For reshoring to take place on a large scale there needs to be a serious recasting of the role of manufacturing in Australia, and new ways of having SME manufacturer voices heard by policymakers and the public, argues Peter Vaughan in the second of our series on reshoring. It has become a time-honoured cliché of…
This the third in our series on the importance of onshoring manufacturing operations looks at how Australia and New Zealand lost, and are now regaining, industrial capabilities. Here Peter Roberts looks at the core element of many manufactures – printed circuit boards. Richard Brady and Daniel Baxter have seen Australia and New Zealand’s capacity to…
French defence group Thales has fired another round in its war with critics of buying defence good locally, with the release of a detailed economic analysis of how defence spending flows through to the national economy. The company, which came under fire in an auditor-general’s report which said armoured vehicles similar to its Hawkei vehicle…
Reed Exhibitions has postponed the major manufacturing event held every second year in Sydney, the Advanced Manufacturing Expo Sydney due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Reed, which also produces National Manufacturing Week in Melbourne, today announced the postponement of AME Sydney which was to have run at the Sydney showgrounds from 18-20 November. @AuManufacturing is the…
Diversified building products and investment group Brickworks has suffered a sales downturn in Australia and the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic, the company has confirmed. Now the US riots have emerged as another factor threatening business stability, with riots taking place close to a new brick retail design centre under construction in Philadelphia. CEO…
Submarine specialist ASC, is backing the use of additive manufacturing technolgies to help repair Australia’s six Collins class submarines. The Adelaide company has teamed up with CSIRO’s Lab22 and DMTC Limited to develop portable ‘cold spray’ technology for repairing damaged metal surfaces, enabling future in situ repair of submarine components even when at sea. Successful…
Fast-growing trans-Tasman dairy group Keytone Dairy has reported strong growth and diversification in the past year with the company now operating from five manufacturing facilities in Australia and New Zealand. The manufacturer of formulated dairy and health and wellness products reported a loss of $7.45 million for the year to 31 March on turnover of…
Innovative X-Ray machine manufacturer Micro-X has moved closer to launching the militarised version of its Nano machine following the completion of compliance testing. The Adelaide company said today it had successfully completed the electrical and mechanical safety test programme for its new Rover X-Ray machine (pictured), the final requirement before applying for US Food and…
The @AuManufacturing new deal plan for manufacturing, crowd sourced from readers and members of the Australian Manufacturing Forum LInkedin group, is released today after two months work. Here we present the plan’s executive summary and core recommendations. The full plan may be downloaded here. After close to three decades of economic growth Australia’s luck has…
Listed food manufacturer Longtable, which makes the Maggie Beer range of luxury products, has stepped up its online business as Covid-19 lockdowns and restaurant closures affected sales growth, with the downturn especially apparent in April. The Barossa Valley company told investors that its St David Dairy and Paris Creek dairy businesses had been hit by…
