In episode eight of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we speak to Dr Shafali Gupta and Andy Epifani, the co-founders and co-CEOs of Uuvipak. The cell biologist and the software engineer met last year and are currently commercialising a novel food waste-based solution, turning grain and beverage industry waste into single-use plastic substitutes that are…
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Modular data centre manufacturer and operator DXN which has been a pioneer of data services in the Asia Pacific region has agreed to sell itself to an overseas competitor, subject to Foreign Investment Review Board approval.
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A team of Swinburne University researchers has published what they say is the first detailed study of its kind on metal production on another planet. In a statement on Friday, Swinburne said the team, led by Swinburne’s Professor Akbar Rhamdhani, was developing a process that could take processed Martian air, dirt and sunlight to create…
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Perth shipbuilder Austal has delivered the second of eight Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) it is building at Henderson in Western Australia to the Royal Australian Navy. The vessel, ADV Cape Peron (pictured), has now been officially accepted by the Commonwealth of Australia. Austal CEO Paddy Gregg said the delivery highlighted the critical importance of…
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The first Albatross G-111T aircraft to be built in the Northern Territory – and Australia – has been purchased by an Australian investor. Entrepreneur and Shark Tank ‘shark’ Steve Baxter signed a contract of purchase to buy the amphibious aircraft being built by a Japanese/Australian partnership. Amphibian Aerospace Industries (AAI) will manufacture the planes at…
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Meghan Quinn has been named as the incoming secretary of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, beginning her five-year term on August 22. Quinn’s public sector career has been focussed on the treasury department, and has been Deputy Secretary of the Markets Group since June 2020. Prime minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement…
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In episode seven of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we speak to Shay Chalmers, founder of Strategic Engineering and a director at a collection of private and public entities, most of them to do with manufacturing in some way. Chalmers describes herself as “believing in the power of collaboration to drive positive social change, especially…
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The company that developed autonomous robotic blast technologies to remove paint from the Sydney Harbour Bridge has demonstrated how the same system could be used on the Hunter class frigate and other maritime programs. Sydney based Burwell Technologies demonstrated the capability of its blast and paint robot to work in a confined, shipbuilding space while…
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Natural gas and coal industries should not transition to the supply of blue hydrogen if Australia is to achieve a sustainable energy economy and net zero emissions by 2050, according to researchers from the Queensland University of Technology. Their study, published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels, shows the differences between hydrogen production based on a…
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $318,000 in funding to Ground Source Systems to demonstrate a full-scale solar PV and ground-source heat pump system, with gas backup, for heating and cooling at a commercial broiler facility in Yanderra, New South Wales. The hybrid system will see the installation of a 100-200 kW thermal…
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