By Brent Balinski As has been said many times before, the pandemic has driven home the importance of local manufacturing. Consumers and others have responded. According to Roy Morgan research carried out in June last year for Australian Made, just over half of respondents had a higher preference for locally-made goods since Covid emerged, and…
By Peter Roberts It is fairly common nowadays to hear in a dinner table discussion a phrase that goes something like this: “Of course, China will soon be the world’s biggest economy…” Thus ensues a discussion of how the future will be a China, rather than American-led one, with the US seen as past its…
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series – Celebrating Australian Made – looks at a dramatic shortage of electronic components stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. Here Serena Ross, asks whether this ‘black swan event’ which is hitting companies in Australia and globally, heralds the end of just-in-time for electronics manufacturing. Blackswan events are so-called after the surprise caused…
The Bionics Institute and the University of Melbourne have launched Australia’s first medical device development and manufacturing facility to fast-track new treatments for people with diseases such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, hearing loss, stroke and diabetes. Named Neo-Bionica, is a highly specialised laboratory, purpose-built with the latest cleanroom technology, cutting edge robotic equipment, enhanced 3D…
This year’s Australian Defence Sales Catalogue released today shows the surge in new entrants into the export market is continuing. The fifth edition of the catalogue features 214 Australian small businesses, a 25 per cent increase from the previous edition. Defence industry minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the increase highlighted the growth and…
Prestige Italian automaker Ferrari has shown its new Ferrari 812 model (pictured) for the first time complete with one-piece carbon fibre road wheels manufactured in Geelong by Carbon Revolution. The Ferrari 812 was shown publicly at an event at Club Competizione Ferrari’s test track, with a video of the launch available here. Ferrari’s Enrico Galliera…
Today @AuManufacturing’s editorial series – Celebrating Australian Made – looks at one of the technologies that is changing the face of security and defence thinking – autonomous systems. Here we celebrate a breakthrough in the field by Perth’s Stealth Technologies. Autonomous systems are everywhere threatening to displace manned systems in the defence and security sphere.…
Luxury food group Maggie Beer Holdings rapid growth continued in the latest quarter, with the company revealing it expected sales of $85 million for the full year. In a business update the Barossa Valley company said the business was expected to make earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $11 million in the full…
Biotechnology company CSL has completed the acquisition of a novel gene therapy for the treatment of haemophilia B from NASDAQ listed uniQure. The company will pay US$450 million initially with further milestone payments and royalties to follow as the product etranacogene dezaparvovec (AMT-061) is further developed and commercialised. uniQure will complete the Phase three trial…
Perth international shipbuilder Austal has been forced to deny reports it is close to purchasing a second shipyard in the Philippines, this time at the former US naval base at Subic Bay. ABC reported this week comments by Australia’s ambassador to the Philippines, Steven Robinson who said Austal was closing in on a takeover of…
