Robotics developer Lyro Robotics will fund the manufacture of 20 of its robots that are optimised for handling delicate produce, replacing repetitive, labour intensive tasks. The Brisbane company has raised $1.5 million in early stage funding to increase production of its robot systems which neatly integrate computer vision, machine learning and robotic grasping algorithms. The…
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Airbus is to locate at the Australian Space Park in Adelaide, South Australia, the site of a dedicated space industry manufacturing hub. The company will join other companies locating manufacturing at the park which is adjacent to Adelaide airport – Fleet Space Technologies, Alauda Aeronautics, ATSpace and Q-CTRL. The first major prime contractor at the…
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The Nuclear Skills Forum has expanded to South Australia with the official launch of the Adelaide branch, writes Michael Sharpe. A growing range of manufacturers gathered onsite at Centralian Controls to hear all the latest in the accelerating nuclear industry. It was pleasing to see the expansion of the Forum from initially just three companies…
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The natural disasters hitting Australia – Covid-19, absenteeism and sickness, and troubled international supply chains have hit aerospace composites manufacturer Quickstep, forcing it into a loss. The Bankstown, Sydney company said absenteeism and sickness were continuing and continues to average 12 percent, while the recent Sydney floods – worsened by the granddaddy of all disasters,…
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The CSIRO’s two-tiered ON program, which ran from 2015 to 2020 and aimed to help commercialise publicly-funded research, has returned, the organisation announced on Monday. The accelerator program counts drone mapping company Emesent, robotic sensor company Contactile and thermal energy storage business MGA Thermal among its alumni. According to CSIRO it had over 3,000 participants…
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Manufacturing showed a “weaker rate of expansion” yet remained in growth territory overall, according to the Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index survey results for July. The overall PMI result was down 1.5 points versus June to 52.5. Any result above 50 in the PMI indicates expansion, below it contraction, and exactly 50 represents…
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In episode six of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we speak to Jess Hodge, co-founder at the husband-and-wife led startup Resourceful Living. Solutions for post-consumer and post-industrial plastic have grown in importance over the last few years, and phased-in Australian waste export bans ramped up again on July 1, with Australians now unable send any…
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X-ray equipment manufacturer Micro-X is poised to launch a major extension to its product offerings – a lightweight, rugged X-ray imager to detect improvised explosives devices (IEDs) The company told investors that pre-production prototypes of its Argus IED X-ray camera (pictured) were close to completion, following delays in commissioning manufacturing equipment at its Adelaide plant.…
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Staff and stakeholders in carbon capture and reuse technology company Mineral Carbonation International (MCi) have gathered in Newcastle, NSW to mark the opening of the company’s new local industrial headquarters office. The Canberra-based company is constructing a mobile demonstration plant on Kooragang Island that captures and uses CO2 to produce manufacturing and construction materials, such…
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Barrett Communications delivers HF radios Barrett Communications – in collaboration with Royal Communications Inc. – has delivered High Frequency (HF) high power radio communications systems to assist in comprehensive communications coverage across the US. An undisclosed United States Federal Agency has recently installed high power HF radio systems into all states and territories of the…
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