Our campaign to crowd source a new deal plan for manufacturing post Covid-19 has provoked dozens of submissions. Today Phil Toner cautions against re-inventing the wheel – we already know seven areas where manufacturing policy can work. Submissions to [email protected]. Over the past decade or so there has been a global re-assessment of the neoliberal…
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Space, communications and defence business Electro Optic Systems is well on the way to raising $144 million from investors to shore up its balance sheet during the Covid-19 crisis. The Canberra company successfully completed a $134 million placement to institutional investors at $4.75 a share, a 17.4 per cent discount to the prevailing market price.…
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By Stuart Corner Nozomi Networks — which specialises in providing security technology across OT and IT networks — has formed a partnership with Australian cyber security specialist Cyber Partners under which Cyber Partners will use Nozomi technology to underpin managed security services for operators of industrial infrastructure. Cyber Partners will offer Nozomi Networks’ full suite…
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The COVID-19 crisis has the potential to revive Australia’s manufacturing capabilities and reduce the nation’s reliance on global supply chains, according to leading industry players at the heart of Australia’s defence manufacturing sector.
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The Australian Made Campaign has urged all levels of government to adopt a “buy Australian first” approach and to take a “long-term view” in addressing the country’s manufacturing self-sufficiency and economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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We have just witnessed an oil price crash like never before taking prices of West Texas Intermediate into deeply negative territory.
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Adelaide’s Axiom Precision Manufacturing has begun producing face shields designed by Defence Science and Technology Group.
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Metal additive manufacturing group Amaero International has signed an agreement with a major global automotive manufacturer to jointly develop 3D printed tooling. The Melbourne company said the inclusion of additive-manufactured inserts for tools could decrease the risk of manufacturing defects by adding conformal cooling channels to the design. It said the cost benefits in reducing…
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The Australian Manufacturing Forum and @AuManufacturing’s campaign to crowd source a new deal plan for manufacturing in Australia has focused on SME views. Today Mark Vassella, managing director and CEO of BlueScope Steel, focuses on trade, energy and infrastructure plus more. The disruption of global supply chains as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has…
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Medical device manufacturer EMVision Medical Devices has released what it claims are promising first stroke patient images from a pilot clinical trial of its novel medical image device. The company, which is commercialising an imaging technology that utilises microwaves to image the human brain, said its machine showed strong correlation with images made using MRI…
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