Alcoa Corporation has announced plans to cease production in 2024 at its Kwinana Alumina Refinery in Western Australia, with the process beginning in the second quarter. The 60 year old facility has an annual nameplate production capacity of 2.2 million metric tons and has been operating at approximately 80 percent of its nameplate capacity since…
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Australia’s only manufacturer of solar PV panels, Adelaide’s Tindo Solar has announced ambitious plans for a solar PV gigafactory which could produce a third of Australia’s demand for solar panels. The plan, which would be dependent on support from a state government and backing from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the $15 billion National…
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Today we publish the first of many profiles to run as part of @AuManufacturing’s Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers campaign. Brent Balinski speaks to EMVision CEO Scott Kirkland about a homegrown answer to the second-biggest killer in the world. With about a quarter of all people worldwide having suffered a stroke, it’s a super-prevalent, potentially…
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Greenhill Energy has announced a $425 million investment to construct Australia’s first large scale integrated waste-to-hydrogen processing facility on a 20 hectare site at Tailem Bend, on the Murray River in South Australia. The Riverbend Energy Hub plant will upcycle biomass and landfill waste and methane emissions into low-cost clean hydrogen, producing energy and high-value…
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Veteran building products supplier Adbri could be the latest Australian manufacturer to fall to overseas control following an offer from a consortium of global building supplies group CRH plc and local premixed concrete supplier Barro Group. The partners have submitted a non-binding offer pitched at 9x EBITDA profit and a 41 percent premium to the…
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What were the five biggest stories of the year? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers revealed @AuManufacturing and the Australian Manufacturing Forum’s first quest to identify Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers ended in July, and a second iteration of the series kicked off last month. We learned…
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With this year drawing to a close, it’s time to present @AuManufacturing‘s media kit for 2024. It presents updated figures after some magnificent growth in our web traffic and social media following over 2023, some new offerings for those interested in partnering with us commercially, and more. Thanks to Studio Riz for their always-excellent work…
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Merry Australian Made Christmas to all at our Australian Manufacturing Forum Linkedin group members and readers, partners and clients of @AuManufacturing news. 2023 is coming to a close, and at this time of year it is our tradition to salute Party Werks who are a proud supplier of quality Australian made tinsel. According to the…
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A $46.2 million cut to research commercialisation unveiled in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook undermines confidence with national investment in R&D, according to peak body in science and technology, Science & Technology Australia. The cut of $46.2 million over four years to Australia’s new research commercialisation fund – Australia’s Economic Accelerator – amounts to…
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Cobram Estate now the US’s biggest producer of olive oil Cobram Estate Olives has likely become the largest olive oil producer in the United States following strong growth seen in the just completed 2023 Californian harvest season. The company saw the production of 3.2 million litres of olive oil, 89 percent higher than 29022’s harvest…
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