News

The new Board of Manufacturing Skills Queensland (MSQ) is slated to meet for the first time today. 

Western Australia is set to house a manufacturing facility for extra-large water pipes with Water Corporation’s new $58 million contract with Steel Mains. 

XTEK Limited’s HighCom Armor Solutions has completed the manufacturing and delivery of more than 20,000 individual items for specialist ballistic protection equipment for a US federal government agency. 

4DMedical, a respiratory imaging technology provider, has received $9.4 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) after successfully reaching a production milestone for the XV Scanner, the world’s first dedicated lung scanner. 

The Northern Territory’s $45 million big battery project known as the Darwin Katherine Battery Energy Storage System (DK BESS) has entered the next phase of construction work, with the completion of civil and building works. 

New South Wales-based maritime company Ocius Bluebottles has secured a contract with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to provide five locally assembled uncrewed surface vessels (USV) in 2023. 

The critical minerals industry could soon have access to longer-life seated ball valves thanks to a $585,000 research collaboration between the Innovative  Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC), Callidus Welding Solutions (CWS) and the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) at Deakin University. 

The company behind globally loved snack brands Mars Bar, Snickers, and Milky Way is transitioning to paper-based packaging as of April 2023. 

ACCIONA Energia, a global energy giant, has announced its plans to develop a massive $2 billion wind project in Queensland. 

Seven Tasmanian businesses have received a total of $619,000 in funding as part of the Tasmanian government’s Advanced Manufacturing Accelerating Growth Program (AMAGP).