Ausev’s stepped plans to manufacture electric utility trucks in Australia

Hopes are rising, including from Tesla chair Robyn Denholm, that Australia can revive automotive manufacturing by producing electric vehicles. Here Peter Roberts visits one company that is advancing plans to electrify – Ausev. From the outside the factory looks much like any other along the main road through Brendale in Brisbane’s outer northern suburbs. But…

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International Graphite fires up battery anode graphite pilot plant

International Graphite has successfully commissioned its new pilot scale graphite micronising and spheroidising equipment at its downstream processing facility at Collie in Western Australia. Graphite has a wide range of uses including battery anode material (BAM), while refractory materials account for 43 per cent of global consumption. Executive chairman Phil Hearse said: “This is a…

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Episode 16 — Mark Chilcote from Energy Renaissance

In episode 16 of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we hear from Mark Chilcote, Managing Director of Energy Renaissance. ER was founded in 2015, is currently running a pilot plant at Tomago, and is preparing to begin volume production of lithium ion batteries by the end of the year.   This interview comes during a week…

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How data analytics solutions support operational excellence

As part of @AuManufacturing’s and International Exhibition & Conference Group’s editorial partnership for this month’s Modern Manufacturing Expo in Sydney, today we profile Mitsubishi Electric’s Data Analytics Solutions. Peter Drucker’s statement that ‘you can’t manage what you can’t measure’ has quickly become the new business mantra. Reliable, accurate information is imperative to the development of…

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APPMA and Modern Manufacturing Expo Join Forces

As part of @AuManufacturing’s and International Exhibition & Conference Group’s editorial partnership in this month’s Modern Manufacturing Expo in Sydney, we take a look at the Expo’s links with the packaging and processing machinery sector. International Exhibition & Conference Group, organisers of the upcoming Modern Manufacturing Expo, has announced a partnership with the Australian Packaging…

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Modern manufacturing techniques set to create industry opportunity – CSIRO

As part of @AuManufacturing’s and International Exhibition & Conference Group’s editorial partnership this month’s Modern Manufacturing Expo in Sydney. In an increasingly competitive global landscape, Australia’s manufacturers are recommended not to delay the implementation of Industry 4.0/5.0 technologies and shift to ‘Modern Digital Manufacturing.’ Fortunately, there’s never been a better time – or more support…

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Innovation precincts deliver outsized benefits – NSW government report

Successful innovation precincts deliver outsized economic and productivity benefits for government, businesses, investors and workers according to a new report from the NSW Innovation and Productivity Council. The report, NSW Innovation Precincts: Lessons from International Experience, identifies the economic benefits of innovation precincts which include higher than average productivity, greater resilience to economic downturns and…

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Cloud ERP solutions key to unleashing productivity

As part of @AuManufacturing’s and International Exhibition & Conference Group’s editorial partnership we profile the locally developed ERP solution – Wiise. Featured at this month’s Modern Manufacturing Expo in Sydney, Wiise CEO Charlie Wood outlines the benefits. Australian manufacturing contributes $100 billion to the country’s annual GDP and is set to play a key role…

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$260,000 awarded to medtech partnership between University of Melbourne and Bendigo Health

The Victorian government-funded Australian Medtech Manufacturing Centre is supporting a $260,000 partnership between the University of Melbourne and Bendigo Health, aiming to accelerate development of products. In an announcement on Thursday, the Victorian government said it was the first time the $20 million program had funded a partnership in a regional location and followed previous…

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