The University of North Texas (UNT) has bought a Titomic Kinetic Fusion Cold Spray additive manufacturing system to expand R&D and advanced manufacturing capabilities at its Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing (CAAAM). The sale for approximately $1.1 million was chosen from a range of cold spray providers to design and install this specialised…
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Livium Ltd’s battery materials division, VSPC has selected Australia as its preferred location to construct a small scale demonstration plant to produce battery materials lithium ferro phosphate (LFP), and the emerging lithium manganese ferro phosphate (LMFP). LMFP is an emerging product offering a 15 to 20 percent increase in specific energy over LFP when used…
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Nanotechnology development company Dotz Nano has made its first commercial sale of its proprietary in-product tagging solution, DotzShield, to a U.S. based provider of oilfield technology to the oil and gas sector. The order marks a pivotal milestone for Dotz in its commercialisation journey, according to an announcement, validating the company’s solution for real-time corrosion…
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Andrew Reeves to retire from Inghams as CEO and MD Inghams Group has announced that its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Andrew Reeves (pictured) will retire from the role in mid-2025, to be replaced by the CEO of its New Zealand business, Edward Alexander. The Chair of Inghams, Helen Nash, said: “Andrew has done…
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The Australian and UK Governments have announced a significant milestone between the Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) and industry partners that will support the delivery of the SSN AUKUS fleet of locally built, conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian Navy. The SSNA platform will replace the Astute Class SSN for the UK Royal Navy…
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Lithium chemicals manufacturer Livium, formerly Lithium Australia, will decide by the end of January 2025 whether to proceed with plans to utilise its proprietary technologies to extract lithium from difficult to process ores. Livium is developing technologies to produce lithium chemicals from waste or low-grade sources, with its main technologies LieNA for processing spodumene and…
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In the fourth profile in our campaign to identify and celebrate Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers, we look at packaging machinery manufacturer Packserv. Peter Roberts spoke to Managing Director Nathan Wardell. For Nathan Wardell, Managing Director of packaging machinery manufacturer Packserv, innovation in business runs in the family. Nathan’s father, and grandfather before him all…
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Steelmaker BlueScope and iron ore miners, BHP and Rio Tinto have selected Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, to host an electric smelting furnace pilot plant, which aims to test and optimise lower-carbon emissions molten iron from Pilbara iron ore using direct reduced iron (DRI)-ESF technology. Rio said the trio assessed a number of locations…
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Rapid welding technology developer K-Tig is changing its direction, acquiring 100 percent of US-based Metal Powder Works, which has developed the DirectPowder Process which converts premium bar stock into high-quality powder. K-Tig, which is in voluntary administration, said the process achieved yields of 95 percent compared to 20-30 percent from traditional powder production methods, resulting…
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The federal government has announced $14.1 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to back projects seeking to develop cleaner, greener aviation fuel options to reduce emissions in the aviation sector. A domestic Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry, with Australian made fuel from local feedstock, could play a key role in making the fuel…
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