The Australian Securities Exchange has continued the suspension from trading of the shares in carbon fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution following its failure to identify a US company it is negotiating with. The Geelong company’s shares were first suspended at CBR’s request following its revelation earlier this month that it had signed a non-binding…
Carbon Fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has outlined an ambitious plan to merge with a US fund, list on a US stock exchange and emerge with a warchest to speed its path to commercialisation. The Geelong company told shareholders that it had signed a non-binding letter of intent to merge with a US special…
Carbon fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has registered growth in production and is aiming for new heights as its first mega-line mass production line is close to completion. The Geelong, Victoria company, which experienced market dislocation during the Covid-19 crisis as car manufacturing slowed or even shut down, today reported revenue above $40 million…
Automotive one-piece carbon fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has reported the results of virtual validation tests of a light weight wheel designed to fit Australia’s CH-47 Chinook military helicopters. The company took to social media to report that it had designed a prototype lightweight carbon fibre helicopter wheel (pictured), which was 35 percent lighter…
Comment by Peter Roberts I hate to say this, but a $12 million Modern Manufacturing Initiative grant to help carbon fibre wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution build its first Mega production line just announced has shown the absurdity, and the needless cost of federal government grant schemes. I hate to say this because I am a…
One-piece composite wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has marked the sale of its 50,000th wheel at the company’s Waurn Ponds factory.
Carbon fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution is to inaugurate its Mega-line wheel manufacturing line at its Geelong factory this calendar year, the company has revealed. Carbon Revolution told investors in its rep[ort for the first half year that construction of the Mega-line which will substantially increase output is on time and on budget. CEO…
Sales of one piece carbon fibre road wheels by Geelong manufacturer Carbon Revolution are recovering strongly from their Covid-19 supply chain related slump. The company reported today wheel sales in the second quarter FY22 of 4,397, up 109.4 per cent on the first quarter. Quarterly revenue was $11.4 million, an 82.6 per cent jump from…
Today our editorial series, Leadership in factory automation, turns to one of the most advanced automation projects underway in Australia – the development of the first Mega-line by Carbon Revolution to manufacture its unique one-piece carbon fibre road wheels at scale. By Peter Roberts. Geelong one-piece carbon fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution is pressing…
Carbon Revolution is a poster boy of the global automotive industry with its ability to manufacture a single-piece carbon fibre composite road wheel for performance vehicles made by the likes of Renault, Ferrari and Ford. But it is also showing the benefits of collaboration between industry and cutting edge public sector research and facilitation –…
