Archer, CSIRO collaborate on QML for fraud detection ASX-listed semiconductor developer Archer Materials has entered into a research services agreement with the data and digital specialist arm of CSIRO, aiming to develop a quantum machine learning (QML) system designed to detect fraud in financial transactions. The project is scheduled to run this month until November 2026,…
The NSW government is courting plant-based protein companies, encouraging them to consider establishing regional factories in the state via a new prospectus at the AltProteins 25 conference. According to a statement from regional NSW minister Tara Moriarty and others on Tuesday, regional NSW – five key regions are “particularly suited to plant-based protein manufacturing” –…
Medovex, a company that makes products to treat back pain, has been awarded a $760,107 grant from the NSW government to establish a device manufacturing and sterilisation facility at Wollongong. According to an update from the state government on Monday, the funded project will establish a facility for device manufacture and small-batch sterilisation of medical…
Wauchope, NSW-based precast concrete panel maker Solidcast has been awarded a $2,033,000 grant through the state government’s Net Zero Manufacturing Initiative to expand its operations. According to a statement from NSW energy minister Penny Sharpe on Friday, the funding will help the Mid North Coast company increase production of its low-carbon concrete panels and lead…
The NSW government has released a rezoning proposal covering 200 hectares of underutilised land on the southern edge of the Port Kembla Steelworks, which it says is a major step forward for “[t]he world’s current largest industrial land transformation project”. The proposed precinct on the surplus land would attract new activity “across advanced manufacturing, clean…
Applications have opened for the NSW government’s Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Ventures Program, which offers grants between $20,000 to $75,000 to companies to help progress a product “along the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale between 3 and 9”. According to a statement on Monday, the program was recently revamped following a review by former Tech…
The NSW government says that over 30 Going Global Export Programs and Going Global Trade Missions will be delivered over the next 12 months, which are expected to support 350 NSW businesses, with two thirds of these in “manufacturing and the clean energy economy”. Publishing a forward agenda for the year’s programs and trade missions…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Factory to supply Western Harbour Tunnel Project opens at Emu Plains A precast concrete factory that will help in construction of the Western Harbour Tunnel project has opened at Western Sydney’s Emu Plains, ahead of the arrival of tunnel…
Sharkskin-inspired aerospace company MicroTau, mineral processor Novalith Technologies and solar farm equipment maker 5B are among 13 companies awarded a total of approximately $26.2 million in Clean Technology Innovation grants. According to a statement from NSW industry minister Anoulack Chanthivong and others on Tuesday, the assistance is for “developing and implementing technologies that don’t currently…
A precast concrete factory that will help in construction of the Western Harbour Tunnel project has opened at Western Sydney’s Emu Plains, ahead of the arrival of tunnel boring machines for the Birchgrove to Waverton harbour crossing. According to a statement from NSW premier Chris Minns on Monday, “around 700 quality manufacturing jobs” will be…