Brisbane portable scanner company raises $9 m to progress trials
ASX-listed brain scanner technology company EMVision Medical Devices has announced the successful close of a $9 million capital raising.
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SciDev wins US fracking customer Solids-liquid separation chemicals and technology company SciDev has won a new customer for its its chemicals for the Texas oil and gas sector. The company’s US subsidiary Highland Fluid technology has partnered with technology business Floktek Industries to service an order from the customer which operates 1,600 wells in the…
Roxset Australia has joined our Business Directory, and you can too
Roxset Australia is the latest business to join the @AuManufacturing Business Directory.
Audit office to examine R&D tax scheme
The national audit office is set to shine a spotlight on the government’s administration of the now controversial research and development tax incentive scheme.
Packserv to begin local packaging equipment manufacturing
Packing machinery hire specialist Packserv Group is to launch into local manufacturing with machines to be made at a new plant at Marrickville in New South Wales The company has changed its name to Packserv Manufacturing to reflect its new engineering and manufacturing focus, and has announced 26 locally designed and engineered machines. The filling,…
Surfboard startup shaping a solution to composite waste problem
There is a lack of market pull for recycled carbon fibre, which is an emerging landfill concern. Brent Balinski spoke to Filip Stojcevski, a co-founder at JUC Surf, which has found a promising application for discarded material.
Visy buys glass bottle maker for $1 billion
Recycling and packaging giant Visy has spent $947 million to buy the Australian and New Zealand glass bottle manufacturing business of global packager, Owens-Illinois Glass. In a major show of confidence in Australian manufacturing, Visy’s owner ad executive chairman Richard Pratt has made one of the country’s largest-ever manufacturing acquisitions – all in the midst…
Lynas begins work on Kalgoorlie rare earths plant
Rare earths producer Lynas Corp has ordered long lead time equipment for a new processing plant it is building at Kalgoorlie, a move forced on the company by troubles at its existing Malaysian processing plant. The Perth company operates a mine and concentration plant at Mt Weld in Western Australia for Neodymium, Praseodymium, Lanthanum, Cerium…
One third of firms to amend RDTI claims
Up to a third of all companies accessing the R&D tax incentive may have some of their claim clawed back, with the government still planning to introduce retrospective changes to the scheme.
CRC-P round nine projects, $25 million in grant support announced
Projects to develop space traffic management, a weed-spraying robot, and more effective flu vaccine production methods are among those successful in the ninth round of CRC-P grants.