Naval Group Australia has begun planning to procure equipment for its Adelaide operation which will construct 12 Attack class submarines for the Royal Australian Navy.. The company has issued a call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from Australian firms. Naval Group is working with the Industry Capability Network (ICN) to find those with the capability…
Royal Dutch Shell’s purchase of German home battery maker, sonnen has cleared the way for it to enter the Australian market with a home-grown product. Sonnen has already begun manufacturing home systems at a plant in the former Holden assembly plant at Elizabeth north of Adelaide. It had plans to make 50,000 systems over five…
A pilot biofuels plant to make jet fuel and diesel from farm waste such as sugar cane is being built in the northern Queensland port of Gladstone. Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk said in a statement that US company Mercurius was completing designs for the biorefinery and would begin construction ‘within months’. Palaszczuk said: “New industries…
Comment by Peter Roberts Slowly, slowly lawmakers are getting round to tightening up laws covering the sort of white collar crime evident in the recent Banking Royal Commission. But as the Commission itself failed to come to grips with the real problem with the financial services industry, so too will our politicians. While I welcome…
Additive manufacturing technology company, Aurora Labs Limited (ASX: A3D), has demonstrated high speed 3D printing in a series of tests. The Perth company reported that it had completed a test series on 13 February of its Rapid Manufacturing Technology (RMT) prototype demonstrating the scalable nature of the technology. The company said it had achieved “…remarkable…
Forum member Adam Salzer OAM reports on the readiness of boards and especially Chairs of companies to truly transform their businesses. The Australian Transformation and Turnaround Association (AusTTA) has conducted extensive research into what are the Best Practices at Board level that are required to lead a complex organisation fundamental Transformation. Data gathering included surveys…
A number of defence suppliers have been awarded contracts to repair, maintain and upgrade components on the F-35 Lightning fighter plane now coming into service with the RAAF. Announcing the contracts, defence minister, Christopher Pyne and defence industry minister, Steven Ciobo said they were evidence of the global competitiveness of Australian industry. Most were regional…
Medical technology leader ResMed Inc (ASX: RMD) has introduced a new top-of-head-connected nasal mask for sleep apnea sufferers. The new AirFit N30i mask connects to the company’s continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) machines at the top of the skull, allowing patients to move more freely during the night. The mask, just launched in the key…
Spanish train manufacturer CAF is the big winner in a $2.8 billion project to design, build, finance and maintain New South Wales’ next regional rail fleet. In a depressingly familiar pattern for NSW, the trains will be built by CAF and ‘fitted out in Dubbo in NSW’s central west. A new maintenance centre will be…
Danish renewable energy giant, Vestas is to establish a wind turbine manufacturing plant at Geelong, Victoria in association with a local precision engineering firm. Vestas has partnered with Marand Precision Engineering to turn the former Ford stamping plant into a plant capable of making 4MW Drivetrains and Hubs and component testing for the Dundonnell and…