By Alex Kingsbury Additive Manufacturing (AM) in 2021 saw funding flowing and start-ups growing! The following is merely a selection of some of the headline announcements and progress made in AM in Australia, of course summarised with my own personal take/flair. Perhaps the biggest cash injection for AM came with the Modern Manufacturing Initiative to…
We should not, cannot, just move on to the next ‘crisis’ without having a clear, implementable, and committed national policy for this one. By Glenn Downey.
By Michael Sharpe It truly is a privilege to walk the floors of factories all over Australia, build collaborative partnerships and help companies to go for growth. The talk often turns to the cost of energy. To build a manufacturing business you need to look at all your costs, including energy. In times long passed,…
The Australian-made space weather satellite CUAVA-1 was deployed into orbit from the International Space Station on Wednesday night. Launched to the space station in August aboard a SpaceX rocket, a major focus of this shoebox-sized CubeSat is to study what radiation from the Sun does to Earth’s atmosphere and electronic devices.
The new submarine project with AUKUS thrusts Australia into a whole new world where innovation and technology rule. By Michael Sharpe.
By Daen Simmat Australian manufacturers have always strived to promote the competitive advantages of onshore production, since well before the pandemic entered our lives. The virus’s disruption to our economy and way of life simply emphasised the benefits of local manufacturing to Australian enterprise and the public alike. “Australian manufacturers have stood tall during the…
Step by step, Australia is inching its way towards more autonomy in defence.
Australia’s supermarket duopoly, Coles and Woolworths, have raced to implement new technology and transform labour arrangements to keep up with the e-grocery boom. Both are investing in “smart” warehousing and distribution systems with various degrees of automation, as well as making extensive use of app-driven gig workers for grocery picking and delivery via platforms such as Uber and Airtasker.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made clear there’s little time left to reach net zero emissions and hold the global temperature rise to 1.5C.
The final part of our editorial series – Equipping Australia’s armed forces – looks at some recent programs highlighting the importance of utilising local expertise to solve local challenges. By the Defence Science Institute. The research, materials and approaches used in modern manufacturing are evolving rapidly and transitioning their target markets towards a much more diverse…
