After lighting up South Australian stadiums, VALO is looking to take its business international
A manufacturer of high-powered LED lighting is growing its business in South Australia by providing lighting systems to everything from sports stadiums to cultural installations before attempting to light up the world.
Sussan Ley said Australia has no electric utes. An expert says her government is to blame
Australia remains one of the only countries in the OECD to still not have fuel efficiency standards, The Australia Institute's Richie Merzian says.
“A monumental blunder”: EV Council CEO rolls eyes after Shadow Small Business Minister claims electric utes don’t exist
Shadow Minister for Small Business Sussan Ley has been named and shamed by a fellow MP for incorrectly saying there are no electric utes on the market.
Australian business at ‘significant risk’ from 2023 gas shortage, ACCC warns
More Australian businesses could close if the government does not stage a drastic intervention to correct an "alarming" 10% gas shortfall forecast in 2023.
It’s not just Dry July: Non-alcoholic beer sales are exploding, Australian brewers and retailers say
Non-alcoholic beer makes up more than 1% of beer sales at the retail level, and industry observers expect that figure to hit 2% by 2025.
“The best earbuds in the world”: Inside Nura’s Melbourne HQ before the launch of its latest, greatest audio product
Melbourne startup Nura has unveiled the NuraTrue Pro wireless earphones and SmartCompany's David Adams was one of the first people outside the company to sample the pioneering technology.
Recycling clothes is expensive and difficult. What can brands do to be sustainable?
The fact is most clothing is simply not designed to be recycled. Even when it is, the fashion industry lacks the kind of infrastructure needed to really embrace a circular economy model.
Energy ministers to discuss financial support for businesses as gas prices push 82-year-old family-owned brickworks to the edge
Natural gas prices have surged from an average of between $6 and $8 a gigajoule to in excess of $30 a gigajoule in some regions, as international and domestic factors drive demand.
Australian fashion employs more than mining, export revenue exceeds beer and wine, report finds
Despite its economic value, CEO of the Australian Fashion Council Leila Naja Hibri says the fashion and textile industry is languishing through the labour shortage plaguing the country's workforce.
Election 2022: Labor promises $1 billion investment to boost Australian manufacturing
Anthony Albanese said the investment in advanced manufacturing would create jobs and replace the 85,000 jobs stripped from the national workforce since the Coalition had been in power.
Whoever wins the election needs to fix Australia’s manufacturing sector. Here’s how they can do it
A coordinated and targeted national industry policy on manufacturing needs to favour long-term planning over a short-term, scattergun approach.
‘Increasingly stupid’: Coalition’s reluctance to cash in on EVs slammed by Labor
A new report from the Carmichael Centre suggests Australia faces an enormous manufacturing opportunity in reviving the car industry with EVs.
