Industry News
Newcrest crowdsourcing initiative receives award
METS Ignited has awarded its Collaboration Award to the Newcrest Crowd powered by Unearthed. [ + ]
Smart supply chains are here: learn how and why to transition
How does a 'smart factory' send its goods? While the answer is logically through a 'smart supply chain', that may not be the case just yet. [ + ]
MDT Software appoints Control Logic as master distributor
MDT Software's change management solution is now available in Australia through Control Logic. [ + ]
Litmus Automation partners with Siemens on IIoT edge computing
LoopEdge is to be integrated with MindSphere to collect and manage industrial device data. [ + ]
Funding for short-term forecasting of wind and solar farms
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced that solar and wind farms will trial providing their own short-term generation forecasts. [ + ]
Registration open for National Manufacturing Week 2019
Registration has opened for the 20th National Manufacturing Week, which will be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 14–17 May. [ + ]
Emerson earns ISASecure SSA Level 1 certification
Emerson's DeltaV control and safety system is the first control system to achieve ISASecure SSA Level 1 certification. [ + ]
ASC and Schneider Electric collaborate on submarine engineering
Schneider Electric has announced that it has entered into an agreement with ASC to support Collins Class submarine sustainment. [ + ]
Data61 expands robotics infrastructure
CSIRO's Data61 has opened a new Robotics Innovation Centre in Queensland, a purpose-built research facility for robotics and autonomous systems. [ + ]
Canadian power company to deploy world's first hydrogen-powered grid
New Brunswick could see up to 30 distributed hydrogen production stations deployed for zero-carbon baseload generation. [ + ]
Industry confidence returning to oil and gas sector: report
Over 90% of oil and gas professionals believe the industry will improve or remain the same in the mid to long term, according to a report commissioned by AOG. [ + ]
ABB and BP celebrate global MEC frame agreement
BP has appointed ABB as one of its global MECs for BP Upstream Major Capital Projects. [ + ]
5G to be de facto connectivity choice for outdoor robots: report
Low latency and cloud intelligence are the two main features of 5G that will significantly change the deployment of future robots. [ + ]
Advanced 3D printing facility opened at UTS
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has opened Australia's most advanced 3D printing facility, ProtoSpace, to help grow advanced manufacturing in Australia. [ + ]
ABB launches digital mining portfolio
ABB has announced a portfolio of digital solutions aimed at comprehensive mine optimisation. [ + ]
