The Ai Group has welcomed the federal government’s latest stimulus package to boost job prospects for Australians affected by the coronavirus. The announcement comes as a relieve for manufacturers and is expected to alleviate concerns for businesses during the next six months. The funding will provide $130 billion in wage support for six million Australians … Continue reading Federal government wage subsidy welcomed by industries →

A $35 million filtration upgrade is to be carried out at the Mt Crosby East Bank Water Treatment Plant in Brisbane’s west to improve its resilience to extreme weather events and to enhance water supply security for south-east Queensland. Natural Resources Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said that the Mt Crosby water treatment plants, both East … Continue reading Major Brisbane water treatment plant to receive $35 million upgrade →

Professor Aleksandar Subic has returned to RMIT University as Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the College of Science, Engineering and Health, and Vice President for Digital Innovation. Subic joins RMIT from Swinburne University, where he held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research and Enterprise. As RMIT’s first Vice-President of Digital Innovation, Subic said he hopes to … Continue reading Professor Aleksandar Subic moves from Swinburne to RMIT →

The federal government has announced that it will provide the Australian economy with a $17.6 billion stimulus package, including measures to support business investment and the provision of cash flow assistance for small and medium sized businesses, in response to the impact of the coronavirus health crisis. In announcing the stimulus package, Prime Minister Scott … Continue reading Federal government announces stimulus package to support Australian businesses →

The Queensland government has announced that joint venture partners Australian Pacific LNG and Armour Energy have been granted a petroleum lease near Chinchilla in south-west Queensland, with the gas produced to be directed to local manufacturing operations. State mines minister Anthony Lyndham said the lease would help boost east coast gas supplies and help secure … Continue reading Qld gov leases gas field to supply local manufacturers →

Over 60 per cent of Australia’s manufacturing jobs will potentially be impacted by automation technologies over the next 15 years, according to a new report from the professional association for Australia’s technology sector, the ACS. Thirty per cent of existing manufacturing jobs will be totally automated and 33 per cent of jobs in the sector … Continue reading Automation set to transform employment landscape by 2034 →

KNX National Group Australia has announced that KNX IP Secure, the world’s first vendor- and application-independent security solution for smart buildings, has been recognised as an international security standard, designated EN ISO 22510. KNX is already known internationally as the leading technical standard in the smart home and building sector. Since the adoption of the … Continue reading KNX IP Secure recognised as an ISO security standard →

Backplane Systems Technology has released Winmate’s Stainless B Series Panel PC with push buttons. This Stainless B Series Panel PC with push buttons is available in sizes ranging from 10.1” to 21.5”, designed to be a factory automation control terminal that improves production efficiency in applications that call for high sanitary standard, especially in food, … Continue reading Backplane Systems Technology presents Winmate’s Stainless B Series Panel PC with push buttons →

ABB has announced a partnership with Silicon Valley AI start-up Covariant to bring AI-enabled robotics solutions to market, starting with a fully autonomous warehouse order fulfilment solution. BB launched a global competition in 2019 to assess 20 leading AI technology start-ups on their approach to solutions for 26 real-world picking, packing and sorting challenges. The … Continue reading ABB partners with Covariant on AI-enabled robotics solutions →

Western Australia’s (WA) water and wastewater provider, Water Corporation, will spend $30 million on installing about 45,000 rooftop solar panels at pump stations, other buildings and borefields across the state over the next three years as part of an ongoing strategy to significantly reduce its environmental impact. The project is expected to reduce its emissions … Continue reading Water Corporation to install rooftop solar panels at sites across WA →

Leading cyber security expert Professor Matthew Warren has joined RMIT University and will establish a new cyber security research centre focusing on the needs of business and industry. Professor Martie-Louise Verreynne, deputy pro vice-chancellor (research and innovation) in the College of Business and Law, said she was excited to welcome someone with such an outward … Continue reading RMIT to establish new cyber security research centre →

SMC Corporation ANZ will be exhibiting at the 14th edition of the WIOA Water Industry Operations Conference and Exhibition in NSW on 1 and 2 April 2020. The event is the largest water exhibition in regional New South Wales, providing visitors with a chance to discover and research new technologies, equipment, services and ideas related … Continue reading SMC to exhibit at the WIOA Water Industry Operations Conference and Exhibition →

A recent Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Sydney focused on how collaboration between government, researchers and industry can help accelerate research and development in Australia. Parliamentary Secretary to the NSW premier Gabrielle Upton MP addressed the CEDA audience and shared stakeholder feedback and early learnings about the Accelerating R&D in NSW … Continue reading CEDA event promotes collaboration as key to improved R&D →

A new report on digitalisation in Australia’s industries indicates that there is still widespread hesitation when it comes to embracing Industry 4.0 technologies due to perceptions of high costs. The Demystifying Industry 4.0: Helping SMEs lay the tracks for Australia’s digitalisation express train white paper follows in-depth interviews with over a dozen company executives and … Continue reading Report: companies need to overcome hesitation to reap Industry 4.0 benefits →

The Australian Research Council Training Centre for Transforming Maintenance through Data Science has been officially launched at Curtin University in Perth. The centre seeks to use data science to transform maintenance in the mining sector by eliminating manual, repetitive transactional work, developing models to enable people to make better complex decisions, providing standardised training for … Continue reading New training centre launched to boost use of data science in maintenance →

New digital twin technology developed by CSIRO’s Data61 has been launched this week, demonstrating its capabilities for manufacturing, smart cities, infrastructure planning and disaster management. The digital twin technology is an open platform that can visualise 3D and 4D data over time of buildings, strata plans, terrain, property boundaries, utilities including power, water and sewer … Continue reading CSIRO digital twin technology launched →

The University of Adelaide’s Australian Institute for Machine Learning has officially opened a new research and learning space at the Lot Fourteen innovation precinct in Adelaide. The Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) is ranked number one in the world for three key areas of artificial intelligence and machine learning. AIML researchers are applying machine … Continue reading Australian Institute for Machine Learning opens research space at Lot Fourteen →

The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) will provide a $1.45 million grant to BAE Systems Australia’s shipbuilding company ASC Shipbuilding to develop and pilot manufacturing technologies that will be used to build nine anti-submarine warfare frigates at Osborne in South Australia. In partnership with Flinders University and local small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the … Continue reading IMCRC provides $1.45m grant for Industry 4.0 shipbuilding technology →

AMS Instrumentation and Calibration has booked the venue for the 2020 Beamex Users Group, which is being held in Rosehill, Sydney, on 24-25 March. Due to the positive response from Beamex customers over the last two BUG meetings, it is expected a large number of people from many industries around Australia will attend. The meeting … Continue reading AMS holding 2020 Beamex Users Group in late March →

Swiss-based measurement and automation technology specialist Endress+Hauser Group underwent significant growth in 2019, increasing its increased its net sales by almost eight percent and creating 400 new jobs worldwide. Matthias Altendorf, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group, said the company has grown across all fields of activity, industries and regions, with strong impetus from Asia. Europe, … Continue reading Endress+Hauser continues growth trajectory →