Tag: Australian Manufacturing
WA’s Rottnest Island to get an off-grid hybrid power system
Australia’s largest producer of renewable energy Hydro Tasmania will deploy an off-grid hybrid system that will transform the popular Rottnest Island in Western Australia.
The...
Opel slashes manufacturing tool production costs by 90% thanks to Stratasys 3D printing
Opel, Europe’s third-largest automotive manufacturer, has managed to cut manufacturing tool production costs by up to 90% by incorporating Stratasys 3D printers into its...
ACCC okays Shell’s acquisition of BG
Shell’s proposed takeover of Britain’s BG Group is inching closer to completion after Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) determined that the deal would...
Rockwell Automation’s PlantPAx System with expanded capabilities reduces time-to-market and improves user experience
Rockwell Automation’s has introduced the latest release of the PlantPAx modern distributed control system (DCS) which integrates new enabling technologies to improve automation productivity...
MTI partners with NASA to develop next-gen 3D printed rocket engines
Albany-based Metal Technology (MTI) has announced that it is collaborating with NASA Johnson Space Centre (JSC) to develop the next generation of rocket engines.
NASA...
Civmec closing in on Forgacs’ shipbuilding assets
Heavy engineering and construction services provider Civmec is looking to acquire Forgacs’ name and certain segments of Australia’s largest privately-owned engineering and shipbuilding company.
Under...
BOC and Qenos celebrate first shipment of Aussie-made ethylene to LNG plants in QLD...
BOC and Qenos yesterday celebrated the first shipment of Australian-made refrigerant grade ethylene to the LNG export sector as part of their ten-year multi million dollar...
Leading QUT scientists tip bio-manufacturing to become “the pillar” of Australia’s economic security
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Professor John Bell, who chaired the Industrial biotechnology and additive bio-manufacturing session at the Advanced Manufacturing Summit in Sydney...
Materialise to 3D-print flight-ready plastic parts for Airbus’ flagship A350 XWB aircraft
Materialise, the leading provider of additive manufacturing software and sophisticated 3D printing solutions in the medical and industrial markets, has announced that their certified...
Engineering the future at Deakin University’s new CADET facility
A new Centre for Advanced Design in Engineering Training (CADET) was opened at Deakin University’s campus at Geelong Waurn Ponds on Tuesday.
The new $55...