Appreciation has grown in the last decade or so for a modern, holistic view of manufacturing. It’s “more than just production”, you will have heard countless times, and production is the lowest point in the “smiley curve” model of where value is added. The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, for example, chose to open its inaugural…
Organics recycler Soilco has announced its acquisition of The Good Dirt Company, a regional organics processor based in Lethbridge, marking the company’s entry into the Victorian market. Soilco said that Good Dirt has historically received and composted green waste and agricultural manures and distributed finished products to the region’s farming community. An EPA-licensed composting facility…
ASX-listed surface technology business AnteoTech has appointed Merrill Gray as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Scientist, engineer and executive Gray (pictured) has served a four-month period as Interim MD and CEO, and her full-time appointment is effective Tuesday. “I am excited by the prospect of taking what I have learnt and supporting increased product…
An Australian-developed agtech product named FurrowMate, a direct air injection unit that integrates with air seeders to deliver biological products, has been launched by Loam Bio. Orange-headquartered Loam Bio is a developer of microbial technology for capturing carbon and increasing the health of agricultural soils. In a statement on Monday marking the launch of FurrowMate…
Hydrogen storage startup Carbon280 launched its Hydrilyte Technology Pilot Plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, which aims to prove its technology at an industrially-relevant scale. According to a statement from the company on Monday, the pilot is a 100 kilowatt prototype at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6. The pilot and a lab onsite are funded via…
Tropes about high costs don’t tell the whole story when it comes to making things in Australia. Those aren’t the real reasons why the industry’s share of GDP is so low, explains Dominic Parsonson. Manufacturing isn’t a “nice to have” for Australia, it’s a pillar of growth, resilience and national security. Yet whenever we talk…
A total of $50.4 million has been awarded through the latest selection round of the Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P), including for production of greener rocket fuel ingredients, salvaging pectin from fruit waste, and refining high-value ingredients from algae biomass. Twenty-one projects were funded through Round 17, which was announced on Friday. Among the projects…
Sponsored Australia’s largest gathering of resource recovery professionals returns to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 29-30 October 2025, with free registrations now open for the nation’s premier event for resource recovery and sustainable solutions. Australia’s manufacturing sector is at the forefront of the resource recovery sector and the circular economy revolution, with Waste…
By Melanie MacGregor, Flinders University Progress towards a legally binding global treaty on plastics pollution stalled and went into reverse this week. The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ran overtime. It’s likely to conclude this evening, without agreement. This is an incredibly disappointing result. As a member of the Scientists’ Coalition…
The administrator to Energy Renaissance has given “withdrawal of a major investor from a planned funding subscription program” as the reason for the battery maker’s difficulties. According to a short statement from Jirsch Sutherland provided to @AuManufacturing on Sunday, the withdrawal “left the company in a cash crisis“. Stewart Free and Bradd Morelli of Jirsch…