Bega launches new Bega Cream Cheese The Bega Cheese has launched its all-Australian Bega Cream Cheese range (pictured) which includes Spreadable and Block variants. The range is being produced at Bega’s iconic Port Melbourne site, the home of Vegemite, and at Strathmerton. The products can be found in Woolworths and independent stores immediately and in…
Israeli company Plasan and NSW manufacturer Bisalloy Steel will provide armour protection for the first three Hunter class frigates being built by BAE Systems Australia for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Plasan signed a contract with BAE Systems Australia which will see Bisalloy produce the ballistic steel for the advanced anti-submarine warfare frigates, replacing the…
Australian innovative manufacturer Planet Innovation and Japan’s Olympus Corporation have signed a long-term strategic partnership to develop and manufacture innovative digital workflow solutions for life science markets. Healthtech contract design and manufacturing company Planet Innovation will work with Olympus subsidiary, the Evident Corporation which is the Japanese company’s former Scientific Solutions business and a leader…
Flinders University’s Professor John Spoehr asks the question – what does it take to create a world-class innovation ecosystem in Australia? Our capability to manufacture the products we need when we need them has been elevated to a national policy priority following the impact of the pandemic on key supply chains, which restricted our access…
Magnesium production company Latrobe Magnesium will sell the majority of its production in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean following the execution of an upgraded distribution contract with Metal Exchange Corporation of Missouri. The company, which is preparing a facility (pictured) in Victoria for its production plant, anticipates ‘excellent prices’ due to a…
The government and Lockheed Martin Australia have emphasised Australian industry opportunities in Australia’s latest acquisition of 40 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for the Australian Army The Head, Land Capability Major General Jeremy King, CSM, said this was an important acquisition which will meet the strategic needs of the Australian Army. Major General King said:…
Three SME mining technology companies have partnered to develop an Enhanced Machine Retrieval Safety system for recovering underground mining equipment. The Western Australian companies, HARD-LINE, Murray Engineering, and Beltor Engineering combined their expertise in the area of retrieval to develop a quicker, safer, and more productive solution to recover vehicles buried in rubble. Beltor provides…
Electric truck and van drive train manufacturer SEA Electric has partnered with US systems integrator MEVCO to electrify 8,500 Hilux and Landcruiser Models for the mining industry. In an order that has a total value of $1 billion, the two companies will see specialist all-electric Hilux and Landcruiser models made available for the mining industry,…
DC electric vehicle charger manufacturer Tritium DCFC has announced its largest-ever order from a single customer – energy giant bp. The Brisbane company said that that bp will install the chargers for fleets and the general public in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia as it expands its EV charging business which…
Perth shipbuilder will manufacture novel unmanned drone surveillance vessels developed by California’s Saildrone (pictured) as well as develop new autonomous vessels and build aircraft carrier ship elevators among a number of contracts revealed by the company that are potentially worth $108 million. One of the contracts involves Austal staff learning and developing ways to manufacture…