Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a final settlement with France’s Naval Group which cuts $2 billion from the expected cost of Australia’s decision to scrap the purchase of Attack class submarines from France. Albanese today announced Australia will pay Naval Group an $830 million settlement of the cancelled a $90-billion contract, bringing the estimated…
Computer vision breakthrough for Australian laundry robot Consolidated Linen Service (CLS) and the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub have developed a prototype robot to make life easier in a hot, humid workplace. The project’s first phase, according to ARM Hub CEO Associate Professor Cori Stewart, showed it was possible to automate picking up linen…
Medical device manufacturer Nova Eye Medical has made the first shipments to surgeons of its new iTrack Advance consumable device (pictured, below) to be used in glaucoma surgery. The device has an illuminated fibre optic tip, and is designed to improve the efficacy of canaloplasty surgery in treating glaucoma, and can be utilised by ophthalmologists,…
Canadian hydrogen fuel cell developer and Loop Energy and Sydney bus manufacturer Aluminium Revolutionary Chassis Company (ARCC) have announced they will enter the burgeoning low emissions bus market. ARRC will offer its Australian first lightweight bolted aluminium city bus chassis (main picture) mated with a pure electric or hydrogen fuel cell drive train. ARCC Managing…
as users and the incoming government are describing Australia’s sudden east coast energy crisis as “apocalyptic” and “a perfect storm”. Four events have led to the immediate crisis.
@AuManufacturing news and the Australian Manufacturing Forum Linkedin networking and discussion group welcomes the incoming federal government and its first ministry announced last night. The key Industry and Science portfolio is within the Cabinet, and will be taken on by Edham Nurredin Husic, better known as Ed Husic, the member for Chifley in western Sydney…
To go green, the world will need vast quantities of critical minerals such as manganese, lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements. But to some environmentalists, mining to save the planet is a hard pill to swallow if it leads to damage to pristine areas.
By Aaron J. Snoswell, Queensland University of Technology; Henry Fraser, Queensland University of Technology, and Rhyle Simcock, Queensland University of Technology The first serious accident involving a self-driving car in Australia occurred in March this year. A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when hit by a Tesla Model 3 in “autopilot” mode. In the US, the…
In the final day of our Packaging, process and progress series, Sercan Altun looks at some of the major economic and technological trends that are reshaping the packaging industry. The packaging industry’s breakneck growth prior to the COVID-19 era was shaped by various factors. To name a few: The rising middle class in China and…
Today in our Packaging, process and progress series, we hear from HMPS on its recent expansion in Victoria.