Analysis by Peter Roberts The dream of a sophisticated processing and final products industry based on the key battery metal, lithium, is finally taking shape with a major player Perth’s Lithium Australia group. Uniquely, the company is not only developing a number of lithium mineral deposits here and in Europe, but is pursuing a vision…
Drone detection and countermeasures company DroneShield experienced its first break even quarter in the final three months of FY2020 as it continues to penetrate civilian aviation and defence markets. Cash inflows were $2.1 million for the quarter leaving the company with an cash position improved cash by $500,000,a significant improvement on the $1.2 million net…
SciDev wins US fracking customer Solids-liquid separation chemicals and technology company SciDev has won a new customer for its its chemicals for the Texas oil and gas sector. The company’s US subsidiary Highland Fluid technology has partnered with technology business Floktek Industries to service an order from the customer which operates 1,600 wells in the…
Hot on the heels of reporting anti-Covid-19 action by one of the drugs it is developing, biotechnology company Immuron has raised $28 million (US$20 million) from institutional investors. On Tuesday the company reported its Travelan product for the prevention of travellers’ diarrhoea demonstrated neutralising activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronovirus-2, the virus that causes…
Roxset Australia is the latest business to join the @AuManufacturing Business Directory.
Gold Coast-based beverage and dessert powders manufacturer Frosty Boy has announced the launch of a new nutritional supplement business, Wellboost
RMIT and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS have signed a partnership on staff and student exchanges focussing on additive manufacturing.
The national audit office is set to shine a spotlight on the government’s administration of the now controversial research and development tax incentive scheme.
Packing machinery hire specialist Packserv Group is to launch into local manufacturing with machines to be made at a new plant at Marrickville in New South Wales The company has changed its name to Packserv Manufacturing to reflect its new engineering and manufacturing focus, and has announced 26 locally designed and engineered machines. The filling,…
A team led by Queensland University of Technology’s Distinguished Professor Dietmar W Hutmacher has created an implant to help a young student suffering from “funnel chest.”
