The federal government is holding a Jobs and Skills Roundtable for Australian Heavy Industry on Tuesday, ahead of the two-day Jobs and Skills Summit next week. A statement from assistant manufacturing minister Tim Ayres (pictured) this morning said that he anticipated discussing the relevant challenges and opportunities ahead, and the strategies needed to train women…
South Australian defence company, Asension has received a $4.35 million contract to deliver a space-based tactical sensor system for use by the defence department. Asension, formerly known as DEWC Systems, was awarded the contract through the Defence Innovation Hub. Defence industry minister Pat Conroy visited Asension’s headquarters in Adelaide on Thursday, and said said sovereign,…
ACS announces investment for hypersonic and space manufacture Advanced Composite Structures Australia has announced investment in new machinery for production of components suitable for hypersonic flight. In a statement on Wednesday, accompanied by a short promo video, the company mentioned a recent $240,000 Australian Government Defence Global Competitiveness Grant, which helped “increase production rate and…
Industry super fund is first to divest from oil and gas Industry super fund NGS Super has has become the first industry fund to totally divest from its investments in fossil fuel energy companies. Education and Aged Care sector fund NGS Super sold its holdings in oil and gas companies, worth $191 million as it…
Ballarat, Victoria mineral processing equipment company Gekko Systems and Singapore’s Clean Earth Technologies (CET) are to work together to develop technologies aiming to make gold processing cyanide and acid-free. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to identify and pursue their complementary technologies combining CET’s more environmentally friendly technologies and reagents and…
The first Albatross G-111T aircraft to be built in the Northern Territory – and Australia – has been purchased by an Australian investor. Entrepreneur and Shark Tank ‘shark’ Steve Baxter signed a contract of purchase to buy the amphibious aircraft being built by a Japanese/Australian partnership. Amphibian Aerospace Industries (AAI) will manufacture the planes at…
The company that developed autonomous robotic blast technologies to remove paint from the Sydney Harbour Bridge has demonstrated how the same system could be used on the Hunter class frigate and other maritime programs. Sydney based Burwell Technologies demonstrated the capability of its blast and paint robot to work in a confined, shipbuilding space while…
By Peter Roberts You hear comments like this all the time: ‘but we don’t manufacture any major appliances in Australia, do we?’ Well actually we do – in fact many of Australia’s most loved appliances in areas from cooking, to air conditioning are still made locally. A stand-out is Seeley International, which has just revealed…
Industrial design and advanced manufacturing business Integra Systems has been inducted at the 2022 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards. Minister for Industry Support and Recovery Ben Carroll congratulated the winners and finalists at an awards ceremony in Melbourne (pictured) – the 20th anniversary of the awards. Integra describes itself as ‘part of a new…
A new facility for upskilling workers in automation will be established in the Northern Territory through a partnership between Diverseco and Charles Darwin University and awarded funding through the territory’s Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem Fund (AMEF.) According to a statement on Wednesday, the new facility will include automation and robotics assets and expertise and support the…
