Seaweed-based plastic alternative makes global fashion debut Luxury sleepwear brand Papinelle has said its latest collection will feature buttons made from seaweed, as part of a collaboration with Perth biotechnology startup Uluu, marking the first time Uluu’s materials have been used in fashion. According to a statement from Uluu, the buttons (pictured) were created by…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Green Gravity says former Wollongong Resources coal mine to host world’s first demo deployment of “breakthrough technology” Green Gravity and Wollongong Resources have announced execution of a binding agreement for gravitational energy storage trials at the Russell Vale mine. The pair…
Industry lobby group Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has welcomed “the clarity provided” by the federal government’s emissions reduction target announcement on Thursday. The government released a target – to get between 62 per cent and 70 per cent below 2005 levels by 2035 – as well as a Net Zero Plan, blueprints for…
The federal government has announced a $5 billion Net Zero Fund aimed at supporting the decarbonisation of heavy industry, to be delivered by the National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) with capital drawn from the existing $15 billion program. The announcement on Thursday coincided with the government’s release of its 2035 climate target – a 62-70 per…
Australian/German business Quantum Brilliance has had three of its quantum processor units installed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) first on-site, commercial quantum computer cluster. QB bills itself a world leader in mass-deployable, room temperature diamond-based quantum technology. According to a statement from the company on Wednesday, the new deployment at the US Department of…
The National Reconstruction Fund (NRF), Bradfield Development Authority (BDA) and the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility (AMRF) have announced “a strategic partnership” aimed creating “a pipeline of referrals between AMRF and NRF”. According to a joint statement, the relationship aims to assist “businesses looking to build out their supply chain”. The release cited the steps of manufacturing listed in the NRF’s…
China’s industrial subsidisation spending now exceeds its defence budget and threatens to devastate Australia’s smelting and refining regions unless urgent government intervention occurs, according to a McKell Institute report released on Wednesday. The think tank warned that 73,000 jobs across regional Australia are at risk from Beijing’s “geoeconomic interference”, with some towns potentially losing up…
The new government should set its mind to the problem of Australia’s industrial structure. Recent feedback from manufacturers suggests that existing programs might be missing the mark. By Dr Jens Goennemann. After a decisive election win, the runway for government, especially a returning one, is at its longest. Therefore, it is a good time to…
Victoria recorded the highest number of manufacturing insolvencies in Australia in 2024, according to new analysis. This rise in business closures highlights ongoing struggles within the state’s manufacturing sector, exacerbated by high taxes, rising energy costs and extensive regulatory burdens. ASIC data reveals that during the term of the Albanese government, 415 manufacturing firms in…
Nominations opened on Thursday for Round 17 of Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) grants, which offer between $100,000 and $3 million in matched funding for short-term (up to three-year) collaborative projects led by an industry partner. An update on the industry department’s website explains that support is open to all sectors, though there is a…