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Manufacturing breakthrough: Wool-based 3D printing filament launches in New Zealand

A new development in manufacturing using wool as a renewable colour source for 3D printing has been launched in New Zealand, with two companies introducing what they describe as a world-first wool-coloured filament product.

Tritium launches Autocharge software capability for RTM, PKM charger models

Tritium, a Brisbane-based manufacturer of electric vehicle (EV) direct current fast chargers, is equipping its RTM and PKM charger models with new software capability Autocharge to deliver a seamless end-to-end EV charging experience. 

Zoomlion now producing excavators every 6 minutes thanks to the wonders of intelligent manufacturing

On the occasion of its 30thAnniversary, Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Zoomlion) has successfully produced the first excavator exclusively through intelligent manufacturing (IM) in the Excavation Machinery Smart Park which is part of the Zoomlion Smart Industrial City ("Smart City").
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TGA OKs Novartis CAR-T cell therapy manufacturing in Melbourne

With TGA approval in check, Melbourne will house Australia's first and only commercial manufacturing site for the promising cancer treatment. Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis announced...

Quantum tech company Q-CTRL begins work on new global HQ in Sydney

Quantum technologies developer Q-CTRL has begun the construction of a new global headquarters in Sydney that will accommodate its growing team and drive innovation in the industry. 

ORNL boosts manufacturing precision with self-correcting 3D printing

A new manufacturing-oriented control system developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is improving the reliability of large-scale 3D printing by detecting and correcting errors in real time.

Survey reveals Australian manufacturers and wholesale distributors reluctant to adopt Ecommerce

A recent survey carried out by Frost & Sullivan revealed that Australian manufacturers and wholesale distributors are unprepared to adopt Ecommerce despite strong optimism. The...

Bio-based resins pave the way for a recyclable future in 3D printing

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have engineered a new breed of recyclable resin, derived from biosourced materials, specifically tailored for 3D printing applications.

Archer Materials submits next-generation biochip gFET design to commercial foundry

Semiconductor manufacturing company Archer Materials Limited has sent its newly developed next-generation biochip fabrication to a commercial foundry partner in the Netherlands for a whole wafer run validation. 

Silentium Defence teams up with DARPA and Duke University to enable environment tracking from...

Adelaide-based Silentium Defence, Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering researchers, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are collaborating on a project that...
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