Australian semiconductor maker announces key commercialisation milestone with export of laser diode prototypes

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Semiconductor developer BluGlass has announced shipment of its first laser diode prototypes to an unnamed customer. In an announcement to the ASX, the company said the alpha products had completed “preliminary performance and life-time reliability testing” and could be used by customers to be integrated into their design and development cycles.  Alpha-level products are advanced…

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BOOSTER-Mag approved for field and protected crops

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Materials technology group Calix has had its BOOSTER-Mag 609 SC product approved as a non-lethal insecticide for the suppression of two-spotted mite (Tetranychus urticae) in tomatoes and cucurbits (field and protected crops). The product, which has undergone extensive field testing, is the first registration of a magnesium hydroxide insecticide in the world. Australia’s APVMA has…

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Silicon Quantum Computing’s $130 million capital raise aims for quantum computer

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Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) which plans to build a silicon quantum computer in Australia today announced the launch of its $130 million Series A capital raising to fund the company’s technical development, operations and strategic activities through to 2028. The Series A round follows SQC’s successful $83 million seed capital raising in 2017. Investors in…

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It might seem a small loss, but Treg’s closure is a sad day for manufacturing nonetheless

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On Friday a small Adelaide manufacturer announced it was closing, unremarkable perhaps because it happens every day. But manufacturing is suffering a death by a thousand such cuts, argues Peter Roberts. We have to do something to change the fortunes of our SMEs who, like the little company profiled here – are doing it tough.…

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