Brent is a co-founder and editor of @AuManufacturing.
ANCA’s Mark Patman shares his story, including setting up production in Thailand followed by improving it back home, at a highly vertically integrated Australian manufacturer of machine tools.
NSW’s Flavourtech, a Griffith-based business making specialised machinery for “aroma recovery, extraction and evaporation solutions”, won the Manufacturing category at last week’s Australian Export Awards. Brent Balinski spoke to Paul Smith, Flavourtech’s Financial Controller, about the company’s expansion, its technology, and its success internationally.
The refusal of car makers to share their technical information and its effect on independent repairers has been in the spotlight lately. There are some similarities to a saga from earlier in the decade, and one which has led to the existence of a company calling itself Australia’s first and only watch manufacturer.
Coca-Cola Amatil has announced today that it will sell its SPC business, following a strategic review launched in August.
Winners in the 56th Australian Export Awards were named at an event in Canberra last night (Tuesday), with the Australian Exporter of the Year title shared by Aspen Medical and SEAPA.
In this Meet a Member profile, ANCA’s Matt Mannix tells us about heading an engineering department spanning three countries for Australian company ANCA, which leads the world in tool grinding machine technology. What is your job and who is your company? Global Engineering Manager at ANCA CNC Machines. www.anca.com What’s your role and how does it…
The first order of Violet Crumble bars destined for the United States leave Robern Menz’s Adelaide factory today.
Henry Brunekreef, head of the Australasian Supply Chain Institute, tells us a few things about what his organisation does, and about why manufacturers’ supply chains need to be flexible enough to suit this era of consumer experience.
The most recent quarterly jobs figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show manufacturing has made a major comeback in Victoria, following the end of the car assembly industry last year.
Michael Lord of campervan and motorhome maker Trakka tells us about how technology has changed a company he has worked at since 1981, and how it is able to remain competitive through focussing on low-volume, high-quality products.