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Austeng are a boutique engineering firm that specialises in the design, engineering, development and building of customised electromechanical machinery and systems.

Partnership to convert wine waste to high-value, nutrient dense product

General Projects, News, Recent Projects

Russell Brown, Enzo Palombo and David Filipenko standing next to Viridi's processing equipment

Austeng is proud to have been the engineering partner with start-up company Viridi Innovations to develop a highly effective process that transforms grape seed otherwise destined for land-fill into high value nutrients in a cost effective way as part of a project facilitated by the Fight Food Waste Co-Operative Research Centre. Hopefully this will […]

RenewOak – Innovative Process Rejuvenating Wine Barrels

News, Recent Projects

Austeng managing director Ross George and RenewOak managing director Kim Walker with the mobile barrel rejuvenating unit in the background

Austeng has helped develop RenewOak’s process of rejuvenating wine barrels that ordinarily would be discarded after four or five years. The RenewOak process uses an abrasive slurry to “sand” internal surfaces without dismantling the barrel. The chemical free process removes all barrel residues along with a fine layer of oak, leaving a clean finish ready […]

MONASH UNIVERSITY – IMPACT TESTING FACILITY

Recent Projects, Tech Enabler

We are proud to have been involved as a key project partner in Monash University’s world leading impact testing equipment. Austeng engineered, manufactured and installed the state of the art Impact Testing Facility in line with the University’s stringent requirements. The research facility unveiled in December 2020 is designed to observe the behaviour of elements […]

Fibre-Reinforced Geopolymer Bridges

Architecture, Recent Projects, Sustainability Projects

GFR GEOPOLYMERS BRIDGES ARE HERE! It was certainly well worth the wait – the glass fibre reinforced geopolymer bridges (100 years plus maintenance free) have arrived! Great collaboration with Rocla Australia, City of Greater Geelong, Deakin University and Inconmat. These bridges deliver not only huge environmental benefits but also many the novel combined materials used […]

Creating Premium Products From Wine Industry Waste

Industry, Recent Projects

Austeng is pleased to be part of Viridi Innovation’s commercialisation journey to take their technology transforming grape marc and seed (leftover from the wine production process) and transform them into grape seed extract, a highly sought after ingredient in the Australian nutraceutical industry. See Fight Food Waste CRC: Turning wine industry waste into premium products 180520 […]

Industrial Hemp Decorticator – Revolutionalising the Industry

Recent Projects, Textile Industry

Textile and Composite Industries Hemp Decorticator

Austeng is proud to be partnering with TCI to manufacture and export to the Canada and the U.S. an industrial hemp decorticator (that separates and processes stalk into hurd and fibre) thereby establishing technology that solves a 10,000 year old challenge in the industry. http://www.textilecomposite.industries/ TCI D8 Decorticator

Formflow – Innovating Metal Forming

Architecture, Tech Enabler, Various

FormFlow C90 Colorbond Lysaght Corrugated Iron Bend

Congratulations to Formflow on it’s continuing journey with its bending technology set to disrupt the construction industry. Austeng is delighted to be a part of the Formflow story. Formflow and Austeng has featured in Engineers Australia magazine ‘Create’ under the title “Mind Over Metal” relating to a new Australian metal forming innovation – see […]

Capricorn Power – Waste Heat Into Electricity

Recent Projects, Sustainability Projects, Tech Enabler

Capricorn Power Barton Waste Heat To Electricity Engine

Austeng has collaborated with Capricorn Power to run successful trials to support the technical development of what is potentially the world’s most efficient heat to electricity generation system, based on a theoretically proven flow-sheet. The “Barton Engine” turns customers waste heat into low cost electricity thereby reducing emissions. Applications include primary energy sources from renewables […]

Pioneer Commericial Graphene Plant

Recent Projects, Tech Enabler

Graphene Imagine Intelligent Materials Austeng Sarah Henderson

Austeng has collaborated with Imagine Intelligent Materials Pty Ltd (Imagine IM) in building the first commercial graphene plant in Australia. It was officially launched by local MP Sarah Henderson. The pilot plant will produce up to 10 tonnes of graphene per year, built for Imagine IM by Austeng. Graphene is a revolutionary two dimensional atomic […]

Pole Rebutting Truck – Adapt-a-pole

General Projects, Tech Enabler

Austeng has been working with Adapt-A-Pole Pty. Ltd. to refine their leading-edge pole rebutting technology. Pole rebutting replaces the in-ground portion of the timber pole with a steel and concrete stub and can be utilised for pole re-instatement, thermal up-grades, new installations and increasing conductor clearance. Advantages of this technology include economics, increased strength and […]

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Austeng Secures Funding to Demonstrate the Commercial Viability of Onsite Hydrogen Production and Blending.March 30, 2026 - 4:50 pm
– Austeng has received $500,000.00 in funding to lead a ground breaking project aimed at accelerating the use of renewable hydrogen in industrial applications which requires high temperatures. This funding has been provided by the Federal Australian government via the Go Green Co-Innovation Program . The initiative will develop and demonstrate a financially viable, […]
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Lifting The Line on their latest podcast episode, “Bridging the Gap Between Office and Tools”March 30, 2026 - 4:45 pm
Our Managing Director Ross George recently joined Aly and Andy from Lifting The Line on their latest podcast episode, “Bridging the Gap Between Office and Tools.” The conversation explored why bringing design thinking and practical engineering closer to those on the tools is essential. Real project outcomes aren’t shaped solely by drawings or models — […]
Austeng Secures Federal Funding to Demonstrate Onsite Hydrogen Production and BlendingMarch 26, 2026 - 1:44 pm
Austeng Secures Federal Funding to Demonstrate Onsite Hydrogen Production and Blending Austeng is pleased to announce that we have secured Federal Government funding to deliver a pioneering hydrogen project at our Geelong facility—focused on demonstrating the commercial viability of onsite hydrogen production and blending for industrial applications. This project will showcase how green hydrogen can […]