The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre has been awarded $2 million to manage a new Innovation Hub for the prefabricated building industry. A feasibility study for the hub was announced in June last year. Federal industry minister Karen Andrews said on Friday that the new hub would be part of a “coordinated national network of Innovation Labs” to…
Increased copper production at Olympic Dam has helped mining giant BHP boost its global production for the 2020 financial year.
Engineering design and construction firm Synertec Corporation is to commercialise a Chinese-developed technology for cleaning up toxic wastes from the oil and gas industry. The company, which provides solutions to the oil and gas and pharmaceutical sectors (pictured), is funding the technology owned by Sichuan GreenTech Environmental. Synertec told investors that Greentech’s initial pilot programmes…
By Kris Gale The ATO has released Draft Taxation Determination TD 2020/D1, setting out how the ‘at-risk rule’ (section 355-405 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997) applies to JobKeeper payments received by a company conducting activities eligible for the R&D Tax Offset. In short, the ATO is of the view that eligible R&D activities…
Additive manufacturing technology company AML3D is rapidly expanding its Edinburgh Parks manufacturing facility north of Adelaide. The company is installing five new automated robotic welders (pictured), bringing the total at the plant to seven. The expansion of AML3D, which is commercialising a proprietary Wire Additive Manufacturing (WAM) technology, comes as the company is moving to…
Nestlé Australia has announced a $90 million upgrade one of its six local plants which manufactures Nestlé Purina PetCare pet food. The new investment at Blayney in New South Wales’ Central West brings total investment to the site to almost $200 million in the past 10 years. The upgrade will extend existing production areas and…
RMIT researchers have developed a blend of recycled rubble and tyre rubber which they say is the first such mix precisely optimised to meet road engineering safety standards.
Composites manufacturer Quickstep has entered a new partnership to develop its Qure rapid composites processing technology for the global aerospace market. The Sydney company has joined commercial aerospace supplier Spirit Aerosystems to produce aircraft structural components using its AeroQure process. Quickstep’s Qure technology bypasses the energy-intensive autoclaving process, saving energy and time in manufacturing parts.…
@AuManufacturing’s social media discussion and networking group, the Australian Manufacturing Forum on Linkedin, has passed an important membership milestone. The Forum, Australia’s largest social media group of Australian manufacturers, passed 6,018 members this morning. The Forum has grown steadily since its founding in 2013, and with the launch of @AuManufacturing news plus Twitter and Facebook…
Every two years or so, when Mars passes close to Earth in its orbit around the Sun, conditions are right to launch a spacecraft to the red planet. Launches during this period can complete the seven-month voyage using a minimum of energy.
