Spare land at Launceston airport will be used for the development of a multi-purpose green hydrogen project following an agreement with ReNu Energy Limited. Australia Pacific Airports (Launceston) (APAL) and ReNu subsidiary Countrywide Hydrogen signed a MoU with Countrywide to begin project design for an initial facility size of up to five megawatts (MW). The…
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Today’s installment of Australia’s place in the semiconductor world turns to a local chip importer’s point of view. Here Shoaib Iqbal — a recent guest on the @AuManufacturing Conversations podcast — looks at the impact of semiconductor shortages on space startups, and the opportunities brought into focus for local manufacturing.
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@AuManufacturing’s social media discussion and networking group, the Australian Manufacturing Forum on Linkedin, has passed an important membership milestone. The Forum, Australia’s largest professional social media group of Australian manufacturers, passed 12,000 members this morning with the admission of eight new members. The Forum has grown steadily since its founding in 2013, and 22 months…
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Quantum computing chip developer Archer Materials has announced it has implemented an early-stage prototype of an integrated biochip platform with automated liquid sampling and data readout. The Sydney company said the work was a major step towards the company’s ambition of commercialising a biochip – an engineered substrate capable of detecting multiple of biologically relevant…
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Digital engineering tools and methods including the use of digital twins are becoming firmly entrenched in the testing, evaluation and certification of Australian military equipment. The way Australian the owned and controlled services provider delivers T&E, and systems engineering services more broadly, is changing according to Rob Starbuck, Nova Systems Digital Engineering Capability Lead. The…
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Gaming company Aristocrat Leisure has reported strong revenue and profit growth in the year to 30 September 2022 as its poker machine and online gaming businesses continue to recover from the Covid pandemic. The Sydney company reported operating profit up 20 percent on the previous corresponding period of $1.86 billion on revenue up 17.7 percent…
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Medical technology company Nova Eye Medical has seen sales including its new iTrack Advance glaucoma surgical device product of $5.7 million in the four months to 31 October, materially exceeding its forecast of $5.1 million. Launched in Europe and Canada in June, the iTrack Advance is a consumable device with an illuminated fibre optic tip…
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A new report launched by the Gladstone Regional Council on Wednesday cites the role that strengthening its “manufacturing powerhouse” will play in moving its economy moves away from fossil fuels. Gladstone Region Economic Transition Roadmap 2022-2032 was prepared with consultancy The Next Economy, gathered input from 220 local stakeholders over two years, and was supported…
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By Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he’ll have a system in place to deal with rising energy prices by Christmas. He can’t yet tell us what it will be, because that will depend on the outcome of negotiations with gas and electricity companies, and possibly on…
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Today in Australia’s place in the semiconductor world, we hear from Dr Jane Fitzpatrick of series sponsor ANFF. Here she writes of the importance of Australia’s R&D community to commercial activity in semiconductors, a topic we are sure to return to in future articles. There’s no argument that to help key domestic industries like defence,…
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