Tag: manufacturing

New DroneShield base tips R&D capacity past $400m

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Counter drone tech manufacturer DroneShield has tripled its manufacturing and R&D capacity through the opening of its new Sydney headquarters. The new facility in Pyrmont takes DroneShield’s annual manufacturing...

Melbourne VC pulls in $270m for BioTech push

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Melbourne venture capital firm Brandon Capital on Tuesday announced the first close of its sixth fund, which raised $270 million for local and global BioTechs. It takes the 2007...

FOAK manufacturing: Australia’s $22.7bn blind spot

Posted on   |  by Camilla Roberts
The federal Budget’s announcement of $22.7 billion for A Future Made in Australia, still leaves us with a valley of death funding gap for first-of-a-kind (FOAK) manufacturing facilities, particularly...

Warnings space treaty muddies export licence-free regime

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A lack of clarity in a treaty protecting US space tech coming to Australia could undermine the spirit of incoming defence export licence exemptions, a parliamentary committee has been...

$37m to bring high-altitude balloon company to Victoria

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Breakthrough Victoria has invested $37 million to bring US-based observation balloon company World View to the state, its largest single investment to date. The company will use the funding...

$330m to power forward emissions reduction tech

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Nine heavy industry projects will share in $330 million worth of federal government grants to fund the use of clean energy and emissions reduction technologies. The grants, announced by...

Solar Sunshot subsidies to flow from 2026

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Solar module manufacturers will start competing for their share of $1 billion in production subsidies within months, with funding expected to flow from mid-2026 to help meet a 10...

Ex-Industry Growth Centre keeps focus on food SMEs

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The food and agribusiness sector grew 80 per cent over the last eight years with the assistance of Food Innovation Australia, according to the former Industry Growth Centre’s final...