Needle free biotechnology company Vaxxas has announced that the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted the company a licence to a vaccine antigen candidate (DS2), designed for use in prophylactic vaccines against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). RSV is a common contagious virus affecting the lungs and breathing passages which causes an estimated…
After decades of sourcing rail cars overseas, the NSW government has re-committed to deciding on a replacement for the first 445 ageing Tangara suburban rail cars in 2025, and commencing procurement in 2026. The government has updated the Project Overview for the Future Fleet Program project page on Gateway by ICN and released an Early…
Steelmaker GFG Alliance’s executive chairman Sanjeev Gupta put on a brave face in South Australia this week, vowing the company’s troubled Whyalla blast furnace would produce again and that the site had a future making green steel. Gupta travelled to Whyalla in South Australia to inspect repair work on the blast furnace which has been…
SunCable International, the company planning to supply solar and wind powered electricity to Singapore via an undersea cable, has received conditional approval for the project from the Singaporean Energy Market Authority (EMA). The Conditional Approval follows a comprehensive process by the EMA which determined that AAPowerLink that aims to supply up to 15 per cent…
Solar PV innovator SunDrive Solar has linked with a big overseas solar manufacturer to help get its technology utilised internationally and establish a major Australian solar manufacturing facility. The company, which has developed solar panels based on copper rather than expensive metal components, has signed a MoU with Trinasolar, one of the world’s largest solar…
The federal government has issued an Australian Innovation Statistics (AIS) dashboard showing, according to the headline on the government’s media release, ‘Govt R&D up, overall R&D needs uplift’. The problem with this convenient analysis is that it belies the reality established in @AuManufacturing’s editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – of a national innovation effort…
Mineral processing mill relining systems manufacturer Russell Mineral Equipment has announced it is to acquire leading industrial blasting and protective coatings business, Masterblasters. RME will acquire Masterblasters’ assets and operations, while Masterblasters’ owner Tim Hamblin and Business Manager Liz Hamblin will also join RME, retaining their roles. Founded in Toowoomba in 2006, Masterblasters is a…
Long servicing CEO and Managing Director and board member Mark Burgess is to leave composites manufacturer Quickstep to pursue other opportunities, according to the Sydney company. The company’s Chief Operating Officer Demi Stefanova will assume the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The Chair of Quickstep Patrick Largier said: “The evolving aerospace market…
The Flynn Group, which operates restaurant chains encompassing more than 2,700 Applebee’s, Taco Bell, Arby’s, Pizza Hut, Wendy’s and Paneras stores, has recognised Detpak with its Product Excellence Award. Part of the Detmold Group, Detpak designs, develops and produces packaging for the Flynn Group in Australia and New Zealand, which operates more than 280 Pizza…
The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen has confirmed the possibility that power from a recently declared wind farm precinct offshore from Victoria could power Alcoa’s Portland Aluminium smelter. Bowen has made a preliminary decision on Alinta Energy and Parkwind’s Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm in the Southern Ocean Offshore Wind Zone, making them…