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Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we're running as part of our quest to identify Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. The 50 Most Innovative is an annual campaign by @AuManufacturing . This time around it has been made possible through the generous support of MYOB , CSIRO , the NSW government’s Advanced...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we're running as part of our quest to identify Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. The 50 Most Innovative is an annual campaign by @AuManufacturing . This time around it has been made possible through the generous support of MYOB , CSIRO , and the NSW government’s Advan...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we're running as part of our quest to identify Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. The 50 Most Innovative is an annual campaign by @AuManufacturing . This time around it has been made possible through the generous support of MYOB , CSIRO , and the NSW government’s Advan...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , Steve Camilleri from SPEE3D shares his thoughts on our national crisis of confidence when it comes to manufacturing, their approach to raising capital, why he prefers to live and work in Darwin rather than Melbourne, and more. You can download SPEE3D's new white paper Metal Additive Manufacturing -- The O...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we're running as part of our quest to identify Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. The 50 Most Innovative is an annual campaign by @AuManufacturing . This time around it has been made possible through the generous support of MYOB , CSIRO , and the NSW government’s Advan...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we're running as part of our quest to identify Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. The 50 Most Innovative is an annual campaign by @AuManufacturing . This time around it has been made possible through the generous support of MYOB , CSIRO , and the NSW government’s Advan...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we're running as part of our quest to identify Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. The 50 Most Innovative is an annual campaign by @AuManufacturing . This time around it has been made possible through the generous support of MYOB , CSIRO , and the NSW government’s Advan...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we're running as part of our quest to identify Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. The 50 Most Innovative is an annual campaign by @AuManufacturing . This time around it has been made possible through the generous support of MYOB , CSIRO , and the NSW government’s Advan...

Send us Fan Mail In the last episode for 2023, we hear from Ben Sorensen, Director of Innovation & Commercialisation at EPE. He tells us about the importance of collaborating with Australian researchers, EPE's role co-leading the ELO2 consortium hoping to build Australia's very first lunar rover, and more. Episode guide 0:22 – EPE’s focus: protecting people in hazardous environments,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , we speak to Dr Angus Forster, CTO of Vaxxas, at the company's Northshore Brisbane factory. He tells us about the plans for the site -- which was officially opened in June -- as well as some of the challenges of bringing biotech products to market. Episode guide 0:25 - Personal background and work at Vaxxa...

Send us Fan Mail We are launching the second iteration of our Australia's 50 most innovative manufacturers campaign, or "the 50 most innovative" in its shorthand form. Just like last time around, we're seeking to identify and celebrate the country's most innovative manufacturers, learn about how they understand and go about innovating, and hopefully pick up some lessons we...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , we hear from Xavier Orr, co-founder and co-CEO of Advanced Navigation. Episode Guide 0.25 – Neural network-based navigation systems based on PhD research. 1:35 – Deciding on a stream at university while studying mechatronics and computer science. 2:12 – The big idea: a neural network-based alternative to the K...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , we hear from  PhD scholar Kathryn Anderson. Anderson won the University of South Australia Three Minute Thesis (3MT) this year with her presentation on innovation districts, a topic she has a little more time to expand on in this episode. Episode guide 0:50 – Personal background and how she ended up studying i...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we’re running as part of our The New Reinventors series, sponsored by business solutions provider Fusion5. Be sure to check out Fusion5’s free ebook – Manufacturing: The New Reinventors -- here. Episode guide 0:50 – An introduction to Robotic Systems, a company with its beginnings in com...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we’re running as part of our The New Reinventors series, sponsored by business solutions provider Fusion5. Be sure to check out Fusion5’s free ebook – Manufacturing: The New Reinventors -- here. Episode guide 0:50 – An introduction to Bernie Quinn, Premcar, and the company’s three manufa...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we’re running as part of our The New Reinventors series, sponsored by business solutions provider Fusion5. Be sure to check out Fusion5’s free ebook – Manufacturing: The New Reinventors -- here. Episode guide 0:45 – Career path. Accounting and finance and a move into operations as well....

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , we hea from Joseph Kenrick, Program Manager  at  Lunar Outpost Oceania. He tells us about the EPE & Lunar Outpost Oceania Consortium, which is up against the AROSE consortium in a bid to build an Australian rover for the Trailblazer program. The winner's semi-autonomous rover could be on the moon as s...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , we hear from Dr Paul Falzon, General Manager at Advanced Composite Structures Australia, in a lost-then-found recording made during our Australia's 50 most innovative manufacturers campaign earlier in the year. Falzon, whose company was part of the top 50, tells us about the ACS-A's work at the pinna...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , we hear from Dr Phil Fox and Lachlan McLaren, CTO of Eco Detection and Project Manager at Grey Innovation Group respectively. Eco Detection, part of Grey Innovation Group, was a Gold Award winner in our recent Australia's 50 most innovative manufacturers  campaign. Fox and McLaren tell us about the compan...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we’re running as part of our Spotlight on Scaleups editorial series, sponsored by business solutions provider Fusion5. Be sure to check out Fusion5’s free ebook – Scale up your manufacturing business for success. 4 ways an ERP can help -- here. In this episode we hear from Paul Hutchings...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , we hear from Meriel Chamberlin, Founder & Creator at Full Circle Fibres, a textile scientist who has worked at many different points within the industry's supply chain over almost three decades. She tells us the difficulty of going from test tube to tonnes in R&D, why we need to pay more attention...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski ,  we hear from Keith Milne, the owner and director of Uncle Harry's Vegan Grill. Milne bought the business in 2018 at the age of 70, and has no plans to retire soon. He tells us about what made him buy a struggling vegan food business, what he did after that, what he hates about a lot of the vegan/vegetari...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we're running as part of our quest to identify Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers is a new campaign by @AuManufacturing . It has been made possible by the generous support of  MYOB , SMC Corporation Australia , and Bosch Aus...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we're running as part of our quest to identify Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers is a new campaign by @AuManufacturing . It has been made possible by the generous support of  MYOB , SMC Corporation Australia , and Bosch Aus...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski , one which we're running as part of our quest to identify Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers. Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers is a new campaign by @AuManufacturing . It has been made possible by the generous support of  MYOB , SMC Corporation Australia , and Bosch Aus...