The National Manufacturing Summit, hosted by Weld Australia in partnership with the Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work, is slated to take advantage of the opportunities for renewable energy from 2 to 3 August at the Old Parliament House.

Battery manufacturer Talga Group announced that the European Investment Bank (EIB) board has approved €150 million (AUD 239 million) senior debt funding to underpin Talga’s Vittangi Anode Project in Sweden.

Australia’s national science agency CSIRO launched a ‘shark tank’-style competition to grant internal funding for the development of glasshouses that could potentially reduce emissions and enhance plant growth.

Global shipbuilder Austal announced that Austal USA has been awarded an AUD 104 million contract from the United States Navy for the manufacture of an additional Navajo-class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship (T-ATS 15).

Australian dishwasher manufacturing company Sirron Holdings is expanding its business offshore, with its products being exported to New Zealand and the successful testing of a coronavirus “killer” in India. 

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing in HydGene Renewables, a new Australian company that has developed an alternative green hydrogen solution that converts biomass into hydrogen while remaining renewable and carbon negative.

Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has named Professor Doug Hilton as its new chief executive, effective 29 September 2023.

Biotechnology company Vaxxas has completed work on its new needle-free vaccine technology manufacturing facility in Northshore Hamilton. 

XTEK Limited announced that the collaboration between its HighCom Armour Solutions business and Tata Advanced Systems had taken a significant step forward, with a batch of sample RCH helmets, reported to have achieved ‘excellent results’ and passed independent ballistic laboratory performance validation testing in India.

For decades, industry players and government institutions in Australia and around the world have drawn up various plans to tackle gender inequity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics industry.