@AuManufacturing news and the Australian Manufacturing Forum Linkedin networking and discussion group welcomes the incoming federal government and its first ministry announced last night. The key Industry and Science portfolio is within the Cabinet, and will be taken on by Edham Nurredin Husic, better known as Ed Husic, the member for Chifley in western Sydney…
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Australian rare earths producer Australian Strategic Materials rolled out the Lamingtons during celebrations to open the company’s first critical metals production plant in South Korea. Located in the Ochang Foreign Investment Zone south of Seoul, the Korean Metals Plant will initially focus on supplying neodymium iron borate (NdFeB) and titanium metal alloys into Korean high…
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Australia can be one of the world’s cheapest sources of green hydrogen production but faces competition from countries such as China, Chile, Morocco and Columbia according to an analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). Australian sources come in as the fifth cheapest in the world of 25 studied, driven overwhelmingly by onshore solar…
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A summit linking participants in the defence science ecosystem will debut in July at Sydney’s International Convention Centre. The Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research (ADSTAR) Summit will run July 20-22, 2022. According to a statement from the Department of Defence on Tuesday., it will present an opportunity to “engage with leaders, entrepreneurs, business and…
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To go green, the world will need vast quantities of critical minerals such as manganese, lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements. But to some environmentalists, mining to save the planet is a hard pill to swallow if it leads to damage to pristine areas.
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Glazing systems that generate solar power developed by ClearVue Technologies are to be trialled in an evaluation by the US Air Force in the United States. The Perth company has joined with US company Nordis in an evaluation underway at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. The companies have combined Nordis’ electronically controlled window tinting…
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The South Australian government has moved on its promised construction of the country’s first green hydrogen powered electricity generation station, part of its Hydrogen Jobs Plan promised before the recent state election. Premier Peter Malinauskas announced the opening of a Hydrogen Jobs Plan Market Sounding and the introduction of legislation on hydrogen production, storage and…
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Australian precision fermentation company Eden Brew has announced $US 5 million in funding as part of an ongoing capital raise, supporting its R&D and plans to launch a retail ice cream product and scale production of dairy-free milk.
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Lockheed Martin Australia has successfully redeployed close to all the 240-strong Future Submarine Program Combat System Integration workforce that were working on the now-abandoned French Attack class submarine programme. LMA this morning said 95 per cent of the staff were redeployed within the company, 92 percent on internal roles on key Australian Defence Force programmes…
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Our Celebrating Australian Made editorial series continues today with a profile of one company that has seen the rise, and at least partial retreat of globalisation and offshoring – Australia’s largest electronics manufacturer GPC Electronics. By Peter Roberts. There have been a number of tentative renaissances of Australian manufacturing since protectionism was withdrawn and the…
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