By Peter Roberts It seems state governments are back in the venture capital game, and brazenly so. Provision of venture capital with its inherent risks and risky lending by state banks was on the nose only recently with the collapses of government ventures ranging from the Victorian Economic Development Corporation to the South Australian State…
Twenty-four projects have been awarded a total of $50 million in grant funding through round 14 of the Cooperative Research Centre-Projects, including projects involving Gilmour Space Technologies, Diraq and First Graphene. CRC-Ps offer funding of between $100,000 and $3 million for a project which must be at least dollar-matched by participants. Projects can be up…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Ampcontrol acquires Androck Electrical engineering business Ampcontrol has announced that it has acquired its fellow Hunter region, NSW-based business Androck Engineering & Mining, with this expected to be completed on May 31. Androck is a company of…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) RAIL PROCUREMENT SHAKEUP TACKLES $2 BILLION WASTED ON IMPORTS Assistant Minister for Manufacturing Tim Ayres has stepped up reform of rail sector procurement in response to a damning report suggesting importation has cost governments $2 billion and…
To begin the second week of @AuManufacturing’s Celebrating Australian sovereign capability series, Brent Balinski speaks to Adam Gilmour from Gilmour Space Technologies about the company’s planned orbital launch. If things go to plan, this year Gilmour Space Technologies will become the first Australian company to build a rocket and put it into orbit. The company,…
The University of Southern Queensland-led Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel Materials, Communications and Hypersonics (iLAuNCH) Hub has announced leadership team appointments in the roles of COO, CTO and Executive Director. iLAuNCH was supported under the former Coalition federal government’s $362.5 million Trailblazer Universities initiative, with $50 million in federal funding announced in May before the election.…
What were the five biggest stories this week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. AUKUS SUBMARINES: TIME, COST & JOBS BY SCOTT ELAURANT Since AUKUS was announced the UK has advised that Astute Class SSNs are not available. This leaves the choice of SSN between the US Virginia Class and the UK SSN(R)…
Nova Systems marks 2,700 technical professionals receiving skills training Test and Evaluation (T&E) registered training organisation (RTO) Nova Systems announced on Tuesday that it had passed a milestone of more than 2,700 Australian technical professionals having made it through the company’s short training courses. According to the company, the milestone is “yet another example of…
Prefabricated home and office company ModnPods plans to double the size of its Arundel, Gold Coast facilities to around 6,000 square metres and make 100 hires over the next three years.
By Peter Roberts Labor is back in power and that means a return to multi-party summits such as a Jobs and Skills Summit announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this week for the first and second of September. That will be welcomed by a manufacturing sector struggling with workplace issues ranging from a broken enterprise…
