Australia’s dig & ship obsession, a report by climate tech startup Conry Tech released on Wednesday and tracking the Occupation (OCCP) and Industry (INDP) data from every Australian census since 2006, contends that “no Australian industry has shrunk more than manufacturing” over those years. Conry Tech was founded by Sam Ringwaldt and Ron Conry. The…
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Government, researchers and industry in Tasmania are to study the potential for developing a kelp industry offshore, potentially in association with finfish farming in the state. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania has issued a scientific permit to deploy marine infrastructure as part of a research programme on growing kelp. This project is…
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Matrix awarded new riser buoyancy contract Matrix Composites & Engineering has been awarded a contract for the supply of composite underwater drilling riser buoyancy modules. The contract, with Transocean, is valued at $4 million, with the modules scheduled to be delivered in the first quarter FY24. The buoyant modules will upgrade infrastructure on an existing…
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Researchers from UNSW Sydney have discovered a new method to create flexible, semiconductor-like materials. The research was led by UNSW’s Dr Hoang-Phuong Phan and published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. It is described as using lithography – which is a technique that uses light to fabricate features in integrated circuits – to create wide…
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Defence vehicle armour producer Plasan of Israel has successfully completed blast tests on the AS10 vehicle which is being purchased for the Australian Army under Phase 1 of the LAND 8116 Protected Mobile Fires (PMF) programme. The tests, carried out with the support of Hanwha Defense Australia and Hanwha Aerospace from the Republic of Korea,…
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Advertisement The Australian Manufacturing Forum has been approached by one of its members who wishes to sell his business – a high quality precision engineering business in Melbourne. The company has a range of blue chip clients with long term relationships in sectors including mining, defence, food packaging and industrial sectors. The company is ‘very…
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Australia’s flooring industry from manufacturers to installers have taken the first step towards a circular economy approach to flooring. The Australian Resilient Flooring Association (ARFA) has released the proposed design for ResiLoop, Australia’s first national stewardship scheme for resilient flooring. More than 40 key stakeholders including manufacturers, distributors, retailers, installers, and specifiers as well as…
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Visy has officially launched the upgrade to its Gibson Island, Queensland recycling facility, which the company says will add an additional 39,000 tonnes per annum of capacity and 11 new jobs. The $48 million project was awarded a $16 million grant from the Queensland Jobs Fund in April last year, with state premier Annastacia Palaszczuk…
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Vanadium miner and processor Australian Vanadium (AVL) has received a federal government grant that advances the development of a vanadium redox battery industry in Australia. The federal government will provide a $49 million grant through the Modern Manufacturing Initiative – Manufacturing Collaboration Stream to support the Australian Vanadium Project. The company plans a mine at…
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Digital microscopy company Optiscan Imaging has announced the launch of an entitlement offer, aiming to raise as much as $16.7 million for purposes including R&D, clinical studies and working capital. In a statement on Tuesday morning it said that had lodged a prospectus with ASIC, with an indicative date of July 6 for issuing shares…
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