If fast broadband is essential to modern business including manufacturing, then you are all better off moving to that technology powerhouse Kazakhstan. The latest Ookla Speedtest Global Index places Australia’s $50 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) as the world’s 62nd fastest fixed broadband, down three places and falling behind the central Asian republic. The latest…
Analysis by Peter Roberts The South Australian capital of Adelaide seems assured of being the host city for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, with manufacturers among the many beneficiaries of this global event. Commonwealth Games Federation president, Louise Martin gave the game away in a little-reported interview on BBC radio this week, according to games insiders.…
No country can have a viable manufacturing sector without a machine tool industry. That machines are the foundation of the sector is a concept well understood in the past, but little appreciated by political or even many business leaders today. @AuManufacturing will host a CEO roundtable at National Manufacturing Week 2019 that explores our machinery…
Australia’s defence industry sector has an odd shape. Medium size companies are rare. We’ve a strong top and a large bottom – but why so hollow in the middle?
Gold Coast-headquartered MagniX will supply its magni250 propulsion systems to Eviation Aircraft for a nine-passenger Alice electric airplane that Eviation hopes to be selling in 2022.
Perth wave energy developer, Carnegie Clean Energy (ASX: CCE) appears to have avoided oblivion after creditors approved a restructuring and recapitalisation plan to save the business. The plan, developed by KordaMentha Restructuring acting as administrators of Carnegie, will see secured creditors swapping debt for equity and the raising of $5 million. Unsecured creditors will likely…
Tyre recycler Green Distillation Technologies, which has developed world-first technology that transforms old tyres into oil, carbon and steel, is pressing ahead with plans for its second plant. The company has received approval for a plant proposed for Toowoomba from the Queensland Department of Environment and Science, adding to their existing facility at Warren, NSW..…
Companies making things as varied as caravan electronics and reusable cups have recently told us about why bringing manufacturing home is an advantage.
The number of situations where Internet of Things solutions can do something useful is growing fast, as is the market for such solutions.
Comment by Peter Roberts British businessman Sanjeev Gupta has announced a restructuring of his iron and steel making empire, using the very same strategy employed to build Australia’s steel industry, but on a global stage. As reported by @AuManufacturing, Gupta’s GFG Alliance is restructuring its UK steel and engineering assets, the Liberty Primary Steel works…
