Edencraft carries a legacy of trailer fishing boats that traces back over sixty years, beginning in Miami in the 1960s. The company has become a staple of Australian fishing folklore, with the 233 Formula Classic boasting a timeless hull design known worldwide for its endurance and performance. Image courtesy of Tom Cameron, Wicks Estate Media.
The Whiskey Project Group (TWPG) has secured a significant contract valued at US$12.5 million (approximately AU$19.4 million) with the United States Defence Innovation Unit to supply a fleet of tactical watercraft for use by the United States Marine Corps (USMC).
The commercial workboat sector is undergoing a transformative shift as operators increasingly seek out advanced materials to improve transport efficiency by reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Images by Simon Hoyle, Southlight for WEB
Bluefin 9 autonomous underwater vehicle onboard the Mine Counter Measure Support Boat at HMAS Waterhen in Sydney, New South Wales. Courtesy of Royal Australian Navy Photographer: LSIS Daniel Goodman.
Link Composites’ product portfolio includes lightweight sandwich panels, infused panels, fibreglass parts, extrusions and laminates.
A Futuro house is a round, prefabricated house designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, of which fewer than 100 were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The shape, reminiscent of a flying saucer, and the structure’s airplane hatch entrance has made the houses sought after by collectors. Importantly, it was an early use of fibreglass technology. Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Operating from its factory in Moolap, just two hours south west of Melbourne, Dulhunty Poles is a manufacturer and distributor of a unique range of innovative engineered geopolymer cement poles for a raft of applications, but particularly for utility power.
Fibreglass, or glass fibre reinforcement, is possibly the ultimate reinforcement material ever developed. Now, ninety years after its invention in 1932, I doubt whether its creators would have imagined the breadth of materials and applications in which fibreglass would be used.
A prosaic and mundane necessity, access covers have played an important role in civil works projects for centuries, protecting a world of pipes, wires, conduits and drainage systems below our walkways, driveways, roads, freeways, docks, wharfs and runways, while providing convenient access for maintenance workers. As technology and community expectations and needs have grown, the humble access cover has until recently struggled to evolve.
Australia’s electricity networks extend about 918,000 km with more than seven million power poles – most of which are above ground and extend deep into the bush. These sections can be hard to access, expensive to maintain and are easily severed from the main grid by natural disasters.
