METS Ignited has awarded its Collaboration Award to the Newcrest Crowd powered by Unearthed. [ + ]

ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm, has ranked Stratasys as the top additive manufacturing vendor. [ + ]

APS Industrial has become the exclusive distribution partner for Rittal's Ri4Power type-tested modular switchboard system. [ + ]

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's change management solution is now available in Australia through Control Logic. [ + ]

LoopEdge is to be integrated with MindSphere to collect and manage industrial device data. [ + ]

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced that solar and wind farms will trial providing their own short-term generation forecasts. [ + ]

Emerson's DeltaV control and safety system is the first control system to achieve ISASecure SSA Level 1 certification. [ + ]

Registration has opened for the 20th National Manufacturing Week, which will be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 14–17 May. [ + ]

CSIRO's Data61 has opened a new Robotics Innovation Centre in Queensland, a purpose-built research facility for robotics and autonomous systems. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has announced that it has entered into an agreement with ASC to support Collins Class submarine sustainment. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

New Brunswick could see up to 30 distributed hydrogen production stations deployed for zero-carbon baseload generation. [ + ]

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has opened Australia's most advanced 3D printing facility, ProtoSpace, to help grow advanced manufacturing in Australia. [ + ]

Low latency and cloud intelligence are the two main features of 5G that will significantly change the deployment of future robots. [ + ]