Australia’s Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBICRC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesia’s National Battery Research Institute (NBRI) witnessed by Bill Johnston, WA Minister for Energy, Mines and Petroleum and the Hydrogen industry. The agreement is intended to strengthen collaboration in battery research, technology and innovation between Australia and Indonesia, and…
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The Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy has again raised hopes the federal government’s Defence Industry Development Strategy now under development will lead to significant investment in Australian manufacturing and its workforce. Speaking at the 2023 Australian Strategic Policy Institute conference, Conroy said the strategy would establish the framework and principles for the direction of…
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Deakin University has announced another project through the new Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH), linking up with textile technology company Xefco for R&D on a waterless dyeing process for garment manufacture. Xefco has previously worked with Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials through the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre to develop its water-less dyeing…
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Archer’s biochip design validated by commercial foundry partner Fabless semiconductor company Archer Materials has had its advanced graphene field effect transistor (gFET) chip design validated by an unnamed commercial foundry partner in the Netherlands with a whole four-inch wafer run. The new gFET device designs have been fabricated and the foundry process was successful, according…
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Sparc Hydrogen has begun prototype testing of its photocatalytic technology to split water into green hydrogen and oxygen at the CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle, NSW (pictured) The company, a joint venture between Sparc Technologies, Fortescue Future Industries and the University of Adelaide, has mounted its prototype photocatalytic reactor unit on the CSIRO’s solar tower…
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Researchers from The University of Queensland are developing novel plastic that the university says is affordable, can biodegrade in seawater, and could provide a solution to waste issues. According to a statement from UQ on Thursday, Dr Ruirui Qiao from the university’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology is leading work with AIBN colleague Professor…
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Parliament House in Brisbane is to showcase strength of Queensland manufacturing with displays of manufacturer capabilities from across the state. The state’s Parliament House Showcase to celebrate Manufacturing Month will headline the launch of a new social media campaign to entice school leavers to the sector: ‘If you don’t make it, it’ll never exist’. To…
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Metal additive manufacturing company AML3D has announced its second new US submarine construction contract in the same number of days. On Tuesday the company won a contract to develop and test 3D printing copper-nickel (Cu-Ni) components for the US Navy’s submarine programme. The contracts, in tune with the AUKUS agreement, will run parallel with the…
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By Elizabeth Thurbon, UNSW Sydney; Alexander M. Hynd, UNSW Sydney, and Hao Tan, University of Newcastle This week, a diverse group of organisations called on the Australian federal government to establish a A$100 billion, ten-year policy package to turbocharge Australia’s green energy transition. Proposed by groups including the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australian Conservation…
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Pure Hydrogen Corporation subsidiary HDrive International will supply two electric mini-buses valued at more than $700,000 to Sapphire Coast Buslines in New South Wales. HDrive will deliver the two battery electric (BEV) 18-seat mini-buses during the first quarter of 2024 in a deal the first of its type for the company normally associated with hydrogen…
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