ArcActive launches lead-acid battery pilot at Deakin
ArcActive is testing lead-acid storage at Deakin University in Geelong, with Origin Energy support and a focus on commercial deployment.
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CCEP upgrades Kewdale can production with A$39.7 million investment
CCEP’s Kewdale upgrade adds a faster can line, with increased capacity and peak-season operating plans at its Western Australian manufacturing site.
Beckhoff expands its Australian motion-control offering with AF1000 drives
Beckhoff’s AF1000 variable frequency drives add an economy motor-control option, with EtherCAT connectivity and single- or dual-axis configurations.
Hysata commissions its first HysataFab production line
Hysata’s Port Kembla manufacturing programme combines a commissioned electrode line with planned membrane and assembly capacity.
Factory AI for energy efficiency and material recovery
Digital twins, autonomous HVAC controls and visual waste sorting connect factory efficiency with material recovery, with dated operating examples and company plans.
Retired wind turbines find new uses and recycling routes
Wind-turbine reuse projects connect design and construction with the harder task of recovering composite materials at scale.
Lukoil launches Volgograd lubricants and antifreeze complex
Lukoil completes a 70,000-tonne-a-year Volgograd complex, with more than 230 grease, cutting-fluid and antifreeze products planned.
Antora expands thermal battery production after Big Stone commissioning
Antora expands thermal battery manufacturing after commissioning its Big Stone industrial energy project.
Arkeus opens Ormeau sensing-system manufacturing facility
Arkeus has opened its Queensland manufacturing site, supported by state funding, with additional production, repair and workforce expansion planned.
Vertiv ramps up Johor manufacturing
Vertiv’s Johor factory is shipping products while preparing additional production lines.
Standard Bots raises Series C funding for manufacturing expansion
Standard Bots expands its manufacturing plans following Series C financing and earlier factory and robotics-development milestones.
Rolls-Royce SMR’s Swedish project and delivery network
Selection, regulatory milestones and suppliers behind the planned reactor fleet.
HDR completes design of NSW RNA facility
HDR delivers a flexible design for NSW RNA research and pilot manufacturing.
Boston Metal’s critical-metals push and molten oxide electrolysis
Boston Metal is expanding critical-metals production while developing the material, electrode and energy requirements of molten oxide electrolysis.
Rivian R2: the path to production in Normal
Factory expansion, suppliers and validation behind Rivian’s midsize electric SUV.
UAC starts cylinder production in Jiaxing
UAC began Jiaxing cylinder production, supplying five gas containers for Good Earth. The new plant expands capacity for hydrogen storage and gas transportation.
Inlyte builds an iron-sodium battery manufacturing chain
Inlyte and Ervin are developing iron powders for sodium batteries while the storage company selects a US factory site and targets commercial deliveries in 2027.
Russian LNG plywood: manufacturing, qualification and material tests
Segezha’s planned Asian supplies connect Russian plywood manufacturing with technology-specific qualification and cryogenic material testing.
BASF Zhanjiang: investment, plants and production milestones
BASF's Zhanjiang project combines phased investment with plastics, intermediates and integrated chemical production.
LionGlass moves from laboratory chemistry to manufacturing trials
LionGlass research connects a different glass composition with pilot production, packaging tests and separate recycling streams.
Industrial heat electrification: retrofits, rates and process design
Industrial heat pumps link manufacturing upgrades to process temperatures, electricity tariffs, capital funding and waste-heat recovery.
DSM plans laser-cut furniture project in Darwin
DSM plans automated furniture production for Northern Territory remote housing.
Amur GCC plans networked robotic loaders for polymer logistics
Amur GCC plans networked robotic loaders and digital container handling for its future polymer logistics complex.
Jansen potash: construction, equipment and revised investment
Jansen combines underground mining, processing and export logistics with revised construction budgets.
Lab22 connects metal printing, powder research and robotic repair
Lab22 brings together metal printing, robotic repair and powder research through shared equipment and industry projects.
Polyester recycling: supply agreements, sorting and factory plans
Syre’s customer plans connect polyester recycling with feedstock sorting, intermediate materials and industrial scale-up.
TMAI inaugurates its Kendal solar factory
TMAI inaugurates its integrated solar-cell and module factory in Kendal.
Notpla takes seaweed packaging from prototypes to foodservice
Notpla’s seaweed packaging connects material research with box design, manufacturing partners and high-volume catering.
GlobalWafers opens Sherman wafer plant and plans further investment
GlobalWafers opens its Sherman silicon wafer plant and plans US investment. Earlier funding and supply agreements cover separate projects in Texas and Missouri.
Vianode’s synthetic graphite plants and battery supply agreements
Vianode’s graphite programme links GM’s battery supply agreement, Norwegian manufacturing, Ontario expansion plans and recycled anode materials.
Oxford PV’s tandem solar cells move into manufacturing
Oxford PV connects tandem solar research with panel shipments, module engineering and patent licensing.
eLumina opens Yatala centre for batteries and EV chargers
eLumina’s Gold Coast centre will manufacture community batteries and EV chargers, with the first model scheduled for 2025.
Aerospacelab opens satellite factory in Torrance
Aerospacelab opened a Torrance satellite factory, outlines Xona assembly work and expands its manufacturing network alongside a planned new Belgian megafactory.
Novartis expands its radioligand manufacturing network
Novartis is adding isotope production in Indianapolis and a third US radioligand manufacturing location in Carlsbad, California.
Helsinki’s electric heating network: Patola’s heat pump, boilers and storage
Patola combines a large air-to-water heat pump with electric boilers as Helsinki replaces coal with a wider network of heat sources and storage.
Maersk’s methanol fleet and fuel supply
Vessels, contracts and ports across the methanol transition.
Mitsubishi Electric plans Kentucky compressor conversion
The planned Maysville conversion would manufacture heat pump compressors and create 122 jobs, with public incentives subject to conditions.
Nornickel advances sulphur capture at the Nadezhda smelter
Nornickel is boosting sulphur capture at Nadezhda, where the first line exceeds 99% efficiency and two more lines are scheduled for commissioning later in 2024.
Visy links glass sorting and furnace upgrades
Visy commissions a $150 million Penrith furnace, combining oxygen combustion and recycled-glass preheating with its programme to increase recycled content in bottles and jars.
Condair Plans Virginia Cooling Equipment Factory
Condair plans a Virginia evaporative-cooling factory with 180 new jobs, targeting data-center demand. Operations and a Texas production transfer remain planned.
Samsara Eco scales enzyme recycling for textiles
Samsara Eco’s A$100 million round supports enzyme research, recycled garments and plans for commercial textile recycling.
Releaf connects urban leaf collection with paper production
Releaf Paper turns collected urban leaves into packaging fibre while developing the collection, processing and manufacturing links needed for scale.
EcoStar opens tyre recycling plant in Primorye
EcoStar Factory has launched a 10,000-tonne-a-year tyre recycling plant near Vladivostok, turning discarded tyres into rubber crumb for surfaces and other uses.
Rino Recycling brings wet and dry processing together at Pinkenba
Rino Recycling’s Pinkenba plant combines automated sorting and washing to recover construction materials for new projects.
Stratasys introduces H350 V1.5 and HighDef Printing
Stratasys introduces H350 V1.5 and HighDef firmware for SAF production printing.
UCT opens its Penang manufacturing facility
UCT inaugurates its Penang facility after a phased build-out. The RM250 million investment supports semiconductor-equipment manufacturing and further expansion.
LanzaJet’s ethanol-to-jet production and project pipeline
LanzaJet’s ethanol-to-jet programme spans Freedom Pines commissioning, feedstock pathways and international projects at distinct development stages.
Sublime Systems’ electrochemical cement and Holyoke scale-up
Sublime Systems’ cement programme spans performance testing, a proposed Holyoke plant, construction pilots and changing finance and procurement arrangements.
Gazprom Neft opens Gatchina plastics-recycling plant
Gazprom Neft opens a plastics-recycling plant in Gatchina.
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