Australia joins elite club of carbon fibre manufacturers thanks to CSIRO/Deakin breakthrough
Australian industry could soon mass-produce the next generation materials thanks to a carbon fibre breakthrough achieved by CSIRO scientists in collaboration with their peers...
Cutting edge HP 3D printing system installed at Swinburne
Swinburne has become the first Australian University to install the HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution, the world’s first production-ready commercial 3D printing system...
Vic Government urges Commonwealth to select Victoria for LAND 400
The Victorian State Government is backing BAE System Australia’s bid for the multi-billion LAND 400 Phase 2 manufacturing contract that could end up creating...
James Hardie acquires Europe’s biggest fibre gypsum board manufacturer
Leading fibre cement siding manufacturer, James Hardie, has agreed to acquire Germany’s Fermacell GmbH from Xella International SA for US$549 million.
Fermacell is Europe’s number...
Tamar Hydro to create 20 advanced manufacturing jobs in Tasmania
Tamar Hydro and their business partner, Genco Energy, have secured a $300 million contract to build a hydro network in Indonesia.
Tamar’s scope of work,...
Dandenong bus manufacturer Volgren ‘a true success story’
Australia’s leading bus manufacturer Volgren is quickly becoming one of the great success stories for manufacturing in the country.
The Dandenong-based company has been going...
Austal to build two Guardian Class patrol boats for Timor-Leste
Austal has received an order to build two Guardian Class Pacific patrol boats for Timor-Leste, the newest member of Australia’s Pacific Maritime Security Program...
UWA receives $447m industrial software grant from tech giant Siemens
Siemens has announced an industrial software grant of $447 million to the University of Western Australia (UWA).
The $447 million grant will give UWA students...
Windlab completes construction of Kiata wind farm in Victoria
Windlab Limited has announced that it has completed the construction of the 31MW Kiata wind farm in western Victoria ‘on schedule and well within...
AGL sells its smart metering business to Ausgrid
AGL Energy Limited has announced that it has agreed to sell its digital metering subsidiary, Active Stream Pty Ltd, to Ausgrid.
Active Stream was founded...
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Xometry CEO Sanjeev Singh Sahni on how AI and digital networks are reshaping manufacturing supply chains
Australian manufacturers have long competed against distance. In an exclusive interview with Australian Manufacturing, Xometry CEO Sanjeev Singh Sahni discusses how AI can help manufacturers access more production capacity and simplify traditionally email-driven supply chains.
