Aussie smart street furniture manufacturer eyes expansion
An Adelaide engineering company has further plans to tackle the global market with an export-friendly line of smart furniture and modular buildings.
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Jayco expands manufacturing of motorised homes
Leading caravan manufacturer Jayco has taken advantage of recent growth of the motorhome and campervan market in Australia by expanding its South Dandenong manufacturing facility while also implementing a number of upgrades to support new product development. The company went on social media to reveal that motorhome manufacturing had been relocated from a 9,000 m2…
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Virgin Orbit and Wagner Corp to offer new way to launch
Rocket launch systems developer Virgin Orbit has teamed up with Wagner Corporation, owner of the Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, to offer an alternative space launch system to Australia’s satellite manufacturers. The companies have signed a MoU aiming to offer launch services from Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system (pictured). The are exploring the potential for using Toowoomba Wellcamp…
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Orbital secures new US customer
Perth drone engine manufacturer Orbital Corporation has announced a new customer, with US defence technology company AeroVironment ordering one of the company’s newest heavy fuel engines for assessment. Orbital has been hit this year with issues with its dominant customer, Boeing subsidiary Insitu. Orbital revealed in February that Insitu had terminated its third engine program…
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Lack of semiconductor manufacturing will consign Australia to “second-tier status”: report
The nation’s dearth of semiconductor manufacturing creates a strategic vulnerability and it should build up manufacturing capability in areas matched to research strengths, according to an Australian Strategic Policy Institute report published today. “Opting out of semiconductor manufacturing will severely constrain Australia’s growth as a technological nation and consign it to second-tier status,” write authors…
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@AuManufacturing Conversations episode 18: Peter Mackey from Western Parkland City Authority
In episode 18 of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski we hear from Peter Mackey, Executive Director, New Education and Training Model (NETM) at the NSW government’s Western Parkland City Authority. This micro-episode is about micro-credentials. In it Mackey giving an update on the NETM pilot program, which intends to develop 100 micro-credential courses between 2021…
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Boeing ramps up component production orders from AML3D
Boeing has ramped up its component purchase order from wire additive manufacturing (WAM) technology developer AML3D. AML3D announced today that Boeing had increased its order from AML3D announced in July from an initial $140,000 to $350,000, indicating positive results from the company’s supply of initial aerospace components. AML3D supplied tooling components to Boeing in 2021,…
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Fortescue doubles down on decarbonisation as industry goes green
Fortescue Metals Group has announced it plans to invest $9.2 billion by 2030 to eliminate fossil fuel risk to its business, in the process banking $1.2 billion a year in reduced operating costs. The investment will achieve real zero terrestrial emissions – Scope 1 and 2 – across its iron ore operations by 2030 and…
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Fleet Space’s new 3D print facility aims for space
Satellite IoT communications manufacturer Fleet Space Technologies has brought its 3D printing capability in house to replace outsourcing of printed components including nanosatellite antennas and structural components(pictured). CEO Flavia Tata Nardini said manufacturing in-house offered huge benefits to the company and its customers. She said: ‘As well as enabling us to make complex components for…
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Space Park searches for manufacturing partner
The Australian Space Park (ASP), Australia’s first dedicated space manufacturing hub, has called for expressions of interest for a partner to operate its Common User Facility (CUF). The park, which includes companies Fleet Space Technologies, Q-CTRL, ATSpace and Alauda Aeronautics as investors and partners, is being constructed at Adelaide airport. The space park CUF will…
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