Industry News
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners leads Pacific PET circularity program
CCEP has announced that the first shipment of community-collected PET from Vanuatu has arrived in Melbourne for processing at its facility in Altona North. [ + ]
Adversaries leveraging public AI tools to target OT systems
Evidence has been found of an adversary leveraging commercial AI tools to identify and target an operational technology environment during an intrusion. [ + ]
ABB Robotics launches automated surface finishing cell
By automating repetitive sanding and polishing tasks, the cell is designed to increase throughput and reduces the traditional scrap and rework. [ + ]
Siemens expands digital water solutions
Siemens has expanded its digital water range with SIWA Quality Inspector and SIWA Treatment Optimizer. [ + ]
Government announces expanded minerals cooperation with Japan
The government has announced stronger cooperation with Japan on critical minerals, with greater support for onshore processing, refining and manufacturing. [ + ]
Belden demonstrates 5G industrial switch
Developed in partnership with Qualcomm Technologies, the Belden BRS-5G industrial switch was demonstrated recently at Hannover Messe. [ + ]
Federal government invests in solid rocket motor manufacturing
The federal government has announced it is investing an initial $126.9m to establish solid rocket motor production in Australia. [ + ]
Supply chain dependencies pose risks to renewable energy goals: study
A university study has found that the biggest risk to Australia's renewable energy ambitions is not generation, but the supply chain behind it. [ + ]
Building grid resilience with quantum timing
Swinburne University of Technology and Siemens are leading the first Australian study on quantum timing to strengthen the future of power grids. [ + ]
Fujitsu and Carnegie Mellon launch joint physical AI research
Physical AI is expected to contribute to addressing key societal challenges by enabling AI systems to operate in the real world and interact with people and the environment. [ + ]
ABB Robotics launches high-speed cobot range
The PoWa range of cobots are said to address a longstanding gap in the market between traditional cobots and conventional industrial robots. [ + ]
WA Government announces $1.4bn clean energy fund
The fund will support clean energy projects like Clean Energy Link (CEL) – East, which will bring more renewable energy to Perth and WA's South West. [ + ]
Amcor opens advanced healthcare packaging facility in Malaysia
The facility introduces air-knife coating technology to the region for the production of coated medical paper used in sterile medical device packaging. [ + ]
Vertically integrated graphite-to-anode facility opened in Townsville
Graphinex has opened what the Queensland Government says is Australia's first vertically integrated graphite-to-anode facility in Townsville. [ + ]
NSW Government opens RNA Research and Manufacturing Facility
The new $96 million facility within the Macquarie University Innovation Precinct is said to be a major step forward for the future of health care in NSW. [ + ]
