Manufacturing

ALPHA HPA Limited Progresses Development of High Purity Alumina Plant in Gladstone QLD

July 25th, 2023

Gladstone based ALPHA HPA (ASX: A4N) has commercialised the world’s first adoption of the solvent extraction (SX) purification technique to aluminium to produce a growing range of ultra-high purity aluminium materials. The AFR notes that shares in the company have increased by approximately 150% over the past 12 months. The high purity aluminium oxides, hydroxides, nitrates and sulphates produced by ALPHA HPA are found in a wide range of high technology industries including LED lighting, synthetic sapphire, semiconductors, and lithium-ion battery […]

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Labor Government’s Flagship $15b Manufacturing Fund Passes into Law

March 30th, 2023

Leading up to the 2022 federal election, the (then) Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese pledged in early 2022 that he would use Labor’s proposed $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) to make medical technology, local manufacturing and other critical industry investments a top priority. After some debate in recent months, The National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) Corporation bill was passed by both houses earlier this week with support from the Greens and a number of crossbenchers, after a series of amendments were approved. The […]

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Upcoming Senate Debate Over Reconstruction/Manufacturing fund

February 13th, 2023

Leading up to the 2022 federal election, the (then) Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese pledged in early 2022 that he would use Labor’s proposed $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to make medical technology and local manufacturing investments a top priority. Labor went on to win the election, and are now looking at legislative measures to enact the fund. The National Reconstruction Fund proposes a financing vehicle to specifically drive investment in projects seeking to build prosperity across the country, providing loans, […]

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DuluxGroup Takeover Shows Impact R&D Investment Can Have On Company Value

April 23rd, 2019

It has recently been announced that DuluxGroup’s board has accepted an offer to be taken over for $3.8 billion by Japan-based Nippon Paint Holdings; DuluxGroup has been one of Australia’s largest investors in corporate R&D, and has been a strong advocate for maintaining stability of the Australian R&D Tax Incentive. DuluxGroup were also actively involved in: The recent senate economics committee hearings into the proposed changes to the R&D Tax Incentive, which were recommended to be deferred following the committee’s review; The […]

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