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…
Energy systems monitoring company Ecocentric is preparing to manufacture its Numen device that connects a building’s sensors and electrical equipment with the cloud after a novel fundraising effort. The Perth company has just completed an equity crowdfunding campaign which has netted $400,000 from 150 small investors, according to reports. This matches $3.2 million raised through…
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.
Leading global manufacturer and technology group Robert Bosch GmbH and its Australian arm have announced they will be carbon neutral by the year 2020. Chairman of the board Dr Volkmar Denner said: “We will be the first major industrial enterprise to achieve the ambitious goal of carbon neutrality in a little over a year. “All…
NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has announced a third special activation precinct (SAP), this time in Moree, to generate business opportunities from the construction of the Inland Rail from Melbourne to Brisbane. The precincts are designed to “unlock the opportunity for investment in regional NSW” by attracting businesses according to a statement. The Queensland government…
Agricultural chemical manufacturer Nufarm (ASX: NUF) has been given the go ahead by shareholders to sell its South American division to Nufarm shareholder, Sumitomo for $1.2 billion. The Melbourne company, which has faced headwinds in Australia with the prolonged drought and in the United States with extensive flooding, received the go ahead in an overwhelmingly…
Energy company AGL has installed more than 10,300 solar panels across the company’s two Barossa Valley wineries in South Australia, with a predicted annual generation of 4,000 megawatt-hours.
The Lytton lubricants refinery in Brisbane has seen profit halved in the past year in the downsized manufacturing arm of oil refiner and petrol retailer Caltex. The company told investors that EBIT for the lubricants and oils plant this calendar year was likely to be between $75 and $85 million, down from $161 million the…
Australian researchers have made a breakthrough in alloy design for 3D printing, improving the properties of parts for future applications in medical, aerospace and other industries.
Western Australia’s ‘battery valley’ centre for processing and manufacture of battery materials is taking shape with approval for a third facility in the Kwinana industrial area south of Perth. High purity alumina (HPA) producer FYI Resources (ASX: FYI) has been offered and accepted a site within the Kwinana area to set up an HPA refinery.…
