Dairy business Lactalis Australia will close its Rockhampton factory at the end of the month and scale back yoghurt production at its South Brisbane site, citing changes to milk supply within Queensland. In a statement, Lactalis said the Rockhampton factory had not been at full production – running only three or four days a week…
Brisbane-based fast DC charging company Tritium has announced Mike Calise as its new President of the Americas.
Bio-technology developer Cellmid has secured patent coverage for its Evolis anti-ageing hair care and hair loss products in the potentially large China market. The Chinese Patent Office has issued notification of its grant of the patent “method of treatment of Alopecia with Monoterpenoids.” Monoterpenoids are a class of terpenes found in botanical extracts and formulated…
Australia’s first space industry incubator has opened applications for its third intake and is looking to help international companies break into the sector.
A little known Adelaide company LeafCann is planning to invest $350 million in a major cannabis cultivation and production system, according to federal industry minister, Karen Andrews. The company, one of three to receive major project status from Canberra, plans a state-of-the-art cultivation and production facility in South Australia. Other projects are: # PhytoGro’s $140…
Explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel, part of the Incitec Pivot group, will test the feasibility of manufacturing ammonia using renewable energy at its Moranbah site (pictured) near Queensland’s Bowen basin. The company has received a $980,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) to pursue the Feasibility of Renewable Green Hydrogen project at its ammonia,…
Cairns manufacturer Norweld Australia has taken to social media to spread the word about this encounter (pictured) between one of the locals in Africa and one of its its heavy duty aluminium ute trays “Every so often we receive photos from our customers that just blow us away…today was definitely one of those days. “The…
X-ray equipment manufacturer Micro-X (ASX: MX1) has reached a major corporate milestone with its first lightweight portable X-ray machine now in everyday clinical use in Australia at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. The company is the first in the world to succeed in building a carbon nanotube electron emitter (pictured), the first major innovation in…
The Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index for January showed contraction in every sector except one, with a “disappointing” start to the new year and decade impacted by bushfires, drought and slow local consumption, as well as global factors.
“The sun never sets on the Calix empire,” says Adam Vincent light-heartedly. The general manager of R&D joined the company in 2010, five years after it began, and the same year it commissioned its first continuously operating plant at Bacchus Marsh. Calix operates at nearly 20 locations globally, with its major R&D work…