Continuing @AuManufacturing’s expert series looking forward from the Jobs and Skills Summit, Jeff Lang looks at Australian sustainable advanced technologies and how they could contribute to a decarbonised sovereign economy. With the new global economic reset manifesting as disrupted supply chains, geopolitical risk, world division of labour and climate change dystopia, Australia has had its…
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Defence, space and communications manufacturer Electro Optic Systems has given itself breathing space for restructuring announcing a financing agreement with major shareholder Washington H. Soul Pattinson. The Canberra company has been under pressure in recent months with leadership transitions, a heavy call on investment dollars and a fall in its share price. Now investment house…
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Equatorial Launch lands in Adelaide Operator of the Arnhem Space Centre Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) has announced it will establish its headquarters in Adelaide. The move also puts ELA closer to the Adelaide-based Australian Space Agency, the regulatory authority that grants launch permits for every launch from Australia. The company, which is receiving support through…
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NSW companies have been invited to apply for up to $20,000 support to help install submeters to measure and manage energy use by site equipment.
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Australian rocket manufacturer and launch provider Gilmour Space Technologies has announced that it has signed a deal with Inmarsat to use the UK company’s space-based telemetry services. Gilmour plans the maiden launch of its Eris rocket, which would be the first Australian orbital rocket, for early in 2023. A statement from the company on Thursday…
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The federal government said it will introduce legislation to parliament on Wednesday to establish a High Speed Rail Authority, with a Sydney to Newcastle link its top priority. Acknowledging the long history of interest and false starts for east coast high-speed rail, infrastructure minister Catherine King said “no project captures the imagination of Australians quite…
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Global engineering, technology and manufacturing businesses based out of the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide are among those broadening their reach across the Pacific and opening offices in cities across the United States. XFrame managing director Carsten Dethlefsen said they launched in the US last year at NeoCon in Chicago, one of the country’s largest…
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Printable electronics developer Australian Advanced Materials, a company owned by investment house Strategic Elements, has reported ‘rapid technological progress’ in manufacturing a printed device generating electricity from moisture in the air (pictured). AAM, working in partnership with the University of New South Wales, CSIRO and researcher VTT group in Finland has developed and tested a…
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Food company SPC Global has called in the lawyers over its negotiations for a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) involving the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU). The company, a key employer in the Shepparton area in Victoria, said the company after working closely with the AMWU for several months had been ‘forced’ to engage with…
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