing not matching product promise. My brand new Miele ANZ oven has…
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Last week a home for Australia’s new Space Agency was announced, with the headquarters to open mid-next year at the former Royal Adelaide Hospital site. Brent Balinski spoke to Fleet Space Technologies founder and CEO Flavia Tata Nardini about why she believes SA is the place for space business, what it offers for manufacturers, and what to expect in 2019.
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Merry Australian Made Christmas to all at the Australian Manufacturing Forum and @AuManufacturing news. It has been a hectic seven weeks since we launched the @AuManufacturing news site so we are taking a break. See you in January with more good news stories, Forum member profiles and member viewpoints, and analysis and commentary by our…
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Analysis by Peter Roberts Anthony Pratt, Global Chairman of Pratt Industries and Visy Industries, has nicely summed up the drag energy policy has become on Australian manufacturing in an end of the year social media post. He shared the image below, comparing American and Australian industrial gas prices since 2008, with a simple message. “Glad…
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A massive 40 per cent of top technology executives rate artificial intelligence (AI) as the top-game changing technology of our times, according to a survey by Gartner research. Gartner surveyed chief information officers (CIOs) of top performing companies and AI came out on top, followed by data and analytics, cloud and digital transformation. With a…
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Perth-based shipbuilder, Austal (ASX: ASB) has received two further orders from the US Navy for Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) of the Independence class, bringing to 18 the number of these giant ships delivered or on order. Nine ships of the LCS class, to be redesignated by the USN as ‘fast frigates’ from the start of…
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