Brent is a co-founder and editor of @AuManufacturing.

Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, June 16 – June 20, 2025

What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 1) Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers 2025 report — now available to download for free @AuManufacturing is very happy to release our campaign report, wrapping up 2025’s iteration of the 50 Most Innovative. This 48-page report features never-before-published Q and As with six…

Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers 2025 report — now available to download for free

@AuManufacturing is very happy to release our campaign report, wrapping up 2025’s iteration of the 50 Most Innovative. This 48-page report features never-before-published Q and As with six of the list’s Top 10 companies – Advanced Navigation, Micro-X, Kite Magnetics, Modra Technology, Wild Tech, and Allegro Energy – plus insights on what separated good from…

Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, June 9 – June 13, 2025

What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Samsara Eco, lululemon announce ten-year offtake agreement on recycled nylon, polyester Enzymatic recycling startup Samsara Eco and sportswear company lululemon have built on a partnership first announced in May 2023, announcing a ten-year offtake agreement that “could see” Samsara’s material “support…

Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, June 2 – June 6, 2025

What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Sydney’s new buses arrive from China despite local build promises New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is facing criticism after buses promised to be built locally arrived nearly complete from a Chinese factory, despite government pledges to revitalise domestic manufacturing. Transport…

Update: June 25 event gains guests from Quickstep, Harvest B for an important “missing middle” conversation

New guests have been added to @AuManufacturing‘s upcoming Spotlight on Scaling Up event, with Quickstep Acting CEO Demi Stefanova and Harvest B Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer Alfred Lo announced as panellists. Stefanova and Lo, leaders from a composites specialist and food technology startup respectively, will appear in conversation with Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre Chair Paul…

Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, May 19 – May 23, 2025

What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Introducing Spotlight on Scaling Up: an unmissable June 25 event about one of Australian manufacturing’s key issues @AuManufacturing is excited to announce an upcoming event on the morning of June 25, in partnership with BDO, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth…

Introducing Spotlight on Scaling Up: an unmissable June 25 event about one of Australian manufacturing’s key issues

@AuManufacturing is excited to announce an upcoming event on the morning of June 25, in partnership with BDO, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, and the Australian Business Growth Fund. An all-star cast of experts will examine the need for more manufacturers to outgrow their boutique origins — helping create a more diverse, resilient national economy…

Between Botswana and the Ivory Coast: Australia dives further in economic complexity rankings to 105th

The newly-returned government’s ambition to make Australia a manufacturing powerhouse comes with its difficulties, as newly-updated Economic Complexity Index (ECI) rankings show Australia in its worst placing yet. The rankings are published by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Growth Lab and go back to 2000. They measure the sophistication and diversity of a country’s exports.  An…