Comment by Peter Roberts The recent news that Australia has surpassed Qatar to become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) would normally be a thing to be celebrated. Australia’s 10 LNG projects exported an estimated 77.5 million tonnes of LNG in calendar 2019 earning $49 billion, according to data from consultancy EnergyQuest.…
There’s pride in dreaming up and making, says Grant Menzies of Adina Watches. Brent Balinski spoke to Menzies about not just being proud of what you do, but telling the story attached to it.
By Peter Roberts An announcement by technology group Silex Systems (ASX: SLX) that it will make silicon suitable for fabricating quantum computing chips shows the way forward for Australian involvement in this emerging manufacturing sector. Silex has entered into a R&D project with Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), a spin off from the University of NSW,…
By Peter Roberts Defence, space and communications group Electro Optic Systems (ASX: EOS) has raised $85 million from investors and shareholders, confirming investor appetite for progressive manufacturers. The company announced it had raised $17 million – $10 million more than initially sought – in a share purchase plan from existing shareholders. This came on top…
Comment by Peter Roberts Having failed in its last attempt to slash the cost of, I mean ‘reform’ the R&D tax incentive – its own Senators refused to vote for it – the government is trying yet again. Smarting from a rejection of its efforts to slash, I mean ‘reform’, the scheme earlier in the…
A little over a week ago, a Queensland-based company announced a deal with an unnamed North American giant for countless units of a product you’ve probably seen at your local Bunnings.
Comment by Peter Roberts It wasn’t so long ago that then senior Singaporean politician Lee Kuan Yew offended Australians when he called us the white trash of Asia. Working in Singapore at the time I had a first hand view, and a rather low opinion, of the products of Singapore’s rote-learning early school education. I…
Copper could be the key ingredient in improving titanium alloys for additive manufacturing. Brent Balinski spoke to RMIT’s Professor Mark Easton about recent work promising better printed parts.
By Peter Roberts Additive manufacturing company Amaero International (ASX: 3DA) has revealed a swift move from losses to profits in filings with the ASX following its $8 million capital raising and listing on the exchange. The company’s 2019 accounts reveal a profit before tax of $454,266 for the year, an improvement on the $1.5 million…
Comment by Peter Roberts There is increasing evidence that Australia’s decision to ditch its indigenous experience building the Collins Class submarine and buy a completely new design from France is turning out to be a costly mistake. I have always argued that the best path for Australia would have been to build a modified Collins,…
