Medical cannabis is a rapidly growing sector, and plays Australia’s strengths in research, but the industry says regulations make its work difficult. Brent Balinski spoke to Peter Crock of Cann Group and Peter Duggan of CSIRO’s Botanical Extracts Lab about the potential.
Australian innovation incubators and circular economy groups are behind a successful first capital raising by New Zealand company X-Frame which aims to bring circular economy thinking to lightweight timber building construction. Adelaide technology incubator Innovyz and the state-government backed Green Industries South Australia were instrumental in raising $485,000 for the start-up. Green Industries ran a…
Melbourne battery control technology company Relectrify today announced the release of its commercial & industrial (C&I) energy storage systems based on its BMS+Inverter technology. The modular 120kWh systems are made from second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries – cells that have been retired after use in electric vehicles. Relectrify’s life-extending BMS+Inverter technology results in up to…
Brisbane medtech company Ellume has hosted the US Consul-General Sharon Hudson-Dean and US Embassy officials to its Richlands plant as it scales up production of its rapid Covid-19 test kits. The officials inspected facilities which are being rapidly expanded to meet a $US230 million contract from the United States Department of Defense to provide its…
A year ago Michael Clayton, CEO of Derby Rubber, watched as his Derby Steet factory went up in flames. Here he writes about the recreation of a leading manufacturing enterprise. Today marks 12 months since I commenced the most significant professional journey of my life – here are some of the lessons that I learnt.…
Australian tech company Codan will pay more than $100 million to buy US-based Domo Tactical Communications from a private equity firm.
A miracle all-in-one soil improver, waste disposer and planet saviour, or a biomassive waste of time? Brent Balinski spoke to manufacturers and others about the place of charred organic matter in our future.
Six prototype test and evaluation infantry fighting vehicles have been delivered to the army from the two companies shortlisted to fulfil a multi-billion dollar contract. Hanwha Defense Australia and Rheinmetall Defence Australia have each delivered three prototype vehicles – two for evaluation and one for blast testing – as part of a two-year risk mitigation…
As Australian producers scramble to find markets for goods hit by Chinese import restrictions, it might look as though China is winning the diplomatic war.
But the current situation is a diplomacy fail for China as much as for Australia.
Nepean Engineering & Innovation is nearly a half-century old, and runs one of the country’s biggest fabrication shops. Brent Balinski spoke with the company’s R&D manager Mark Helou about how it plans to reinvent itself.
