Space innovation challenge expands to UK
An Australian space innovation program with the backing of Amazon and Deloitte will be expanded to the United Kingdom this year.
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Thales to export Bushmasters to the Netherlands – report
Bendigo armoured vehicle manufacturer, the French Thales group is to export six additional medical variants of the Bushmaster protected vehicle to the Netherlands, according to media reports. The new order, worth $14 million, brings to 100 the number of Bushmaster’s operated by the Royal Netherlands Army and used in Afghanistan. The new models will be…
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ANCA producing sub-assemblies for Australian ventilator project
ANCA CNC Machines has announced that it is part of the Grey Innovation-led consortium of Australian manufacturers working to produce invasive ventilators
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A new deal plan for manufacturing – a call for Urgency, Collaboration and Diversity by Sarah Pearson
@AuManufacturing’s campaign to crowd source a new deal plan for manufacturing now in its third week takes on greater urgency with this contribution by Dr Sarah Pearson. A leader in academia and government, she appeals for greater urgency and greater collaboration in this personal opinion. “Future Industries” – actually not future – is alive and…
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Covid bloodbath as Aristocrat lays off 1,000, slashes wages
Pokie machine manufacturer Aristocrat Leisure is taking the axe to staff and wages as its global customers remain closed as a precaution against the spread of Covid-19. The company, which earns 60 per cent of profits from casinos and other public gambling, told investors it would save $100 million in the year ended 30 September…
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M-Sport builds exports on low Au$
Motor cycle suspension developer M-Sport Design is building export sales on the back of the value of the Australian dollar, now well below its long-term average of US72 cents. The Melbourne company has just prepared its latest shipment of locally designed and manufactured Slamtail Suspension kits for retrofitting to M8 Mono-Shock Harley Davidson motorcycles. Director…
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Germany’s Fraunhofer network is a growth engine
By Andrew Wear A uniquely German collaboration between industry and government is the network of Fraunhofer institutes. These take their name from Joseph von Fraunhofer, a prominent German researcher, investor and entrepreneur who died in 1926. The institutes are partly publicly funded and provide applied science for companies that would otherwise find it cost- prohibitive.…
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Coronavirus lessons from past crises: how WWI and WWII spurred scientific innovation in Australia
In the wake of COVID-19, we’re seeing intense international competition for urgently-needed supplies including personal protection equipment and ventilators. In Australia, this could extend to other critical imports such as pharmaceuticals and medicines. And when our manufacturing sector can’t fill unexpected breaks in supply chains, we all face risk.
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Mozzarella exports feed Asia’s booming pizza industry
The growing Asian appetite for pizza is helping to boost mozzarella sales for South Australia’s largest cheesemaker.
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Talga to work with Bentley on novel electric motor
New materials development company Talga Resurces has been funded in the United Kingdom to work with Bentley Motors on a single unit electric vehicle drive train or e-axle. Talga has been approved for Innovate UK funding to support development of technology and materials with the ultimate aim of creating a new electric motor that utilises…
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