Brisbane’s Cook Medical Australia celebrates 40th year of manufacturing
Cook Medical Australia is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Collapse in training numbers continues says new data
The vocational education and training (VET) system is continuing its long term decline with further falls reported in student numbers by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). While student numbers fell in 2018 by a modest 1.5 per cent to 4.1 million people, this represented a fall in full-year training equivalents (FYTEs) of…
Traffic Technologies expands to the Internet of things
Road system technologies manufacturer Traffic Technologies (ASX: TTI) is branching out into smart city sensors and data analysis as it embraces the Internet of Things (IoT), The Melbourne company will develop with Monash Council and Monash University, both in Melbourne’s south-east,a smart city control system of sensors, communications equipment and data analysis technologies. The development,…
Cool solution for CO2 refrigeration in hot climates
Two new South Australian technologies have combined to create what researchers claim to be the world’s most efficient air-cooled carbon dioxide refrigeration system.
Australian project developing needle-free diagnosis method
Brent Balinski spoke to Professor Sharath Sriram, RMIT’s Co-Leader, Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group, about commercialising a novel way to detect heart disease from saliva.
Manufacturing strengthened in August, according to PMI
The Australian Industry Group’s monthly Performance of Manufacturing Index showed the sector lift in August, with production and sales activity indices both returning to growth and the overall PMI up 1.8 points to 53.1
The era of making steel without carbon emissions is here
Analysis by Peter Roberts One of the biggest issues about moving to a carbon-free future has been how to eliminate dangerous emissions from products such as cement and steel that are absolutely vital to the economy. In a sense electricity production was an easy problem to solve using clean renewables compared to the greater industrial…
Austal shipbuilding reports massively increased profits
Perth global shipbuilder Austal (ASX: ASB) had a breakthrough year in 2019 reporting record-smashing revenues, profit and cash flow. The manufacturer of multi-hulled aluminium passenger ferries and naval warships reported EBIT up 46 per cent to $92.8 million, on revenues up 33 per cent to $1.9 billion. This translated into operational cash flows that were…
Vital Signs. Business investment is flatlining, and it isn’t clear that suasion or a special allowance will help
By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW You know the economy is in trouble when a clever and successful Liberal Party treasurer resorts to doing an Elizabeth Warren impersonation in front of the Business Council of Australia in hopes of boosting investment. That’s what Josh Frydenberg did on Monday, saying: Share buybacks and capital returns are…
FrazerLab to commercialise new defence radar
Adelaide technology and services provider FrazerLab has signed a 10- year agreement with the Defence Science and Technology group (DST) to commercialise its new radar technologies. The small start-up, headed by former DST scientist Dr Gordon Frazer, will commercialise the next generation of high frequency radars. HF radar is a key element of Australia’s Jindalee…