Industry News
Automation and innovation: Australia needs a "man on the moon" moment
The Innovation Statement is one thing, but Australia can do two things to improve its global standing: encouraging automation in manufacturing industry, and investing in a righteous cycle of innovation and commercialisation between universities and industry. [ + ]
Emerson to support Maersk Oil’s Culzean project
Emerson to provide automation and safety technology to help ensure safe and efficient operation of North Sea oilfield. [ + ]
Automation won't destroy jobs, but it will change them
Many are predicting that we need to prepare for an uncertain future, with predictions that up to five million jobs are likely to be automated by 2030. But is this completely true? [ + ]
Honeywell partners with Palo Alto Networks on industrial cybersecurity
Honeywell Process Solutions and Palo Alto Networks are collaborating to boost the cybersecurity capabilities of industrial control systems. [ + ]
ANSTO to take over Australian Synchrotron
The Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Christopher Pyne, has announced that the Australian Government has agreed to support ANSTO becoming official owner of the Australian Synchrotron. [ + ]
Madison Technologies overcomes challenges to win Mobotix project of the year award
Madison Technologies has been recognised by Mobotix for the innovative use of M15 thermal cameras in a large-scale safety monitoring system deployed on a heavy industrial project in Victoria. [ + ]
Robotic advances in architecture and building
It may not be a traditional use for industrial robots, but the use of digital fabrication in architecture and design continues to accelerate globally as the innovation and creative potential of robotics is harnessed by the architecture industry. [ + ]
ANU scientists solve fusion puzzle
A new theory based on fluid flow will help scientists in the quest to create gases with temperatures over a hundred million degrees and harness them to create clean, endless, carbon-free energy with nuclear fusion. [ + ]
ABB opens testing laboratory for higher power solar inverters
ABB has opened a facility designed to test high-power central PV inverters that features a unique climate chamber capable of full power electrical testing in conditions simulating the arctic tundra to an equatorial rainforest. [ + ]
Deakin, Victorian Government to partner in regional innovation hub
The Victorian Government has committed to contribute to the building of ManuFutures — a $13 million centre to lead innovation to support the future of advanced manufacturing in regional Australia. [ + ]
Emerson partners with the energy industry to recover dead money
With volatile, low energy prices worldwide, Emerson is partnering with the energy industry to take back hundreds of billions in "dead money" and get the most from capital investments. [ + ]
Rittal introduces service program for its climate control systems
Rittal has introduced the Rittal Service program for its climate control systems, designed to offer end users the ability to ensure high levels of uptime for their critical manufacturing processes, increase equipment service life and reduce operating costs. [ + ]
ABB to improve uptime and reduce maintenance costs for unmanned oil platforms
ABB has won orders from National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) for the delivery of electrical and telecommunication systems to the Al Nasr Full field Development Project in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. [ + ]
Siemens and IBM team up on next generation of cloud-based building energy management solutions
Siemens Buildings Technologies Division and IBM have announced cloud-based solutions that will leverage Siemens' building expertise and IBM Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities to maximise the potential of connected buildings and the data they create. [ + ]
'Footprints' offer clues to solve zinc supply hole
Geologists have found evidence of mineral 'footprints' that may point to undiscovered, high-grade zinc deposits hiding underneath known deposits in the Northern Territory's prospective McArthur Basin. [ + ]