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Space Machines Company opens Australia’s largest spacecraft manufacturing facility

Manufacturing NewsBy Simran Gill June 10, 2025

Space Machines Company and the University of Technology Sydney announced on Tuesday the creation of Australia’s largest industrial-scale spacecraft manufacturing facility at UTS Tech Lab in Sydney. The Optimus Factory (OF-01) will feature an additional 800-square-metre spacecraft production space and house Australia’s largest satellite Assembly, Integration and Test cleanroom. The facility represents a co-investment from…

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Local medical device company raises thousands for breast cancer foundation

Manufacturing NewsBy Simran Gill June 10, 2025

Alexandria-based medical device manufacturer ProMed Australia raised more than $16,000 for the Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation at a charity auction in Pyrmont on Wednesday night, June 4. The event at Audrey Fine Art gallery featured the auction of a landscape painting by artist Ted Lewis, which sold for $4,800 despite being valued at $8,000. The…

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Ego Pharmaceuticals boss makes King’s Birthday honours list

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter June 10, 2025

Alan Oppenheim, the Managing Director of family-owned skincare business Ego Pharmaceuticals, was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (General Division) on Monday. Oppenheim (pictured) has led the company as Managing Director since 1990, according to a statement from Ego, and was its Scientific Director from 1980 – 1990. “I am deeply honoured and…

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Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, June 2 – June 6, 2025

Manufacturing NewsBy Brent Balinski June 8, 2025

What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Sydney’s new buses arrive from China despite local build promises New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is facing criticism after buses promised to be built locally arrived nearly complete from a Chinese factory, despite government pledges to revitalise domestic manufacturing. Transport…

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DUST to unveil car on Friday afternoon at Deakin University ahead of Bridgestone World Solar Challenge

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter June 6, 2025

The Deakin University Solar Team’s vehicle, named DUST, will be unveiled at the university’s Waurn Ponds campus at 3 pm on Friday, ahead of the Darwin to Adelaide Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC), running from August 24 – 31. The team (pictured) will compete in the Cruiser Class of the 3000-kilometre BWSC, with vehicles judged…

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BluGlass receives first order from Indian Ministry of Defence

Manufacturing News, TechnologyBy Staff Reporter June 6, 2025

BluGlass Inc, the wholly-owned US subsidiary of ASX-listed compound semiconductor business BluGlass, has received an initial order from the Indian government’s Ministry of Defence, worth $230,000. The company announced on Friday morning that it is now an approved supplier to the ministry and had received the order from its Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL.) The…

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Groundhog Day as Australia goes backwards again

Analysis and CommentaryBy Staff Reporter June 5, 2025

Groundhog Day: The annual Harvard Growth Lab’s Economic Complexity Index (ECI) figures have been released – and Australia’s ranking has dropped, again. By Dr Jens Goennemann. Australia now ranks 105th in the world in the measure of the complexity of the products it produces placing us between Botswana and Côte d’Ivoire. Let me repeat that: Botswana…

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Ramsay Australia CEO joins EMVision board

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter June 5, 2025

Brain scanning device company EMVision Medical Devices has announced the appointment of Carmel Monaghan as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Announced on and effective on Thursday, Monaghan’s appointment brings “a wealth of experience across clinician engagement, corporate strategy, marketing, procurement and government relations” according to EMVision’s Chairman, John Keep. Monaghan is described in the statement as…

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UniSA finds that sludge in sewer pipes helps beat acid attack

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter June 5, 2025

University of South Australia (UniSA) researchers have demonstrated a new corrosive-resistant material containing sludge from water treatment, which the university has said is over 50 per cent stronger than traditional cement-based pipes “and resistant to acid-induced degradation.” According to a statement from UniSA on Thursday, concrete is common in sewage pipes – due to its…

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Illite fantastic: research points the way for cheap, low-emission cement substitute

Manufacturing News, TechnologyBy Staff Reporter June 5, 2025

Researchers at RMIT University say that a new method to process a clay type into a low-carbon substitute for cement in concrete could prove “economically and environmentally scalable”. According to a statement from the university on Thursday, the team has demonstrated a way to turn cheap and abundant illite clay with low-grade kaolinite clay into…

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