Technology

The majority of B2B manufacturers have already done the hard yards executing a digital transformation in the last decade. It’s no easy feat getting a website and buyers’ portal live, reformatting catalogues, upskilling staff and automating legacy processes.

A new report from Monash University has outlined possible futures for industries shaped by quantum technology, including manufacturing, and recommended steps to help Australia become “quantum-ready” through workforce development and cross-sector collaboration.

A new manufacturing-oriented control system developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is improving the reliability of large-scale 3D printing by detecting and correcting errors in real time.

Metal Powder Works has extended its partnership with Westinghouse Electric Company into the next phase of a multi-year development program focused on additive manufacturing applications for the nuclear sector.

Australian company Hyperion Systems has unveiled what it says is the southern hemisphere’s first 3D-printed Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), with the project aimed at advancing maritime manufacturing capability in Western Australia.

Leading global semiconductor company AMD has announced a massive investment of more than $10 billion across the Taiwan technology ecosystem.

Australia’s manufacturing sector has received a boost with the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) approving its first five industry-led CORE research projects, unlocking more than $11 million in combined investment aimed at advancing additive manufacturing capability across key industries.

A shift is occurring in the global industrial sector as manufacturers move away from small-scale experimentation and focus on deploying capabilities across entire operations, according to Rockwell Automation’s 11th annual “State of Smart Manufacturing” report.

Hydrix has signed a binding contract with NIOA Group to support the design, development and integration of a telemetry-capable inert proximity fuze and kinetic effector payload package for small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS), in a move aimed at strengthening Australia’s sovereign manufacturing and counter-drone Defence capability.

Archer Materials is transitioning its qubit development program from laboratory-scale work to wafer-scale manufacturing using semiconductor industry-standard processes.