Low emission industrial technology company Calix has moved to raise $80 million from investors to fund its share of planned low emission processing plants being constructed with Australian building products companies Boral and Adbri. The plants, which will utilise Calix’s new kiln technology enabling the capture of CO2 in the manufacture of cement and lime,…
By Peter Roberts The federal government is backing a major expansion of Flinders University’s Factory of the Future at the Tonsley innovation precinct in Adelaide, honoring an election promise it first made before the 2019 federal election. Industry minister Ed Husic today announced that next week’s budget would include $10.1 million to help Flinders grow…
SkyKraft set for big December launch Satellite operator Skykraft plans to change the landscape of Air Traffic Management (ATM) in December when its first payload of five ATM satellites will be launched with SpaceX out of Florida. According to the company the 300 kilogram satellite payload will be the largest Australian manufactured space object ever…
Hearing implant manufacturer Cochlear has finally shaken off the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on cochlear implant surgeries, notching up a sales revenue increase of 10 percent to reach a record $1.6 billion in FY22. During the pandemic implant surgeries stalled in all markets including China and the United States, with the company now…
Ten Carbon Chemistry, the manufacturer of the Doxall brand of a new type of chemical sanitisers is on a roll. In September, Doxall received the InClean Award for Excellence in Innovation at the ISSA Cleaning and Hygiene Expo in Sydney. Doxall is one of the brands of Ten Carbon Chemistry’s lead compound GS-2, which is…
Micronised graphite producer International Graphite has won $2 million in support from the Western Australian state government for its planned plant at Collie in the state’s south-west. Executive Chairman Phil Hearse said the agreement was key to establishing a new industry for WA and creating new jobs. Hearse said: “Graphite is critical for global decarbonisation…
Magnis goes slow on Townsville battery factory Magnis Energy Technologies appears to be going slow on its planned Townsville lithium-ion battery manufacturing factory. The company is a member of the Imperium 3 Townsville consortium which has completed a feasibility study for an 18 GWh battery plant – the study was funded by the Queensland government.…
The Victorian Government is backing a new housing manufacturing facility to be established in Portland by building products technology company FormFlow. FormFlow will transform an unused airport hanger at regional city Portland into a housing manufacturing facility, supported by the government’s Portland Diversification Fund. Geelong-based FormFlow is pioneering novel technologies for the metal forming sector,…
Glazing systems that generate solar power developed by ClearVue Technologies are to be installed in their first domestic home in the suburb of Griffith in the Australian Capital Territory. The Perth company has received an order for eight large solar PV powered skylights as well as a range of standard, non-solar double glazed windows and…
Manufacturing was transforming itself even before the Covid-19 pandemic, adopting digital solutions. But to regain leadership in manufacturing, new thinking is needed that builds on lessons from other sectors, argues Matthew McKnight The boom in global trade, increasing inflation, and global supply chain disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic have left Australia’s manufacturing sector in disarray.…