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Orbital to Establish a New Test Facility for Heavy Duty Engines
20 June 2008
Australis’s Orbital Corporation will construct and operate a heavy duty engine test facility after securing Australian Federal Government support. The new facility will be capable of operating engines on natural gas, LPG and biodiesel as well as diesel and gasoline.
Orbital intends that the facility will be fully operational by March, 2009.
The facility will provide the following services:
Heavy duty engine emissions testing research of in-service vehicles for Commonwealth and State Government authorities;
Engine development and emission testing services for Australian and Asian companies seeking to develop cleaner engine technologies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and
Heavy duty engines emissions research for government authorities seeking to validate the environmental credentials of alternative fuel and drive-train technologies for heavy vehicle applications in Australia and Asia.
Orbital will fund the maintenance and operation of the facility until at least FY 2014/15 and provide the Commonwealth with preferential access to the facility.
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Posted by: arnold | June 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM
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Good to see Orital return to its birthplace.
Like so many Australian innovators, that leave the nest to do great things overseas. They have grown and prospered. The various technologies have contributed to advancing our understanding in ways that traditional corporates have been not seen viable.
Market penetration in innovation and design is way higher than most Australians realise as their major clients are engine manufactures.
They are persistent in exhausting all avenues in the face of overwhelming odds with a reputation for success that places them in a class of their own.
I would say we can expect to continue to see big things from Orbital.