Industry News
Australian orbital servicing satellite launched
Space Machines Company's Optimus satellite will provide in-orbit servicing and relocation services for satellites in low-earth orbit. [ + ]
Agreement to streamline engineers' access to Spain
Engineers Australia has signed a mutual recognition agreement with Spain's General Council of Official Colleges of Industrial Engineers. [ + ]
Innovation in pH sensor technology
Researchers have succesfully integrated a pH sensing layer into an ion-sensitive field-effect transistor (ISFET). [ + ]
element14 now offering NI LabVIEW+ Suite
LabVIEW has been NI's benchmark software for 30 years, embraced by multiple generations of engineers as their go-to problem-solving tool. [ + ]
NSW offering manufacturing funding opportunity
The Net Zero Manufacturing Initiative funding is available to companies that have proposed projects based in NSW or are partnering with a NSW-based company. [ + ]
Researchers create synthetic methane using only the sun
A UNSW-led team have developed a process that turns CO2 into a cleaner and greener form of methane. [ + ]
Rio Tinto IOC receives funding to decarbonise Canadian iron ore processing
The Government of Canada has awarded C$18.1 million to Rio Tinto's Iron Ore Company of Canada to support the decarbonisation of iron ore processing in Labrador West. [ + ]
Siemens launches autonomous grid management software
Gridscale X software enables utilities to scale grid capacity and increase distributed energy resources visibility, essential for grid decarbonisation. [ + ]
Hydrogen Summit coming to Brisbane in September
More than 3000 industry leaders and 150 exhibitors will gather to showcase the latest technology, discuss new policies and analyse upcoming projects. [ + ]
SPP Pumps and Rodelta partner to improve safety-critical applications
SPP Pumps has announced a strategic alliance with Netherlands-based Rodelta, a manufacturer of intrinsically safe pumps for hazardous atmospheres. [ + ]
Engineers Australia and Consult Australia sign collaboration agreement
The agreement plans to represent the interests of both engineers and businesses, focusing on issues such as ethics, diversity and inclusion, and mental health and wellbeing. [ + ]
RMIT builds a structure with supernatural strength
A new 3D-printed metamaterial from common titanium alloy has levels of strength for weight not normally seen in nature or manufacturing. [ + ]
Online tool to help Australia's hydrogen industry maintain standards
CSIRO and Standards Australia have launched a new resource to help the growing hydrogen industry find the relevant standards for its hydrogen projects. [ + ]
Schneider Electric launches new program to support systems integrators
Schneider Electric says its Alliance SI Energize Program has been created to enable systems integrators to become industrial technology and sustainability experts. [ + ]
Rio Tinto signs Australia's biggest renewable power deal
Rio Tinto has announced it has signed a second renewable power purchase agreement for its Gladstone aluminium operations. [ + ]
