Dr Matthew Young

Australian team develops more durable antiviral PPE coatings through R&D project

Frontiers in additive manufacturing – ANCA's hybrid AM development enters advanced phase

ANCA's hybrid additive-subtractive toolmaking machine project advances, backed by a $928,000 nine-month IMCRC-supported collaboration, following earlier funded work with CSIRO, a $390,000 AMGC grant and Victorian Government voucher support.

Bee-inspired biopolymer project will develop new textile coatings

New Zealand biotech Humble Bee Bio received a $70,000 grant via IMCRC's activate program to work with Deakin University on a bee-inspired, water-repellent textile coating.

Industrial fabric company leads new mystery material project

GALE Pacific has received a $70,000 grant through the Innovative Manufacturing CRC's activate program for an eight-month fabric development project with Deakin University at its Carbon Nexus facility.

Speedpanel, Deakin partner on new steel forming and joining solutions

Building products maker Speedpanel wins a $100,000 grant for a ten-month steel manufacturing project alongside Deakin University and the Innovative Manufacturing CRC, having earlier received an $877,000 IMCRC grant in 2019.

Conflux and Deakin begin nine-month aluminium alloy development project

Conflux Technology and Deakin's materials institute have launched a nine-month alloy development project for 3D-printed heat exchangers, backed by a $138,000 IMCRC grant; the piece also recalls Conflux's $8.5 million Series A.

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New diode manufacturing process attracts grant support

Questsemi and Griffith University won an Innovative Manufacturing CRC Activate grant for silicon carbide diode fabrication research; the $1.3 million project includes a pilot production facility, and Alcolizer and FormFlow are past program recipients.