Toyota Australia and mining giant BHP are strengthening their long-standing partnership with a new effort that will drive the electrification of BHP’s fleet of Toyota vehicles. 

Australia must move fast in response to significant new incentives for sustainable manufacturing now available in the United States and many other industrial countries, or risk being shut out of rich new markets for manufactured items linked to renewable energy systems, a new report revealed. 

Bosch has opened a new semiconductor test centre in Penang, Malaysia, investing EUR 65 million (AUD 109 million) to create additional capacity within the company’s global manufacturing network to meet the continued high demand for chips and sensors. 

The Queensland government has awarded $20.5 million to 33 manufacturing projects as part of Made in Queensland (MiQ) grant program’s fifth round. 

Australian clean energy company MGA Thermal has secured $8.25 million in funding as the company moves to scale its long-duration energy storage (LDES) solution. 

The Australian government has allocated around $40 million to launch Round 15 of Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grants, which will back small and medium businesses aiming to develop new technologies, products, and services. 

The global manufacturing sector has remained in recession as July saw output fall even more amid the drop in new order intakes, which continued for the thirteenth month in a row, according to the latest Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) report from JP Morgan. 

The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global advocacy organisation dedicated to promoting sustainable additive manufacturing (AM) industry practises, has commissioned a study to compare the manufacturing impact of binder jet 3D printing to traditional metal casting. 

The Ai Group Australian Industry Index posted a rating of -14.7 points in July, indicating contractionary conditions and marking the index’s 15th month in the negative territory. 

Fine Food Australia, a trade fair for the food, beverage, and hospitality industry, is returning to Sydney from 11 to 14 September 2023 to put the spotlight on key sponsors' new interactive innovations and technology to improve the food manufacturing sector.