Tag: MMI

Gilmour secures federal funding for $157m space facilities

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A consortium known as the Australian Space Manufacturing Network and led by Gilmour Space Technologies has secured $52 million in federal funding to manufacture launch vehicles and satellites and...

BlueScope scores $55m govt grant for steel manufacturing plant

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
BlueScope Steel has been awarded $55 million from the federal government’s flagship manufacturing grant program to part-fund the redevelopment of its advanced manufacturing precinct near Wollongong. The precinct includes...

PM declined to lead innovation recovery

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Prime Minister Scott Morrison declined a COVID-19 Commission recommendation to lead the innovation policies that would drive Australian industry’s economic recovery from the pandemic, according to the government adviser...

We must make bold bets and take risks: Andrew Liveris

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Andrew Liveris has urged Australian scientists and engineers to form tighter relationships with industry as part of a long overdue revamp of the national economy and approach to innovation....

MMI grant brings global pharma firm to Adelaide

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A global pharmaceutical company will build a drug manufacturing facility in northern Adelaide after receiving $20 million in funding through the latest round of the federal government’s Modern Manufacturing...

Liveris calls for innovation policy overhaul

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia needs a fundamental change in its approach to innovation and exports to capitalise on the government’s $1.5 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative, according to the scheme’s chief architect Andrew...

Manufacturing fund opens for business

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The first program under the $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative – this one focused on the space sector – is open for business, with government calling for the first...