Tag: Technology

Skill shortage has emerged as a pressing concern in the Australian manufacturing landscape as volumes of migration into the country increase and the need to fill the manpower gap reverberates throughout the industry. 

Epson, a global leader in printing solutions manufacturing, and its subsidiary Epson X Investment Corporation have made an additional investment in space robots developer GITAI.

Israeli company Nano Dimension announced the acquisition of the technology and intellectual property of Additive Flow, a UK-based firm that provides solutions for 3D design simulation and optimisation.

Hysata, a Wollongong-based electrolyser company, has opened its new 8,000 sqm global headquarters and electrolyser manufacturing plant in Port Kembla. 

Vast Solar, a leading developer of concentrated solar thermal power (CSP), is creating jobs in green manufacturing through a CSP project development with global design and manufacturing company Contratos y Diseños Industriales (CYD). 

The Federal Government has unveiled the members of the board for the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, Australia’s largest investment to boost the nation’s manufacturing capacity. 

Syrah Resources, an ASX-listed industrial minerals and technology company, has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with lithium-ion battery manufacturer Samsung SDI to evaluate natural graphite active anode material (AAM) supply from Syrah’s Vidalia AAM facility in Louisiana in the US. 

Palantir Technologies is expanding its partnership with WesTrac, a world-leading Caterpillar dealer and leading provider of heavy mobile equipment and aftermarket services in Australia, to deploy the Foundry operating system across WesTrac’s core operations. 

A new ballistics data acquisition technology at weapons manufacturer NIOA’s range facility in Brisbane is expected to revolutionise the way weapon and ammunition performance are tested, according to the company’s top engineer. 

Global defence tech giant Northrop Grumman has opened its new Hypersonics Capability Centre (HCC) in Maryland, US, to manufacture advanced propulsion solutions that can power hypersonic missiles beyond Mach 5.