Tag: advanced manufacturing

Stop inventing and start innovating: Stuart Elliott

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Healthcare is a naturally slow-moving environment, and for good reasons, Stuart Elliott says. You can visit a doctor and still find them using fax machines, a decade or so...

Carbon Revolution revs production

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Composite wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has revved up production of its one piece carbon fibre road wheels at its Geelong factory despite the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Germany’s Fraunhofer network is a growth engine

Posted on   |  by Andrew Wear
A uniquely German collaboration between industry and government is the network of Fraunhofer institutes. These take their name from Joseph von Fraunhofer, a prominent German researcher, investor and entrepreneur...

Germany a model for industry resilience

Posted on   |  by Andrew Wear
Uvex is a family-owned German manufacturer of sporting and personal protective equipment that will soon celebrate the centenary of its founding. The company’s managing director Stefan Brück says that...

Roy Green on a new manufacturing regime

Posted on   |  by Roy Green
Every crisis provides an opportunity and COVID-19 is no exception. Not only has it exposed the gaps in Australia’s manufacturing supply chains, but it has also more broadly demonstrated...

Crowdsourcing a new manufacturing plan

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Australia’s industry structure is broken – so with your help we are going to develop a new deal manufacturing plan to help make it right. It has taken COVID-19 to...

Govt to step in on patent problems

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Crown use of patents will be invoked by the federal government where it is necessary to allow local manufacturers to rapidly ramp up the production of essential medical equipment,...

Manufacturing has ‘fallen off the page’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s manufacturing sector is lagging the rest of the world and had “almost fallen off the page”, with a renewed focus on innovation needed to close the gap, UTS...

Helping the tall poppies to grow

Posted on   |  by Mark Burgess
I am a Brit, married to an Australian. I moved to Australia nearly five years ago, having lived and worked in the UK, the US, Europe, the Middle East...