New graphene material set to revolutionise manufacturing
Graphene – the wonder material of the 21st century – has the potential to transform a whole myriad of industries, from renewable energy to...
Space 3D printing becomes reality – Made in Space, Northrop Grumman and Oceaneering to...
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has made its mark on almost every industry to date. Automotive applications of 3D printing are expected to generate...
CSIRO’s 3D printing plant will offer 3D printing technologies to Aussie businesses
Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has opened a 3D printing innovation centre in Clayton, Victoria.
The $6 million CSIRO Lab 22 is...
WTIA pushes federal MP’s to save Australian steel industry
The Welding Technology Institute of Australia (WTIA) has warned the Federal Government that Australia’s steel industry is in imminent danger of collapse if resolute...
70 new E-Class trams to grace Melbourne’s iconic tram network by 2018
Dandenong train and tram manufacturer Bombardier has been selected by the Andrews Labor Government to manufacture 20 E-Class trams, Minister for Public Transport Jacinta...
SA timber manufacturer to kick-start $4m upgrade
NF McDonnell & Sons in Mount Gambier – one of the biggest businesses in the softwood milling industry in the South East – is...
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...
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...
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From ship repair to autonomous underwater vehicles: Griffin Industrial’s next chapter with growth capital
Some of Australia’s most critical manufacturing happens where almost no one sees it: inside a fuel tank on a Navy tanker, in a machine shop south of Perth, on a workshop floor in western Sydney where a team is helping build autonomous underwater vehicles. Griffin Industrial does all three.
