More than just a stamp

In the final day of our Celebrating Australian Made editorial series, sponsored by Australian Made, we hear from Western Metalworx. It’s been said that it takes an Australian made design to stand up to Australian conditions. Especially when it comes to the mining industry. For West Australian, Malaga, West Australian-based steel fabricator Western Metalworx, it’s…

Winding specialist’s “radical rethink” generates a move into manufacturing

WA sealing itself off during the pandemic pushed Australian Winders towards inhouse production. Nicholas Way speaks to the company’s Director, Tony O’Brien, in the latest feature from our Celebrating Australian Made series. Like many businesses, Perth-based Australian Winders was transformed by the COVID pandemic, morphing from a global maintenance and field service specialist in industrial…

Celebrating Australian Made — for recycled paver maker, it’s about credibility

This month marks two years of manufacturing for Philip Goodman, who says his company has so far managed to turn about 300,000 kilograms of post-industrial plastic into new permeable pavers. The Director of Truegrid Australia came to manufacturing after a career as developer and builder, particularly of over-50s lifestyle resorts.  Goodman says he saw Truegrid…