What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) $10.2 MILLION IN ARC LINKAGE GRANTS ANNOUNCED FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROJECTS Advanced manufacturing had a high representation among the latest round of projects supported through the Australian Research Council Linkage program. Funds totalling $40 million for 81…
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Brisbane-based vaccine delivery technology Vaxxas has announced initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial for flu shots administered by the company’s high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP.) According to a statement from the company on Friday, the trial will take place at three University of the Sunshine Coast’s clinical research sites – in Brisbane, Morayfield and Sippy…
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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engine manufacturer Orbital Corporation has announced a revenue boost from efforts to broaden its customer base. Orbital reported today first half revenue of $14.1 million, up from $11.2 million in the previous corresponding period. The Perth company, once focused a single customer, Boeing’s In situ division, is now building engines or…
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Arovella, Imugene progress drug combination trials ASX-listed companies Arovella Therapeutics and Imugene have announced a successful outcome from the initial in vitro experiments conducted as part of their research collaboration, and are progressing to the next phase of testing. According to a statement on Friday, results show that the combination of Arovella’s CAR19-iNKT cell therapy…
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US solar PV tracking technology developer Array Technologies is to set up an Australian manufacturing plant at a yet to be decided location. The Albuquerque company will develop the factory, the first sych facility in Australia, following the the award of a contract to supply solar trackers for the 130MWdc Glenrowan, Victoria solar farm project.…
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Zero emission transport developer Zero Automotive has delivered its third Australian-built, solar chargeable, underground-ready battery electric light vehicle (bELV, pictured). The ZED70 Ti traytop utility, using LTO battery technology which does not suffer from thermal runaway, was delivered to IGO Ltd’s Nova nickel-copper-cobalt operation in Western Australia. This is the second vehicle conversion, and the…
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The Arnott’s Group and Stanwell Corporation have announced an eight-year agreement on renewable energy for the biscuit maker’s 40,000 square metre site in Brisbane’s north. The government-owned power company, Stanwell, would provide over 68 gigawatt hours of renewable energy and avoid the creation of over 44,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide – the equivalent of taking…
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Pure Hydrogen has signed a funding agreement with Singapore hydrogen developer CAC-H2 to partially fund its planned Emerald biomass-to-hydrogen plant at Moreton Bay, Queensland. The joint venture waste-to-hydrogen facilities will take feedstock such as wood waste, and convert it into Emerald Hydrogen using state-of-the-art gasification systems, and are the first of a number planned by…
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Food manufacturers are under threat from a European Union free trade agreement demand that would ban local companies from using common names such as ‘feta’, ‘parmesan’, ‘balsamic’ or ‘kransky’ on products – even if they have been making them for generations, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC). The EU wants Australian manufacturers…
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MGA posts its progress Thermal energy storage startup MGA Thermal has announced its “longest continuous production run to date” on Linkedin. “We just successfully completed an automated Block production run and now have the MGA Blocks ready for final processing and use in our demonstration plant,” the company said in a Linkedin post. The news…
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