AML3D to make test Hunter class frigate parts

Metal 3D printer manufacturer AML3D has received a contract for the manufacture of a test part to be used in preparation of the Hunter class frigates being constructed at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide. The company did not detail the part but said it ‘may have application within BAE Systems Maritime Australia’s (BAESMA’s) contract…

Victoria’s SEC bets big on massive battery storage

Victoria’s newly established, state-owned State Electricity Commission (SEC) has announced a massive first investment which will help infrastructure company Equis build a $1 billion battery, one of the world’s biggest in the state. Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for the State Electricity Commission Lily D’Ambrosio turned the first sod on the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub…

New Insights from Old Factories – Metroglass unifies multiple software systems

Metroglass is Australia and New Zealand’s leading manufacturer of double glazed windows with seven Australasian processing plants and twelve retail sites, and the problem it faced was pretty typical of many manufacturers. Rapid expansion saw the company with a plethora of software applications, legacy solutions, and underinvestment in IT and infrastructure, resulting in inconsistent data,…

Russell expands range of mining mill lining machines

Mill relining systems Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Russell Mineral Equipment (RME), has expanded its mineral processing liner exchange machine range with new larger and more automated systems. The expanded range introduces additional Russell Mill Relining Machine (MRM) models with an increase in rated capacity for medium to large grinding mills, made possible by a modular,…

Adelaide University gets $38m to train nuclear power specialists

The University of Adelaide has received a federal government commitment to fund the training of hundreds more domestic undergraduate students to join the nuclear-related defence workforce of the future. Under the Federal Government’s Nuclear-Powered Submarines (NPS) programme the university has been allocated of $38,634,835 between 2024 and 2030 to deliver an additional 700 Commonwealth Supported…

New Insights from Old Factories – download the companion eBook

@AuManufacturing and software solutions provider Fusion5 will present our latest webinar webinar – New Insights from Old Factories – on Wednesday, 6th December at 10.00 (AEST) with manufacturing CEOs discussing ways to seamlessly and affordably integrate your factory. For more information and to register for the webinar go here. The webinar features Adam Amos, Director,…

MyEcoBag sales boom as its products waste away

An Australian company is leading the charge when it comes to helping solve the world’s conventional plastic bag problem, having produced 500 million compostable bags since 2018. MyEcoBag is a leading producer of compostable packaging and has been supplying compostable bin liners and pet waste bags to Australians for over a decade, through more 2,200…

New Insights from Old Factories – Natural Pet Food Group case study

Sometimes manufacturers can become a lot more than just an SME while still utilising small business enterprise software. One such was New Zealand manufacturer Natural Pet Food Group which has operations in NZ, Australia and the United States, an associate company in Japan and staff in Canada and China. There came a time when its…

Green Steel forging ahead with WA green steel plants

Green Steel of WA has taken to social media to commit to completing what it hopes will be Australia’s first hydrogen based steel plant by 2028. The company has been quietly developing two projects – an electric arc furnace to recycle scrap and the state’s first green hydrogen direct-reduced iron (DRI) plant with a total…

Li-S Energy completes dry room for battery production

Lithium sulphur battery development company Li-S Energy has announced the completion of construction of a Low Dew Point, Ultra Dry Room to house its 2MWh battery manufacturing facility at Geelong, Victoria. The Phase 3 facility is the precursor to a 200MWh plant and ultimately a 10GWh+ gigafactory foreshadowed at the company’s recent annual general meeting…