Tag: Advanced Manufacturing

Queensland manufacturers seeking to invest in new equipment and technology can apply for matched funding of up to $1.5 million under the second round of the Queensland Government's Transforming Queensland Manufacturing Grants Program (TQMGP).

Opal has officially opened a $70 million cartons manufacturing facility in Moorebank, south-west Sydney, introducing advanced printing technology and expanding its local packaging production capabilities.

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.

Acusensus has opened a new manufacturing and innovation facility in Ingleburn, NSW, expanding its local production, engineering and servicing capabilities for road safety technology supplied to domestic and international markets.

Flinders University will host a new South Australian node of the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC), bringing together industry, research and government to support the development and adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies.

Australian food manufacturers face the challenge of managing rising production costs while investing in technology and improving productivity to remain competitive.

Australia could strengthen its domestic battery manufacturing sector by producing key lithium-ion battery components locally, with a new CSIRO report identifying opportunities to build on the country’s existing aluminium, copper and advanced manufacturing capabilities.

Australia’s craft and manufacturing sector has significant economic and productive potential, but gaps in national recognition, workforce development and domestic production capacity are limiting its visibility, according to a new report from the Australian Crafts Alliance.

Western Australia's manufacturing sector has been recognised in the 2026 WA Innovators of the Year Awards, with a new Advanced Manufacturing category introduced as nine winners and two runners-up shared more than $310,000 in prize money.

The NSW Government has opened Expressions of Interest (EOI) for a development partner to deliver a new Enterprise Precinct at Bradfield City in Western Sydney, with the proposed development expected to support advanced manufacturing and other emerging industries.