Tag: advanced manufacturing

Boeing’s first test for Loyal Wingman drone

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force have announced a successfully completed first test flight for the Boeing Loyal Wingman autonomous plane, the first military aircraft to be designed and manufactured in...

Manufacturing is a capability, not a sector

Posted on   |  by Dr Jens Goennemann
The assertion by The Australian newspaper for it to be ‘too late to save manufacturing’ is grounded in a lack of understanding. First, in what is manufacturing. Second, in...

NSW takes lead in electric bus transformation

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Australia has made good progress decarbonising the electricity market, but one of the most glaring of omissions in Australia’s national climate stance remains our tardiness on taking action in...

No women in manufacturing? Think again

Posted on   |  by Daen Simmat
Many women are deterred from participation in some of Australia’s most thriving and essential businesses, particularly in male-dominated industries such as manufacturing. This is due to organisations struggling to...

Applied EV unveils first electric vehicle platform

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
An autonomous electric vehicle platform developed in the Bayswater North industrial area of Melbourne has surfaced with the release of new pictures and video. After a $7.7 million, four-year...

Volvo has now built its 50,000th truck in Brisbane

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Volvo Group Australia has celebrated the build of the 50,000th Volvo truck at its Wacol, Queensland plant. Volvo Group handed over the FH16 XXL vehicle to its customer Nolan’s...

CSL to build $800m Melbourne vaccine facility

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Biotechnology giant CSL will spend more than $800 million building a new vaccine manufacturing plant at the Melbourne Airport Business Park, with operations expected to start in 2026. The...

Electric vehicles, made in South Australia

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia has an opportunity to be an exporter of electric vehicle technology and drive its modern manufacturing industry, according to ACE-Electric Vehicle Group managing director Greg McGarvie. This month’s...

Manufacturing and renewables: Albo’s budget reply

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has unveiled his alternate vision for Australia’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on revitalising local manufacturing through renewable energy and defence industry...