A new Advanced Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at Melbourne Polytechnic’s Heidelberg campus was opened on Monday. The new $3.2 million facility was described as “next-generation manufacturing training centre” that would train Victoria’s next generation of engineers on “technology in robotics, 3D printing, and computer design will support a range of industries including biomedical, defence and…
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The head of the company developing Australia’s first rare earths metals refinery has urged companies to produce high value rare earth metals locally rather than exporting ores overseas. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Iluka Resources Tom O’Leary told the company’s annual general meeting that the key Australian rare earth resources – neodymium, praseodymium,…
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The next profile in our Celebrating Australian Made series — sponsored by Australian Made — is Jack Thompson Engineering. Cole Latimer speaks to the company’s general manager, Nick Fergus. For close to a century a passion for powering Australia’s people and manufacturing industry has been the driving force behind Jack Thompson Engineering, a heavy industry…
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Green energy company Endua has announced that it has raised $7.5 million in pre-series private funding, with new investors including Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), Melt Ventures and 77 Partners.
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The Australian Government has listed a new defence project as a Project of Concern: the Satellite Ground Station – East and Wideband SATCOM Network Management System. While infrastructure for the project has been delivered, including three large ground antennae, it is facing ongoing schedule delays due to other technical challenges. The project is designed to…
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Frontier Energy’s Bristol Springs green hydrogen production project which aims to be one of the lowest-cost in Australia has received pre-certification from the Smart Energy Council. The project is located 120km from Perth in the South West of Western Australia and is planned to include a 36 mw electrolyser powered by a 114-megawatt solar farm.…
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Dedicated hardware VC Melt Ventures has raised $10 million for a new fund and expects to raise $20 to $30 million by the end of this financial year. The raise was supported by new investors including founder of Camplify Justin Hales, CEO and founder of Newcastle tech firm Pegasus, and co-CEO Andre Pinkowski of Sydney…
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Energy storage company Green Gravity has announced the construction of the Gravity Lab, a research and development facility designed to test the use of gravity to store and release energy. The company plans a facility in partnership with BlueScope Steel utilising disused mineshafts to obtain high resolution performance data from the company’s proprietary gravitational energy…
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CNC Design prints innovative lounge chair in two hours Additive manufacturing technology company CNC Design has demonstrated that 3D printing can print large items of furniture in a matter of hours, reducing production time and costs. The company displayed an innovative chair (pictured) at AMW 2023 exhibition at the RMIT University stand utilising a material…
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According to a new report released by Bioenergy Australia on Monday, the nation faces “environmental, economic and energy security risks” unless governments encourage a renewable fuels industry. The Transitioning Australia’s Liquid Fuel Sector: The Role of Renewable Fuels report (linked) considers decarbonisation “where electrification is impractical”, including transport, mining, agriculture and construction sectors, which represent…
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