Industry News
Australian–German business coalition plans hydrogen export to Germany
A group of German companies along with Fortescue Future Industries has released a roadmap to importing large amounts of green hydrogen from Australia into Germany. [ + ]
CSIRO launches virtual Hydrogen Knowledge Centre
An online centre consolidating Australian hydrogen research and industry activities has been launched by CSIRO. [ + ]
Semiconductor consortium established in NSW
The Semiconductor Sector Service Bureau (S3B) is funded by the NSW Government and will be located in the heart of Sydney's Tech Central precinct. [ + ]
Australian PMI reports higher manufacturing input costs
The Ai Group's Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index showed mild growth in June but with higher input costs. [ + ]
NT investing $5 million in hydrogen industry
The Northern Territory Government has announced that it is investing $5 million to accelerate and expand the hydrogen industry in the NT. [ + ]
NERA looking to showcase Australian clean energy technology
NERA is looking for Australia's leading clean energy technologies to showcase at one of the most important global energy events of 2022. [ + ]
Asahi opens upgraded Queensland factory
The Asahi facility in Wulkuraka has had a $55 milion makeover and now has capacity to produce 300 million litres of non-alcoholic beverages a year. [ + ]
IOTech announces a major new release of Edge XRT software
Edge XRT 2.0 provides extended OT connectivity, auto-discovery, a new MQTT API to simplify integration and management, and improved performance and scalability. [ + ]
Research cracks code on engineering's biggest problem
Research by Engineers Australia reveals the reasons women aren't entering the profession. [ + ]
Krohne offers free seminar on Functional Safety
The free online seminar is on the latest changes to IEC 61508 and the optimisation of Safety Instrumented Functions. [ + ]
Fleet Space to onshore small satellite antenna production
Fleet Space has chosen Konica Minolta to provide a 3D printing solution to underpin Australian innovation for space and defence. [ + ]
Universal Robots goes big
Universal Robots has added a 20 kg industrial cobot to its range. [ + ]
Touch-sensitive e-skin helps robots learn from feeling pain
Engineers developed the artificial skin with a processing system based on synaptic transistors, which mimics the brain's neural pathways in order to learn. [ + ]
Aerobotix and ASA announce partnership on hypersonic missiles
Robotic integrators on opposite sides of the world team up to solve missile manufacturing challenges. [ + ]
Rockwell named a Visionary in Gartner Magic Quadrant for MES
Rockwell Automation has been named a Visionary and Plex Systems a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems. [ + ]