According to industry experts, electric drives take up more than 70% of total energy consumption in most industries. [ + ]

The Austmine 2023: Transforming our Future International Conference & Exhibition will take place in Adelaide from 9–11 May. [ + ]

Vaisala has launched what it says is a pioneering optical inline process refractometer series for industrial liquid measurements. [ + ]

RMIT University researchers have developed a method to split seawater directly into hydrogen and oxygen, skipping the need for desalination. [ + ]

Heavy industry in Australia could decarbonise, help limit warming to 1.5°C and create up to 1.35 million jobs, according to a new report. [ + ]

New partnership heralds first ExoSphere deployment in Canada. [ + ]

Connectivity and artificial intelligence to be the focus of the 2023 Modern Manufacturing Expo. [ + ]

A new consortium has been formed to bring zero-emission aviation to New Zealand using green hydrogen. [ + ]

A new Charles Darwin University (CDU) course will upskill the Northern Territory workforce for the manufacturing jobs of the future. [ + ]

Rio Tinto has established an agreement on the supply of Rio Tinto’s Responsible Aluminium products to Japanese downstream manufacturers. [ + ]

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a speech recognition solution for use in industrial manufacturing. [ + ]

Siemens is partnering with Swinburne University to help accelerate the energy transition towards net zero with an advanced future energy grid laboratory. [ + ]

Amazon has predicted that in the near future it will employ more robots in its operations than human workers. [ + ]

Forescout's research division has revealed deep lateral movement vulnerabilities for Modicon PLCs that enable remote code execution. [ + ]

KPMG has released a report on Australian manufacturing that examines key global issues facing the sector. [ + ]