Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

SciDev enters European PFAS treatment market Wastewater treatment company SciDev has entered the important European market for PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ treatment, securing its first commercial order in Europe. The contract with Swedish Hydro Solutions AB is for a containerised PFAS treatment system to remediate contaminated landfill site in Northeast Sweden. The initial value of the…

Collapse of plant protein manufacturer a concern – contribution from Food Frontier

Australian Plant Proteins’ voluntary administration highlights the lack of forward thinking by government, says Food Frontier CEO Dr Simon Eassom. In a regional area where employment and value-added industries are essential, it’s disappointing that a significant manufacturing plant has announced its potential closure after eight years of operations. Horsham based Australian Plant Proteins (APP) went…

Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

XTEK’s HighCom awarded new armour order XTEK has announced that its HighCom Armor Solutions division has received an international purchase order to supply ballistic body armour to an undisclosed European customer, worth $2.6 million. Scott Basham, XTEK Group’s CEO, said on Monday that the armour business — across manufacturing in Columbus, Ohio, XTclave technology development…