Ribbon to be cut at construction composites centre on Friday
A new factory for fibre reinforced polymer bridges will open on Friday morning in Wingfield, north of Adelaide, with up to 15 hires to be made in the first 12 months of operation.
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We need more than made in Australia – by Dr Jens Goennemann
Proudly made in Australia… is just not good enough. Full disclosure: I have an issue with pride. What for example would it have meant for me to be a proud German, I asked myself when I was younger. Winning the World Cup in soccer? I never kicked a ball in a single match. Fancy cars…
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Energy Renaissance close to opening battery Giga-factory
Australia’s first lithium-ion battery Giga-factory is a step closer to commencing operations with the successful completion of a pilot plant program supported by the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre. Energy Renaissance (ER) now operates at their pilot facility, dubbed Apollo, at Tomago in the Hunter Valley, NSW producing up to 4MWh of batteries per month and…
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Albanese announces 180,000 fee-free TAFE places
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used his opening speech and the national Jobs and Skills Summit to announce a TAFE training and skills blitz, headlined by 180,000 new fee-free TAFE places. Albanese told assembled politicians, industrialists, union and community representatives that National Cabinet had this week reached an agreement between the Commonwealth and every State…
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Manufacturing growth ends with ‘further slowing increasingly likely’: Ai Group
After expanding for almost all of 2022, manufacturing fell into slight contraction in August, according to Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index. The monthly survey has shown results indicating growth every month since January, which was impacted by an outbreak of the Omicron Covid-19 variant over the summer. August’s 49.3 represented a fall of…
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ASDAM emerges as Australian owned defence manufacturing powerhouse
By Peter Roberts Two of the veterans of the Australian venture capital industry have increased their footprint in defence manufacturing with their majority owned ASDAM advanced manufacturing business moving to take over another two Australian defence suppliers. CPE Capital, founded by industry pioneers, former Austrade boss Bill Ferris, and Joe Skrzynski, have been investing in…
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RAN nuclear submarine training announced Defence minister Richard Marles has been hosted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace at the commissioning of HMS Anson at BAE Systems at Barrow. The event included an announcement that Royal Australian Navy submariners would train aboard the nuclear-powered Anson, an Astute-Class…
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Hadrian X builds first houses using German bricks
Western Australian developed masonry robot Hadrian X has completed the construction of the first residential building in Wellard, WA, utilising Porotherm bricks produced by Austrian company Wienerberger. Wienerberger and FBR (Fastbrick Robotics) have been in partnership since 2018 to advance automation and digitalisation in the construction industry with the Hadrian X mated with specially developed…
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Darrell Lea readies for the next 95 years
Much loved confectionery brand Darrell Lea may be 95 years old this year, but the business is refreshing itself for the next century. According to Austrade in the past four years the iconic Sydney company acquired and relaunched the Life Savers brand, launched new chocolate blocks and innovated to drive growth in the confectionery category.…
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Preparing for cyber attack – by John Hines
Skills are top of mind today with a jobs and skills summit in Canberra. With deteriorating relations between Australia and a number of countries a cyber skills shortage is looming large for manufacturers. John Hines outlines what can be done. The cyber security skills gap in Australia is reaching unprecedented levels. The hunt for talented…
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