Industry News
CSIRO offshoot Lab 22 to assist businesses with additive manufacturing
Lab 22 has been launched to assist businesses in developing new strategies to incorporate 3D printing into their operations. [ + ]
Honeywell technology to modernise mill for Europe's largest forest industry company
Controls, safety and management systems to help Finland's Stora Enso meet rising demand for renewable packaging board. [ + ]
Griffith Uni to help transform Australian manufacturing
Griffith University will soon embark on a venture to help transform Australian manufacturing, as part of the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC). [ + ]
Car component maker changes lanes to solar future
Precision Components, a company heavily involved in the car industry, is working in partnership with CSIRO to export its solar heliostat technology to Japan. [ + ]
Engineers Australia announces line-up for Future Tech Forum - Sydney, 13 August
The inaugural Engineers Australia Future Tech Forum, part of the ACI Connect conference being held in Sydney in August, will feature a strong line-up of expert speakers, covering a range of hot automation, control and instrumentation industry topics.
[ + ]Australian Government continues to lack vision for manufacturing
The same old story: a lack of support and incentive means that Australia now ranks 116th out of 142 countries when it comes to converting research dollars into innovation and commercial success. [ + ]
Motion Technologies to distribute Vanta packaging equipment
Vanta has announced Motion Technologies Pty Ltd as the Australian distributor of its range of liquid packaging and handling equipment.
[ + ]ABB to provide power infrastructure for UK wind farm
ABB will provide power infrastructure for Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, including the offshore platform as well as the onshore substation to efficiently integrate the new wind farm into the UK's transmission grid. [ + ]
Omron signs strategic partnership with leading automation solutions provider
Omron has signed a new partnership agreement with Alliance Automation to supply automation equipment over the next two years. [ + ]
Emerson acquires Energy Solutions International
The acquisition of ESI expands Emerson's capability to provide complete solutions for automation and operations management throughout the oil and gas transportation industry. [ + ]
Australian manufacturing expands in May
The manufacturing sector expanded during May for the first time in six months. [ + ]
Weak password encryption used in Rockwell HMI software
Encryption algorithms for protecting user credentials in Rockwell's RSView32 software are outdated and sufficiently weak to be decrypted. [ + ]
Industry-led research centre to help transform Australian manufacturing
The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) is intended to accelerate Australia's transition into high-value, knowledge-based manufacturing and brings together a powerful coalition of businesses and researchers. [ + ]
Belden and Weidmüller jointly develop a modular infrastructure box for Industry 4.0
Fast data communication and reliable power supply, facilitating efficient production processes even with the smallest batch sizes. [ + ]
New non-contact temperature sensing technique developed
Inductive eddy current temperature sensing reaches places other techniques can't reach. [ + ]
