Tesla eyes Adelaide for battery factory
Tesla is considering building a factory to repurpose its batteries in Adelaide, however, it needs the local council to first fix the contaminated site.
AI trial for Hunter class frigate build
Four Australian SMEs have been selected to test and trial innovative technologies for the digitally advanced Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide that is constructing Hunter Class Frigates for the Royal Australian Navy Insight Via Artificial Intelligence (IVAI), Overlay, Spiral Data, and Open Welding will explore the use of Artificial Intelligence and advance sensors to drive…
VAILO aims to have upcoming Gold Coast factory “fully operational” by year’s end
LED lighting manufacturer VAILO has announced that it will re-establish its production on the Gold Coast, citing growth opportunities on the east coast including the upcoming 2032 Brisbane Olympics. In a statement on Tuesday, the company – which was established in Adelaide in 2012 as a lighting wholesaler – added that it would not leave…
Towards 3% R&D – Factory of the future by Philipp Dautel
Innovation hubs that allow companies to engage with researchers and test their systems on the latest equipment are seen as part of the answer to Australia’s faltering innovation system. Here, in our editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – Philipp Dautel of one such hub the Factory of the Future…
1414 Degrees demonstrates storage and discharge of industrial process heat
1414 Degrees has announced the completion of the demonstration phase of its $6 million SiBox thermal energy storage project ready for commercialisation. The company, which is developing the SiBox technology in partnership with Woodside Energy Technologies, said the system had delivered continuous process heat at levels needed for industrial use. It defined a cycle of…
Back to the future with Industry Growth Program
By Peter Roberts Something old and something new has gone into the recipe for the federal government’s new $392 million Industry Growth Program which was announced yesterday. Ostensibly the programme is a replacement for the Industry Growth Centres (IGCs) which saw the establishment of six industry growth centres, now at, or past the end of…
Thinking about precincts: what works and why
At the Western Sydney Aerotropolis, Port Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend and elsewhere in the country, efforts are underway to build neighbourhoods for the industries of tomorrow. The usefulness of innovation precincts is based on the power of proximity, the notion that if you have enough people with the right resources in the one place, then great…
Visual simulation R&D sites at Tonsley Innovation district
Visual simulation companies One World LED and Sportal will consolidate their national and international research and development capabilities into new premises at Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide joining other companies such as Micro-X, Zeiss, Siemens and Sage Automation in the former car making site. The companies research, design and engineer custom LED technology in Adelaide,…