On the opening day of Australian Manufacturing Week, @AuManufacturing and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre held a special event: Lessons from Australia’s most innovative manufacturers. Below is the introduction speech from the event, covering some of what we’ve learned so far from @AuManufacturing’s ongoing search to identify and celebrate Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers. By…
For the latest nominee profile in our Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers campaign, we look at XFrame, a New Zealand-born company with a Meccano-like approach to construction. Brent Balinski spoke to the company’s CFO Simon McKean about building industry circularity. The amount of material used and created by the construction and demolition sector is huge:…
Kinaltek, a Western Sydney-based company developing a new technology for production of metallic materials, has announced successful completion of a $15 million Series A round. In a short statement on Monday that shared nothing about who its investors are, Kinaltek said that the news represented a “significant milestone” and would be used “to propel us…
The Northern Territory government has put out an invitation to nominate for the 30th Chief Ministers NT Export Awards 2023. The export awards are coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce NT, with support from Austrade and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade. According to a statement from the territory government on Monday, the awards…
Our sponsored series reporting on BAE Systems Australia’s Partnering for success defence industry supplier event continues with a look at additive manufacturer Titomic’s work in defence. Brent Balinski speaks to the company’s Dominic Parsonson about the potential in lightweighting and supply chain optimisation. Titomic’s story will be well known to many of this website’s readers,…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) VISY ACQUIRES ZENEXUS FOR UNDISCLOSED SUM Packaging and recycling company Visy announced on Monday that it has acquired privately-owned hardware and storage products supplier Zenexus. The amount paid for Zenexus was not given, but Visy said it…
Fifty projects have been funded through a new round of the Australian Research Council’s Early Career Industry Fellowships, announced on Friday, with nine of them classified by ANZSIC code as manufacturing. By successful applications, engineering led the research field category with 20; followed by agricultural, veterinary and food sciences (six); chemical sciences (four) and environmental sciences…
Join @AuManufacturing and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre on the first day of Australian Manufacturing Week for a special event: Lessons from Australia’s most innovative manufacturers. We are both proud and very happy to be collaborating with our friends at AMGC on this presentation, to be held Tuesday May 9 from 3:00 pm – 5:00…
In the latest interview with a nominee for our Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers list, we learn about MGA Thermal. Brent Balinski spoke to Chief Commercial Officer Mark Croudace about the importance of novelty. MGA Thermal, one of the high-profile startups in Newcastle’s attempt to reposition itself in the energy transition era, is in the…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) DEFENCE INDUSTRY PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS – SERIES LAUNCH This week @AuManufacturing launched a sponsored series reporting on BAE Systems Australia’s Partnering for success defence industry supplier event, which kicks off in Adelaide next week. In the launch…