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Quantum Brilliance has announced the opening of what it describes as the world’s first commercial Quantum Diamond Foundry in Melbourne, a facility the company says will enhance Australia’s advanced manufacturing and quantum technology industries.

Australian ocean robotics company Hullbot has secured $16 million in Series A funding to advance its mission of improving the environmental performance and efficiency of global shipping through autonomous underwater robots.

Spacecube, a Melbourne-based modular construction company, has announced that its modular building system was used to construct 80 per cent of the structures in this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival Birdcage enclosure. 

Weld Australia has unveiled a new membership model aimed at lifting capability, quality, and safety across the nation’s welding and manufacturing sectors.

BlueScope has announced the appointment of Tania Archibald as its next Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Mark Vassella when he retires on 1 February 2026.

The global manufacturing sector saw continued but modest expansion in October, with output and new orders both rising for the third consecutive month, according to the latest JP Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI released in collaboration with S&P Global Market Intelligence, ISM, and IFPSM.

The Battery Stewardship Council (BSC) has welcomed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) decision to reauthorise the national Battery Stewardship Scheme, B-cycle, for another five years. 

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are now open for tenancy at the Central Coast Food Manufacturing Innovation Hub, a new facility designed to boost manufacturing growth and collaboration across the region’s food and beverage sector.

Australia’s sovereign submarine partners ASC and BAE Systems have jointly launched a new-look Industry Capability Network (ICN) Portal to strengthen Australian industry participation in the Nuclear-powered Submarine Program (NPS).

Australia’s manufacturing sector contracted for the first time this year, as new orders declined both domestically and overseas, according to the latest S&P Global Australia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).