Technology development company the Hazer Group has announced a partnership that is preparing for the development of a commercial scale, up to 100,000 tonne per annum facility to be built in Japan utilising its Hazer process to produce hydrogen from biogas. The Perth company said the initial capacity of the plant, to be built with…
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Aerospace composites business Quickstep Holdings expects to finalise volumes by the end of the year for a five-year follow-on contract to supply Lockheed Martin with C-130J Hercules trailing edge flaps. Quickstep announced on Monday it had agreed binding contractual terms with the US company for the follow-on work, expected to be worth up to $96…
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Defence SMEs are essential to the economic success of the AUKUS partners Australia, the UK and the US according to a just released white paper. The report, by the CEO of defence consulting firm ADROITA Sarah Pavillard, said while defence needs were core to AUKUS, industry in the three countries needed to reach out to…
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Today we publish another profile of a nominee for our Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers list. Brent Balinski speaks to Lachie Smart about how a small Sunshine Coast-based manufacturer found a niche it could lead the world in. For many successful Australian manufacturers, the source to their success could be described as excelling globally within…
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By Peter Roberts The Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) just announced procurement of a dedicated undersea support vessel along with other perplexing decisions by defence are raising questions over whether there is a sufficient focus in Canberra about buying from Australian companies. After a selection process led by an independent broker, the Norwegian flagged MV Normand…
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Shipbuilder Austal has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Swedish ferry operator Gotlandsbolaget for the design of Gotland’s next catamaran, Horizon X (pictured). The Horizon X high-speed catamaran will be able to operate on hydrogen and other fossil-free fuels and run at 35 knots, while transporting 1,650 passengers and up to 450 vehicles. Under the…
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Waratah Seed, Australia’s first ride-share satellite mission will fly an Australian-built 6U CubeSat into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher in October, 2023. SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) is committing $1 million to support the development of new space technology that will be tested in space as payloads on the Waratah…
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The new Connected Health Innovation and Commercialisation Centre (CHICC) in Melbourne’s CBD has been launched, and will offer services including skills training, a concierge to connect businesses with investors, and an accelerator program. According to a statement from state industry minister Ben Carroll (second from left), the William Street-located centre will support up to 500…
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Hazer Group to receive $9.45 million R&D tax incentive Technology development company the Hazer Group has announced approval has been received of its FY2022 R&D tax incentive refund from the federal government of $9.45 million. The company, which is constructing a commercial demonstration plant in Western Australia to demonstrate the Hazer process for producing hydrogen…
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Metal additive manufacturing business Conflux Technology has announced a partnership with Germany’s Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), which will see one of the Australian company’s heat exchangers incorporated in an orbital rocket In a statement from Conflux on Wednesday, the company said one of their heat exchangers would be embedded in a gas duct of a…
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