WA export winners for this year announced
The annual Export Awards have been celebrated in Western Australia, a state that contributes just over half of the country’s merchandise exports.
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Bordertown’s bioenergy breakthrough
By Gabrielle Duykers Cereal oat supplier Blue Lake Milling completed construction of its $8.1 million biogas plant in Bordertown last week. Commercial projects manager Jeremy Neale said the plant would generate enough bioenergy to power both the plant and nearby homes. “Two-thirds of it will go to the mill, and the remaining third will be…
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Calix low-carbon cement costs lowest of competing technologies
By Peter Roberts A European Union funded consortium has released the final project report that the entire construction sector is waiting for – official confirmation that the technology developed by Australian company Calix offers the cheapest way yet discovered to de-carbonise the cement industry. Cement, along with steel, are seen as the most vital yet…
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Green steel, e-motorcycle manufacturers among winners of AMGC grants totalling $6.1 million
Tranche 4 and 5 of Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre Commercialisation Fund grants have been announced, with $6.1 million awarded to ten companies.
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BioCina takes over Pfizer site, will add mRNA vaccine capabilities
Adelaide pharmaceutical group BioCina has announced the final transfer to it of ownership of the microbial-based pharmaceutical manufacturing facility formally operated by Hospira Adelaide, an affiliate of Pfizer Inc. The former-Pfizer site in Adelaide will now be operated by the company as a contract development and biologics manufacturing organization (CDMO) specialising in process development and…
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Universal Biosensors appoints French distributor Electrochemical test developer Universal Biosensors has signed Vivelys SAS (France), part of the Oeneo Group, to be its French distributor for the company’s Sentia wine testing platform device. Vivelys will be non-exclusive distributor for a three year term for Sentia, which tests wine for sulphur dioxide, glucose, malic acid and…
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Austal contracted to build first steel vessels for US Navy
Perth international shipbuilder Austal has made a major breakthrough, winning its first contracts to build steel ships for the US Navy. Austal USA has won a $198.5 million contract to construct two new Navajo class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship (T-ATS, pictured) for the USN at its shipyard in Mobile Alabama. The contract establishes options…
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Hadrian X robot to build multi-unit dwellings
Perth construction robotics company FBR has announced its has won a $500,000 contract for its first multi-home construction project as part of its Wall as a Service (WaaS) construction system. The Hadrian X bricklaying robot will construct eight two-storey townhouses at a development site in St James, Perth, with the robot constructing the slab, footings,…
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Thales to continue support work on MU90 anti-sub torpedoes
A $20 million contract will see Thales Australia continue sustainment of anti-submarine torpedoes in Western Australia. Thales has had the support contract since the adoption of the MU90 Light Weight Torpedoes by the Royal Australian Navy in 2013. “I am proud that Thales Australia has been awarded this contract to continue with the in-country, in-service…
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High-tech Australian manufacturers make finals at two award programs
Finalists for two competitions have been announced this week, with manufacturers in the running to win awards at the InnovationAus 2021 Awards and Australian Technologies Competition (ATC21.) The InnovationAus Awards include 11 categories. The Advanced Manufacturing finalists are: – Bodd, an additive manufacturing start-up using 3D printing, body scanning and SaaS technology to reinvent fashion;…
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