2025 – Page 81 – AuManufacturing

Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, March 31 – April 4, 2025

Manufacturing NewsBy Brent Balinski April 6, 2025

What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Liquid catalyst breakthrough speeds up chemical manufacturing A major breakthrough in liquid catalysis is transforming how essential products are made, making the chemical manufacturing process faster, safer and more sustainable than ever before. Researchers from Monash University, the University of Sydney,…

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Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter April 4, 2025

NSW government’s $2.5 million critical minerals co-investment fund The NSW government has launched a new $2.5 million co-investment seed funding program, which it says will “unearth the state’s next major critical minerals projects.” The new Critical Minerals Exploration Program requires a 50 per cent co-investment from successful applicants and will encourage more exploration in NSW,…

BlockTexx wins top prize at the 2025 Banksia Awards

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter April 4, 2025

Textile recycler BlockTexx has taken top prize at the long-running Banksia Awards, which were held on Thursday night. The annual Banksia National Sustainability Awards have been running since 1989, and celebrate “innovative, impactful solutions to the sustainability challenges of our times.” BlockTexx was recognised at a gala ceremony in Melbourne for its development and implementation…

UQ-led Trailblazer develops texture toolkit for food and beverage R&D

TechnologyBy Staff Reporter April 3, 2025

The Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA) Trailblazer has developed a texture toolkit that they say can assist food companies with “product renovation”. According to a statement from the University of Queensland – which leads FABA – on Thursday, the FaBA Texture Library Toolkit can help food and beverage developers understand and adjust a product’s…

US tariffs will upend global trade. This is how Australia can respond

Analysis and CommentaryBy Staff Reporter April 3, 2025

By Felicity Deane, Queensland University of Technology US President Donald Trump has imposed a range of tariffs on all products entering the US market, with Australian exports set to face a 10% tariff, effective April 5. These import taxes will be charged by US customs on each imported item. The punitive tariffs on 60 countries…

Cochlear seeking further detail on US tariffs

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter April 3, 2025

Implantable hearing aid manufacturer Cochlear has said it is seeking clarification on the application of new tariffs on Australian exports to the United States. Its statement on Thursday morning swiftly followed the “Liberation Day” announcement by US president Donald Trump of tariffs on all importers to the US. Australian exports face the baseline rate of…

HEO’s Holmes space camera to fly on upcoming Australian-Indian mission

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter April 3, 2025

HEO – which launched an Australian-made, world-first commercial camera dedicated to non-Earth imaging (NEI) in 2023 – has announced that it will support the Space Machines Company-led Space-MAITRI mission, scheduled for launch in late-2026. HEO said in a statement on Thursday that it will provide a second generation of its NEI camera, billed the Holmes…

Australian exports to US slapped with ten per cent tariff in Trump’s “Liberation Day” address

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter April 3, 2025

US president Donald Trump has announced a ten per cent tariff on Australian exports to his country, “starting at midnight tonight”*, with barriers to US beef exports singled out in his justifications. In a “Liberation Day” address on Thursday morning (Australian time), the president said there would be a broad-ranging tariff on all Australian goods…

Defence research projects awarded $3 million in funding

DefenceBy Staff Reporter April 2, 2025

Seven research projects described as delivering “ground-breaking” technologies, ranging from underwater charging stations for uncrewed underwater vehicles to better understanding online communities, have received a total of $3 million in funding from the Defence Innovation Partnership (DIP). The funding, announced on Wednesday, is through DIP’s Activator Fund and Collaborative Research Fund, and is aimed at…

Election campaign high on cost of living relief, but cost of industry a wicked problem

Analysis and CommentaryBy Staff Reporter April 2, 2025

By Sandy Plunkett If Australia’s domestic manufacturing and tech sector had a dollar for every time political leaders have declared — in and out of election campaigns for decades — that innovative SMEs are the engine of the economy, we might have a small but globally significant 21st century manufacturing sector by now. If we…

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