For the first time ever, we are conducting a search to find out which companies lead the nation in their efforts to innovate. @AuManufacturing is delighted to announce a brand new campaign: Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. With the help of MYOB and SMC Corporation Australia, @AuManufacturing will use the connections and wisdom of our…
What were the five biggest stories this week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. AUSTRALIA’S PLACE IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR WORLD: SILICON IS QUANTUM, QUANTUM IS SILICON, AND AUSTRALIA MIGHT FINALLY HAVE AN EDGE Beginning the second week of our editorial series, Australia’s place in the semiconductor world, Dr Andre Saraiva looked at Australia’s heritage in…
To conclude the second week of Australia’s place in the semiconductor world, we speak to Emeritus Professor Bob Clark about some policy proposals for establishing semiconductor production here, and why this strange era demands we rethink our hands-off approach to the market. By Brent Balinski. Do we display a lack of ambition in what we…
An ACIL report commissioned in 2019 by the previous federal government evaluating the impact of the Industry Growth Centres initiative has finally been made publicly available. Industry Growth Centres Initiative: initial impact evaluation was published on the industry department’s website on Tuesday. The previously-buried report – which Labor unsuccessfully tried to force the release of…
Our current editorial series, Australia’s place in the semiconductor world, has received a greater number of submissions than expected. We have gratefully accepted comment from startups, academics, venture capitalists, former politicians and others. Besides the volume, the (naturally very important) quality of editorial has also exceeded expectations. As a result we are happy to extend…
The Australian Made, Australian Grown logo has been registered in three new destinations, the Australian Made Campaign Limited announced on Tuesday. Singapore, New Zealand and Thailand have formally recognised the trademark across ten product classes, following work by IP specialist firm Wrays. According to Austrade data, these destinations were the sixth, eighth and 14th-biggest importers…
After a long history, during which it has only fairly recently improved past the point where it rapidly induces nausea in a user, virtual reality has begun demonstrating its worth in recent years. You will probably have been to expos and heard about how CAD files can easily be turned into an object in a…
As we have said many times before, one of the defining features of manufacturing in this country is the large number of small businesses. This has a big influence on overall levels of technology adoption, R&D investment, collaboration with outside parties, and much else. Of employing manufacturing businesses, nearly nine-tenths are between 1 and 19…
What were the five biggest stories this week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. AUSTRALIA’S PLACE IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR WORLD: AN INTRODUCTION TO SEMICONDUCTORS On day one of Australia’s place in the semiconductor world, we presented an introduction to the subject, aimed at a reader with no prior knowledge of semiconductors. It was…
We sometimes speak to startups and even established companies who are pleasantly surprised by what can get made in-country, if you know where to look. While this website celebrates just about every company manufacturing in Australia, we acknowledge that production for a long list of things — as our current semiconductor series is detailing, or…