Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, our guests are Dr Jan Golembiewski, CEO and co-founder of Earthbuilt Technology, and Dr Clyde Webster, Founding Director of Crest Robotics. They share the origins and goals of their Charlotte project -- showcased at last month’s International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2025 conference in Sydney -- and discuss the opportunity presented by construction robotics. Episode guide 0:34 – An introduction to our guests. 2:40 – What bo...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with MYOB, we consider some quality standards for various kinds of manufacturing businesses, emerging standards that are worth paying attention to, tips on making proactive improvements at your business, and more. Our returning guest is MYOB Senior Product Marketing Manager, Bruce Minty, who recently discussed the importance of midsized manufacturers in episode 129. For more on MYOB Acumatica, visit thi...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, we hear from Space Machines Company's co-founders, Rajat Kulshrestha and George Freney. They tell us about why they plan to build hundreds and hundreds of their 200-kilogram vehicles, the local companies helping them do it, their new Scintilla engine, what Australian space manufacturers' collective superpower must be, and more. Episode guide 0:42 – Professional backgrounds of the two founders 3:32 – A very simple origin story. ...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with MYOB, we hear from David Taylor, Founder and Managing Director of BusinessHub. BusinessHub has been in business for over two decades, and is an MYOB partner specialising in the MYOB Acumatica platform. Taylor shares how manufacturers can move beyond manual workarounds and isolated data to enable smarter operations. Make sure you listen to the end for a checklist you can use if you think you might b...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, Samuel Taubert, CEO of graphene and hydrogen maker Turquoise Group, shares a little about the company’s story so far, the immature markets for what they make, and why they’ve elected for an “aggressive pricing strategy” rather than partnering with clients on applications development. Episode guide 0:25 – Career background, mainly in the oil and gas industry 1:55 – Why hydrogen and graphene? And the similarities/difference...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with MYOB, we consider the vast potential in helping more manufacturers make the jump from small-sized enterprise to medium (or beyond.) MYOB Senior Product Marketing Manager Bruce Minty shares some reasons why midsized manufacturers matter, and how ambitious companies can navigate hurdles as they grow into the category. For more on The Bigger Picture report, see here Solutions like MYOB Acumatica are p...
Send us a text This episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations is the opening session of our June 25 Spotlight on Scaling Up seminar. Alf Taylor, Managing Director & Co-founder at TNA Solutions, and Nadia Taylor, the company's Director and Co-founder, share their story. The keynote speakers share their adventure from husband-and-wife engineering consultancy to an international food packaging and processing solution provider with a headcount of over 600 and offices in 30 countries, which be...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with Hannover Messe’s Industrial Transformation Australia event, Simran Gill speaks to Professor Henrik von Scheel, the strategist who coined the term "Industry 4.0". He warns that Australia risks becoming a mere consumer of technology rather than a producer if it continues following global best practices instead of charting its own course in the Fourth Industrial Revolution @AuManufacturin...
Send us a text This episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations is the “It can happen here” session recorded at our June 25 Spotlight on Scaling Up seminar. The panel features leaders from three established manufacturing companies that have grown handsomely through international leadership within their respective niches. How have they changed their industry? How do they continue to stay relevant? And how do they address the challenges of doing this from Australia? The moderator is David M...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with Hannover Messe’s Industrial Transformation Australia event, Professor Veena Sahajwalla tells us about working at “the exciting new frontier” of recycling, where Australian companies can contribute globally, and more. @AuManufacturing is a media partner for Industrial Transformation Australia 2025. You can find more information about this free event – to be held July 22-24 at The Dome, Sydney Olympi...
Send us a text This episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations is the "Patient capital: how long tech takes at times" session recorded at our June 25 Spotlight on Scaling Up seminar. SoSU was hosted by @AuManufacturing in partnership with BDO, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, and the Australian Business Growth Fund. The panel featured three high-tech businesses, each of which took many years to develop and prove their technology through to eventual adoption, and each of which remains ...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, Simran Gill speaks to Dr Ian Mann, CTO of semiconductor business BluGlass, about why deep tech companies must prepare for scale from day one and embrace long development timelines. Further reading BluGlass raises $5.3 million in SPP BluGlass secures $2.9 million sub-contract through US microelectronics hub BluGlass to provide chips for blue ocean LiDAR project BluGlass completes GaNWorks acquisition BluGlass launches laser diod...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, John Broadbent tells us about the worrying prevalence of fully-depreciated equipment in Australia's industry, explains why a smart factory he helped build in 2011 has only become more productive in the years since, and more. @AuManufacturing is a media partner for Industrial Transformation Australia 2025, which Broadbent will be a speaker at. You can find more information about this free event – to be held July 22-24 at T...
Send us a text When a critical medication that protects Australia's most vulnerable communities runs short, who pays the price? A new investigation reveals the shocking gaps in our pharmaceutical sovereignty. In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, Simran Gill learns about Australia's pharmaceutical manufacturing challenges and the experts' detailed proposals for sovereign medicine production. Featuring - Dr Rosemary Wyber, Senior Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Austra...
Send us a text Spotlight on Scaling Up is an event by @AuManufacturing and sponsored by BDO, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, and the Australian Business Growth Fund. Join us at UTS Building 8, 14–28 Ultimo Road to learn the importance of the issue at an economy-wide level, how world-class local enterprises have grown out of the small business category and beyond, and how you can apply their lessons to your business. TICKETS AND INFO HERE here: https://events.humanitix.com/spotlight-...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, Rachel Reilly from Ethical Clothing Australia tells us about the shape of the Australian TCF sector and its workforce, the importance of government procurement, what international trade issues could mean, and more. You can find out about the Ethically Made In Australia Week Pop-Up Event here. It runs Thursday June 26 – Sunday June 29, 2025, at 306-308 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC Episode guide 0:30 – Career path 1:50 – What Ethica...
Send us a text Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, which is part of our annual Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers campaign. It's been made possible through the support of Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment, TXM Lean Solutions, the Industry Capability Network, Bonfiglioli Australia, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre and the SmartCrete CRC. In this episode, Simran Gill speaks to David Smirk, who explains how a vindictive equipment operator's a...
Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, Simran Gill speaks to Dr Joe Berry and Dr Peter Sherrell, from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University respectively, who have discovered that water generates an electrical charge up to 10 times greater than previously understood when it moves across a surface. The pair reveal their groundbreaking "stick-slip" motion research and what it means for manufacturing, fuel safety, and energy storage. Further reading Scientists...
Send us a text Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, which is part of our annual Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers campaign. It's been made possible through the support of Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment, TXM Lean Solutions, the Industry Capability Network, Bonfiglioli Australia, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre and the SmartCrete CRC. Be sure to join us on May 7 at the Crown Melbourne for our awards event and the unveiling of this year's...
Send us a text Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, which is part of our annual Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers campaign. It's been made possible through the support of Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment, TXM Lean Solutions, the Industry Capability Network, Bonfiglioli Australia, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre and the SmartCrete CRC. In this episode we hear from Dr Warren McKenzie, co-founder and Managing Director of fusion energy hopef...