Australian defence contractor CEA Technologies has won a $277 million contract to provide advanced capabilities for Australia’s electronic warfare ranges.

Investment in the hydrogen economy is rising at record rates, but a significant imbalance between industry and society is preventing Australia from fully embracing the technology, the Swinburne University of Technology said.

Australia Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has launched consultations for the country’s first National Battery Strategy during a visit to Energy Renaissance, an Australian lithium-ion battery technology and manufacturing firm, at Tomago in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.

Over the last three years, manufacturers all over the world have had to dramatically shift their focus from efficiency to resiliency in order to weather unprecedented global events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. 

GMP Pharmaceuticals has completed extensive renovations to its global headquarters in Sydney, which now features a series of new facilities such as the dry manufacturing facility and a coating machine designed for processing higher volume batches. 

SciDev Ltd will supply Iluka Resources’ Jacinth-Ambrosia Operation with MaxiFlox® chemistry under a three-year, $14 million contract. In a statement, SciDev said the new contract...

UNSW has announced the launch of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health, which will focus on the manufacturing and development of wearable medical devices.

Ingka Group, which owns the majority of IKEA stores worldwide, has acquired a 15 per cent stake in the AUD$ 2 billion (€1.3 billion) Golden Plains wind farm of TagEnergy near Geelong, Australia.

The latest S&P Global Eurozone Manufacturing PMI reading rose for a third successive month to 48.8 in January, up from 47.8 in December. 

Chemical industry company LyondellBasell has inked the first two European renewable electricity power purchase agreements (PPAs) and two additional PPAs in the United States.