The Australian business of vinyl flooring manufacturer Armstrong Flooring will continue its operations following an agreement for purchase by Cowes Bay Group (CBG). Armstrong has operated in Australia since the 1960s with the sale stemming from the reorganisation of US-based Armstrong World Industries. The company is one of Australia’s largest users of post-consumer PVC, and…
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So, you’ve got a brand spanking new or relatively young business. You have a good idea, a logo and a premises to house your small team of staff (or it could just be you!). You can’t wait to start interacting with customers and see the orders rolling in. All of this means you’re ready for some marketing, right? Not so fast. By PIER Marketing.
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Applications are open for $20 million in grants from the Victorian and NSW governments to encourage investment on the east coast’s busiest freight route, aiming to support a minimum of four refuelling stations and approximately 25 hydrogen-powered trucks. Each state is contributing $10 million in funding to the program, which is part of a tri-state…
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Victoria helps businesses ventilate to beat Covid The Victorian government is offering assistance to small businesses wanting to improve indoor air quality with another round of the Small Business Ventilation Program. Eligible businesses can access between $500 and $5,000 for air ventilation and filtration equipment, works or professional services that will improve ventilation. Improving ventilation…
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By Ying Ian Chen, Deakin University and Srikanth Mateti, Deakin University In 2016, experts writing in Nature listed seven breakthroughs in how we process chemicals that could change the world for the better. We believe we’ve just ticked one of those off the list. We found a highly efficient and entirely novel way to separate,…
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In episode four of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we speak to John Mellowes, CEO of PyroAg Wood Vinegar and Director at Biocarbon. We learn some of the fundamentals of pyrolysis and its products — such as biochar, wood vinegar and syngas — when used to decompose biomass. Mellowes tells us about the potential of wood…
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Our world as we know it could not exist without semiconductors, an industry of immense technological, economic and strategic importance, and expected to grow in value from $US 600 billion last year to $US 1 trillion by 2030.
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Australia’s Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles will be modified and upgraded with electronic warfare systems under a $75 million contract. Defence industry minister Pat Conroy this morning announced what he called the Land Force Level Electronic Warfare Project which will upgrade the Bushmasters, originally manufactured by Thales in Bendigo. Conroy said the systems would improve the…
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Former senator Rex Patrick has released a list of defence equipment and capabilities that could be bought by Australia in place of spending upwards of $170 billion to buy a fleet of nuclear submarines. Patrick took to social media and said: “Australia should instead procure 20 off-the-shelf air independent conventional submarine, built here and improved…
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The University of Sydney Rocketry Team has been announced as the overall winner of the Spaceport America Cup intercollegiate rocketry competition, held annually in New Mexico. Competing against 97 student teams from around the globe the University of Sydney team placed first in three categories – winning the overall competition and taking out first place…
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