US, Australia to sign SCIFiRE hypersonics agreement
Australia and the United States will today sign an agreement on the development of hypersonic cruise missiles, which could eventually be fitted to aircraft.
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Penfolds girds itself for China tariff damage
Treasury Wine Estates, the manufacturer of the iconic Penfolds Grange Hermitage, has announced a raft of changes in response to China’s imposition of harsh tariffs on Australian wine exports to China. The Penfolds, Grant Burge and Lindemans wines amongst a host of others admitted that the tariff, between 107 per cent and 212 per cent…
Micro-X reveals secrets of carbon nanotube X-ray – video
X-ray machine manufacturer Micro-X has revealed a little of the secret behind its ability to manufacture a carbon nanotube X-ray emitter. The company opened a You Tube account and posted a video taking viewers inside its high tech manufacturing plant at the Tonsley innovation precinct in southern Adelaide. The company is the only one in…
Sydney team splits water, creates hydrogen the easy way
Sydney researchers have announced a much more efficient means of turning water into pure hydrogen which is increasingly looking like the gaseous fuel likely to displace fossil fuel LNG in Australia’s export mix. The University of Sydney researchers, in a paper published in the journal Nature Energy, have created an efficient water-splitting catalyst that requires…
Manufacturing Modernisation and the critical role of technology – keynote speech by Goran Roos
Where are we going in this world? Well, if you look at this scenario, we have everybody going digital, and generally looking at what’s happened over the last year, we can say that we have gotten five years digitalisation in about five months. There’s a dramatic increase in the digitalisation of general manufacturing activities. The…
Backing hopeful, high-tech, high-growth manufacturers
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Going public helps Mayfield bring manufacturing home
An 84-year-old company has listed on the Australian stock exchange as part of a bid to boost its manufacturing in South Australia and grow its business.
Gloves off – China hits Australian wine with tariffs
By Peter Roberts Years of deteriorating relations between Beijing and Canberra have led to the imposition of tariffs of up to 200 per cent on Chinese imports of Australian wine. Following an anti-dumping inquiry, China’s Ministry of Commerce today imposed temporary tariffs with no end date, forcing prestige winemaker Treasury Wine Estates into a stockmarket…
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US, Australia to sign SCIFiRE hypersonics agreement
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Sydney team splits water, creates hydrogen the easy way
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New Austrade CEO named
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Manufacturing Modernisation and the critical role of technology – keynote speech by Goran Roos
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