An Innovative Manufacturing CRC-backed project announced last month is aiming to move research on material coating methods out of the lab and into factories. Brent Balinski asked project lead Dr Weiwei Lei a few questions about how his process works and what the project hopes to achieve.
Winners of the 61st annual Good Design Awards were named last week at an event which celebrated problem solving through “clever, considered and meaningful design.”
Two northern Australian mega-projects to turn solar energy onto fuels exportable to our Asian neighbours have taken steps towards reality, opening up new manufacturing opportunities. The Guardian today reported a series of low-key events held in the Northern Territory three weeks ago by those behind a $20 billion venture to generate solar electricity and export…
Comment by Peter Roberts If you are a manufacturer in the defence business, or are diversifying into the sector, you are very likely onto a good thing. Yes, everyone has heard the government’s boast that it has spending of $200 billion planned on new equipment, including $50 billion for submarines and $35 billion for frigates.…
Lithium Australia (ASX: LIT) has announced progress on a number of fronts in its strategy of developing value-adding businesses in the fast-growing lithium metal space. The company detailed significant progress in its technologies to produce lithium chemicals, produce lithium cathode powder, make lithium-ion batteries and in battery recycling. The company is also evaluating several potential…
South Australia’s Bird In Hand winery has joined a growing trend in the wine making industry to move from production to full blown tourist destination. The winery at Woodside in the Adelaide Hills has lodged a development application for a $30 million upgrade which focuses on everything other than the vintage. It envisages a 40…
Shares in Australian-Israeli anti-drone security company, DroneShield (ASX: DRO) leapt 22 per cent this week on more positive sales news. The company reported increased cash inflows for the June quarter, continuing positive cash flows from its drone detection and counter-measure product portfolio. Record cash inflows of $1.1 million were recorded, reducing net cash burn to…
A report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis release this week argues that Australian gas producers are behaving like a cartel, and that a domestic gas reservation should be implemented to fix prices at $5 per gigajoule. The philanthropically-funded international organisation argues that gas prices – which are tied to electricity prices…
Vitamin manufacturer Star Combo Pharma (ASX: S66) has outlaid $60 million to buy natural health, food and beauty business, Bio-E. Bio-E is a highly profitable marketer however it does not have the manufacturing footprint of Star Combo. The companies have “complementary skill sets (through) combining Star Combo’s R&D and manufacturing capabilities with Bio-E’s marketing and…
By Jessica Mascione A partnership between three Australian advanced manufacturing SMEs is helping deliver training targets equipped with controlled thermal signatures to the Australian Defence Force. A world-first in commercial viability and agility, and a new capability for the Australian Government, the product enables army personnel to successfully engage practice targets using remote SMArt155 Precision…
