By Robert Giles, CEO SPC Ardmona SPC has been a key employer for many decades in the Shepparton area and across Victoria. We are proud of our rich heritage providing natural and convenient products for Australian families. This week, the business and our employees, after working closely with the AMWU for several months, overwhelmingly voted…
Classic Minerals has bought a Gekko Systems gravity processing module for use at flagship Kat Gold Project near Southern Cross in Western Australia’s goldfields region. An attraction for Classic is that the Ballarat-made Gekko plant is modular and mounted on containerised elements providing for scalability and ease of modification. The plant has a 30 tonne…
The federal government has put a call out to local manufacturers as part of our preparations to produce a future vaccine and treatments for COVID-19 in Australia. Submissions received will be used to determine the extent to which the production and distribution can be supported locally once an effective candidate is found. While CSL is…
South Australian shipbuilder shipbuilder MG Engineering has been chosen to build four “mini blocks” to be used to test leading edge manufacturing techniques for the $35 billion future frigates programme. SA innovation and skills minister David Pisoni confirmed the order from BAE Systems subbsidiary, ASC Shipbuilding this morning. Pisoni said on social media ASC Shipbuilding…
Defence technology group XTEK is raising $11.4 million from investors and also moving to join the C4 EDGE consortium of 17 SMEs that are developing a sovereign C4 (commend, control, communications and computing) environment for the Australian army. The company announced it had successfully raised $9.2 million from an oversubscribed placement with institutional investors, and…
A Hawk aircraft, the advanced jet trainer used to prepare Royal Australian Air Force pilots for life in a fast jet cockpit, has completed the equivalent of 50,000 ‘flying’ hours as part of a major structural testing programme. BAE Systems worked with the government’s DST Group at its Fishermans Bend facility in Melbourne over the…
The final report of the National COVID-19 Commission’s manufacturing taskforce is expected to recommend policy changes including around energy, procurement, and commercialising public R&D work. Brent Balinski spoke to the taskforce’s head, Andrew Liveris, about ways to maximise manufacturing’s contribution in the economic recovery and beyond.
Laboratory and hospital supplier Westlab has cranked up production of reusable face shields locally. The company will begin delivery to state and federal stockpiles over the next 4-5 weeks. Westlab wrote on social media: “The team in full swing manufacturing Reusable Face Shields here in Australia. “We are currently producing 125,000 reusable shields per week.”…
Australian Manufacturing Week, announced last week and scheduled for May 2021, has been postponed until the following year.
Chemistry technology company Alexium International has introduced a new fabric and foam products cooling system to complement its core range. The company’s new Alexicool Phonon product cools bedding, upholstery and apparel materials by counteracting the insulative effect of textiles, moving heat away from the consumer. Until now the company’s technology has worked by absorbing heat…
