By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s three-decade run of near continuous economic growth is set to end, with treasury warning of a hit to growth of “at least” 0.5% in the first quarter of this year, potentially followed by a “prolonged downturn”. If it came to pass,…
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Australia’s leading machine tool manufacturer ANCA is to develop a novel hybrid additive-subtractive manufacturing platform to manufacture Tungsten custom designed cutting tools. The new line of machines (pictured), being developed with CSIRO, Sutton Tools and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC), has the potential to disrupt the global Tungsten cutting tool market. Successful completion of…
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Carbon fibre nanotube X-ray manufacturer Micro-X is ramping up sales of its portable, lightweight X-ray units as countries step up efforts to quickly detect the extent of lung infections by the coronavirus. While a blood test determines infection by the virus, an X-ray is needed to determine the progression of the disease to severe states.…
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The annual list compiled by IBISWorld of Australia’s top 100 manufacturers has been released, revealing the revenue leaders in a sector sized at $413.9 billion, nearly 104,000 businesses, and a workforce of over 964,000 people.
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Australian medical device manufacturer Uscom has boosted manufacturing capacity and restructured its China operation in a first half of the financial year that saw revenue down by about a third. The Sydney company reported revenue of $960,000 for the half ending in December in sales of its range of non-invasive devices. The China subsidiary was…
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Waste treatment technology SciDev has received a trial order for its technology from Syncrude, one of the largest players in the Canadian oil sands industry. Syncrude will conduct a two week trial using SciDev’s chemistries to treat waste in the company’s full-scale tailings centrifuge plant. SciDev, a leader in the development and application of both…
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Engineers are preparing the Whyalla Port in South Australia for new work as Sanjeev Gupta explores steel recycling opportunities.
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The Federal Government is backing two new incubators to help bold ideas get off the ground. Industry minister Karen Andrews said $23 million in funding had been awarded since 2016 under the Incubator Support initiative with the latest funds to go to: # Social Impact Hub (NSW) with a grant of $385,000 # Maker &…
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Wednesday is the first UNESCO World Engineering for Sustainable Development Day, with the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering has used the occasion to highlight the importance of engineers in Australia’s waste management challenges. Engineers would play a key role in the country turning its waste – currently totally 67 million tonnes a year…
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Hand sanitiser orders are exploding for a South Australian manufacturer as the threat of coronavirus empties supermarket shelves of the product around the world.
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