New CEO named for Advanced Fibre Cluster Geelong
Jennifer Conley has been announced as the new CEO of the Advanced Fibre Cluster Geelong.
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NMW 2019 wraps up. See you next year
National Manufacturing Week 2019 wrapped up late on Friday afternoon, with over 11,000 manufacturing professionals attending the 20th edition of the biennial Melbourne event.
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Zero to fully-charged – will electric vehicles revive the auto sector?
Analysis by Peter Roberts The automotive sector never died in Australia – despite the demise of the big three car assemblers we still manufacture trucks, buses and make specialist mining and defence vehicles. And where there are skills, and a market, there is a way it seems with the opportunity presented by the world’s switch…
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Legrand launches new range of smart electrical switches
Lighting and switching manufacturer Legrand has released Arteor with Netatmo, a range of smart switches and sockets allowing control of the home utilising an IOS or android smart device or voice commands. The switches, which work with digital assistants such as Google Home, Apple’s Siri and Amazon Alexa, use normal household power and wall mounting…
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Redflow enters China market with novel battery
Australian-listed flow battery manufacturer, Redflow (ASX: RFX) has entered the China market with an agreement to build a large-scale battery energy storage system. The company, which manufactures zinc-bromine batteries in Thailand, will supply ten batteries for a large scale 100kwh battery storage solution for a smart grid project in Qinghai Province. The battery is part…
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Asahi manufacturing success on firm foundations
Forum member Anna Reid, General Manager of Manufacturing of Asahi Beverages, explains building a smart value chain is key to success. She spoke at National Manufacturing Week today. Undoubtedly, there are numerous factors that contribute to a manufacturing company being a leader. The fundamental attributes that have contributed to our business success, include having a…
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New IoT partnership to monitor world’s water resources
A South Australian IoT leader and cloud-based environmental platform have launched a global partnership to provide direct-to-orbit water meter connectivity.
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Another Adelaide EV manufacturing announcement as Evant and BYD sign MoU
China’s BYD Co and Adelaide’s Evant have signed a memorandum of understanding to import and adapt electric vehicles, with an aim to increasing the amount of local content in the vehicles over time.
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Sonnen begins li-ion exports to New Zealand
Adelaide lithium-ion home battery systems manufacturer, sonnen has begun shipping sonnenBatteries produced in the former Holden factory in South Australia to the New Zealand market. The company announced that its systems would be available through Taspac Energy which will begin training solar technicians and customers. As reported in @AuManufacturing news, the sonnenBatterie hybrid is a…
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Sundrop sells solar horticulture business to investors
Sundrop, a world leader in the use of solar concentrator electricity generation to power horticulture production, has sold out to a New Zealand based investment firm. ABC news reports that Sundrop has sold its operating solar powered farm near Port Augusta and two overseas pilot operations to NZ’s Morrison and Co. Private equity firm Kohlberg,…
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