PsiQuantum, the Silicon Valley quantum computing startup backed by the Australian government, has pocketed US$1 billion (A$1.5 billion) from big name investors in a long-awaited Series E capital raise....
Advanced Manufacturing
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Australia’s solar manufacturing industry is set for a $150 million booster shot, with the second round of the federal government’s $1 billion Solar Sunshot program opening on Thursday. Climate...
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Australian made quantum processors have been switched on at a US facility that houses some of the world’s fastest super computers as part of a landmark hybrid computing research...
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RCR Advanced Technologies, an engineering company based in Western Australia, has received a $2 million grant through the Western Australia’s state-backed wind energy manufacturing fund. The Bunbury-based firm became...
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The National Reconstruction Fund has unlocked a new pipeline of potential investment opportunities as part of a new partnership with the NSW government’s manufacturing incubator. Unveiled on Friday, the...
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The federal government has awarded more than $50 million in new Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) grants, funding 21 industry-led collaborations across sectors including energy, biotech, defence, aerospace, manufacturing...
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Cutting-edge Australian companies have picked up grants worth almost $29 million from the Albanese government’s key startup program to develop and commercialise products like laser drilling, battery recycling and...
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A $500 million program to support Australian battery manufacturing has opened, offering capital grants and production incentives to local companies as international competition grows. The Battery Breakthrough initiative, announced...
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Melbourne robotic parcel sorting startup Nexobot has won the inaugural Propel-AIR accelerator competition, earning its founder Dominic Lindsay a residency at MassRobotics, a global robotics hub in Boston. Nexobot...
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The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has made its second investment in Australia’s critical minerals sector, committing $50 million to Liontown Resources’ flagship Kathleen Valley lithium project in Western Australia....
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Adelaide-based solar panel manufacturer Tindo Solar will receive $34.5 million in federal funding to expand its Mawson Lakes facility, boosting annual production from 20MW to 180MW under the government’s...
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The federal government has committed $57.5 million to support the transformation of Nyrstar’s Port Pirie and Hobart smelters into critical minerals facilities as part of a $135 million joint...
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Dressed in a white protective suit and face mask, Nicolas Chueh listened intently as a guide introduced a series of silver machines used in manufacturing Taiwan’s cutting-edge semiconductors. The...
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The flight was brief, lasting just 14 seconds or so, but Gilmour Space Technologies chief executive Adam Gilmour says the first test flight for its Eris orbital vehicle felt...