Medical technology company Memphasys’ Felix medical device to boost success in IVF procedures is undergoing trial by key opinion leaders internationally prior to commercial sale expected later this year. The device (pictured) which selects the best human sperm to be used while discarding the rest is undergoing trial in Japan, India, Canada the USA, Iran…
Just when you thought you were being swamped with near-identical face shields to battle Covid-19 transmission, along comes an Australian SME that proves you wrong. Adelaide’s Ned’s Head makes a range of Personal Protective Face Shields designed to add a layer of protection from sneeze, cough or other airborne particles. All allow for good vision…
Traffic light and control systems manufacturer Traffic Technologies has won a $900,000 order from Ausgrid to supply 5,000 ‘smart city ready’ LED street lights in New South Wales. The order, of so called P and V or pedestrian and vehicle category lights, will join 250,000 street and road lights owned by Ausgrid. Of the 2.3…
Exclusive by Peter Roberts Hydrogen vehicle developer H2X has named its first manufacturing partner, Elvin Group Renewables, which will manufacture clean, green hydrogen electrolysers for the Australian market. The electrolysers will be scalable from small household units, to those capable of being sited at a service station where they could be used to refuel hydrogen…
Supermarket chain Woolworths has announced that manufacturing of its own brand nappies, Little One’s, will be reshored to Australia. Little One’s Newborn, Infant, and Junior sizes are already manufactured in Australia, with locally made crawler, walker and toddler sizes to be progressively introduced into Woolworths supermarkets over the coming months. Ontex Australia will produce more…
Australians are used to seeing overseas pharmaceutical companies paying huge sums for locally-developed drugs, only to see the benefits of commercialisation realised outside the country. Now biotechnology giant CSL has reversed the trend, paying a massive $655 million (US$450 million) to buy a new drug candidate from an American company which it will commercialise, and…
The founder and CEO of listed accountancy firm Kelly + Partners is advising its 7,500 clients to look for Australian suppliers rather than import from China.
The Lowy Institute’s 2020 “Understanding Australian Attitudes to the World” poll has found “unprecedented shifts” in Australian public opinion, with more people feeling unsafe in the world, optimism about the economy at an historic low, and a precipitate decline in trust in China.
Medical device developer Nanosonics UK branch has begun the installation of 17 of the company’s trophon2 systems (pictured) into a large National Health Service trust. The systems are used for high level disinfection of ultrasound probes including those used internally in patients during ultrasound examinations. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the use of Nanosonics devices…
South Australian producer Detmold Group has produced its millionth medical mask only 14 weeks after establishing its Detmold Medical offshoot. The surgical grade PPE facemasks have been produced as new production machines at the company’s Brompton factory gear up to manufacture one million masks each day. Detmold will produce 145 million masks – 45 million…
