Tag: advanced manufacturing

Australia’s sole silicon manufacturer backed with $40m grant

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s only silicon manufacturer has received an almost $40 million grant from the federal government, securing local supply of the key input for solar panels and semiconductors. Simcoa secured...

NSW manufacturing facility launches with uni partnership

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
NSW’s government-backed manufacturing incubator has officially launched, signing on with a new partnership between 10 of the state’s biggest universities to help translate innovative research. After a three-year wait...

Victorian electric engine pioneer expands with new facility

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Kite Magnetics, a Monash University spinout producing ultra-energy-efficient electric generators and engines, will set up a new advanced manufacturing facility in Melbourne’s southeast. The state-of-the-art facility, announced on Friday,...

Victoria sets priority sectors ahead of new industry policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Victoria will deliver a $20 million boost to five priority sectors, including advanced manufacturing and health technologies, through a new industry development fund. The fund, which will provide matched...

Victoria puts critical minerals approvals on fast track

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Victorian government will establish critical minerals priority development zones and centralise project approvals as part of a new roadmap designed to unlock rare earth deposits valued at an...

First project sets ball rolling for NSW manufacturing facility

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
NSW’s newly renamed Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility may still be weeks from launch, but that hasn’t stopped it completing its first project with a local industrial engineering company. Ahead...

Govt dismisses call for national manufacturing commissioner

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Industry department has quietly published a response to a parliamentary inquiry into advanced manufacturing, dismissing a recommendation that government appoint a national commissioner to oversee policy and program...

Speed to action is key to successful innovation outcomes

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
If Australian government, business and defence leaders want another confronting example of 21st century asymmetric capability in innovation ambition and speed of execution, take a look at Chris Power...