Australia’s submarine company, ASC, has named US veteran-owned defence contractor Orbis Sibr as its first US AUKUS capability collaboration partner. In a statement on Monday, ASC said Orbis will be engaged “to perform a Submarine Rotational Force-West (SRF-W) Gap Analysis to support ASC’s requirements to develop and deliver a SSN Submarine Support System Plan and…
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This week inventor and electrochemist Emeritus Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos and her team at University of NSW Sydney are hosting an event to mark the 40th anniversary of the vanadium redox flow battery (VFB.) Running on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Tyree Energy Technologies Building, the 40th Anniversary Flow Battery Innovation Symposium will look at opportunities…
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Printable electronics developer Strategic Elements is embarking on a project to scale up the size of the printed devices it can produce that generate electricity from moisture in the air. The company has shown it can generate electricity from a technology based on a transparent ink that can be printed onto surfaces such as plastic,…
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High-power laser manufacturer, AIM Defence, will supply an additional two counter-drone Fractl units to the Australian Defence Force under a new $4.8 million agreement. Earlier this year, the ADF’s first directed energy systems contract was awarded to AIM Defence following a series of successful military trials and demonstrations of the portable, counter-drone ‘hard kill’ system…
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What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Pure Dairy cheese facility nears completion Dairy trading house and manufacturer Pure Dairy has confirmed that its new cheese factory in Dandenong South is on schedule for a production launch in 2025. Structural work has been finished, and most internal…
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Ground has been broken in Wodonga, Victoria today on one of Australia’s largest renewable hydrogen plants – a facility that is predicted to cut CO2 emissions by around 4,000 tonnes each year from 2025. Owned by Australian Gas Infrastructure Group, the 10MW Hydrogen Park Murray Valley facility will deliver renewable hydrogen to more than 40,000…
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The annual AltProteins Conference, which was held in Melbourne on Thursday for the third time, will move to Sydney in October 2025. In a statement from Investment NSW welcoming the news, it said alternative proteins – produced from plant or animal cells and consumed as substitutes for meat and seafood – could be a sector…
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The 22nd Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards were held on Wednesday night, with some of the major honours going to Stahl Metall, CSL and Assembled Threads. Held at the Crown Palladium Auditorium, the annual awards saw contract manufacturer Stahl Metall inducted to the Hall of Fame as the 2024 Leader in Manufacturing. According to…
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Quantum technologies research company Archer Materials has signed an agreement with Chinese magnetic sensor manufacturer MultiDimension Technology to develop a tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) sensor for commercial use in industrial applications. TMR sensors detect and measure currents leveraging quantum phenomena and are ideal for many industrial applications including artificial intelligence, data centres, automotive, and internet-of-things, according…
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Shipbuilder Birdon Group has provided an update on planned improvements at its shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama (pictured), which is the production site for the U.S. Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) programme. Birdon has secured a $1.187 billion contract to design and build 27 new vessels for the U.S. Coast Guard, while the…
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