Rheem to shut down its Perth factory and axe 100 jobs
100 manufacturing jobs will be lost at Rheem’s Perth factory, as Australia’s largest water heater and appliance manufacturer has announced it would close the...
Tritium selected for US Army electric vehicle program
Brisbane-based electric car charger company Tritium has been selected to participate in the Power Transfer Cohort, led by the US Army Applications Laboratory (AAL)...
WA gov’t grants Pacific Energy $2.4m to bolster manufacturing, economic diversification
Western Australia Premier Roger Cook has visited Pacific Energy's Perth Airport manufacturing facility to grant the company up to $2.4 million in funding on behalf of his government's Investment Attraction Fund.
New dev’t grants program to support timber regions in Western Australia
Forestry Minister Jackie Jarvis today announced the $10 million New Industry Development Grants, which will help attract new industries and expand existing enterprises in Western Australia's South-West foreign regions.
Swinburne opens advanced manufacturing research centre in China
The Swinburne University of Technology has partnered with Shandong University Weihai (SDUW), Weihai Economic and Technological Development Zone (WZ) and the Australian Education and...
Rockwell Automation completes acquisition of CUBIC
Rockwell Automation, Inc., announced that it has completed the acquisition of CUBIC, a company that specializes in modular systems for the construction of electrical panels.
Lithium Australia to recommission VSPC’s cathode powder plant
Lithium Australia has completed the acquisition of 99.7% of the equity in technology company VSPC.
Located in Brisbane, VSPC has spent 14 years and approximately...
CSIRO, University of Adelaide launch new facility to protect Australia’s groundwater
CSIRO and the University of Adelaide have launched a unique new facility aimed at protecting Australia’s precious groundwater from overuse and contamination.
Located at the...
New 3D print service for Australians
3DPrint-AU – an offshoot of 3D Printing Systems, Australia’s leading distributor of 3D Printers – has launched a new 3D printing service for Australia...
Aussie engineer develops 3D brick printing machine that can build a house in two...
Mark Pivac, an aeronautic and mechanical engineer of FastBrick Robotics, has developed Hadrian, a robotic, fully-automated machine that can build a whole house in...