Tag: Australian Manufacturing
Victorian scientist from Monash Institute recognised for advances in fighting African sleeping disease
Lori Ferrins from Templestowe, Victoria has won this year’s BASF Science and Technology Award at the Victorian Young Achiever Awards at Etihad Stadium for...
Australia set to become a major supplier of nuclear medicine
Australia broke ground on a new, A$168 million nuclear medicine facility, which will manufacture radiopharmaceuticals used to diagnose cancer and heart disease.
According to the...
AMWU slams Government for the decision to privatise the Royal Australian Mint
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has expressed its outrage at the Government’s budget decision to sell the Royal Australian Mint, putting the jobs...
US FDA gives go-ahead to robotic arm for amputees
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a robotic arm, dubbed “Luke” — after Luke Skywalker, the character whose hand is sliced off...
Undersea fibre-optic cable to link Darwin and Port Hedland
Australia’s Nextgen Group, a leading supplier of network connectivity, has signed a $100 million deal with French telecommunications provider Alcatel-Lucent and two major oil...
CCA’s new MD announces restructure
As part of a group-wide strategic review of the business, Australasian bottler Coca Cola Amatil’s (CCA) new Managing Director, Alison Watkins, has announced a restructuring of...
SubZero announces joint venture agreement with Harness Master International
SubZero Group Limited, an established mining service business based in the Hunter Valley in NSW, has announced that it has entered into a Joint...
BMT to open offices in Queensland and Western Australia
BMT JFA Consultants, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced that it has decided to open new offices in Perth and Brisbane to provide...
CSIRO and Oventus’ 3D printed invention treats sleep apnoea
Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have collaborated with dental company Oventus to create a revolutionary mouthpiece that prevents life-threatening pauses in...
Flying 3D printer to replace humans in potentially hazardous situations
A team of scientists from the Imperial College London have developed a prototype of a 3D printing Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV), which mimics the...













