Send us a text In episode 96 of @AuManufacturing Conversations , Matt Hardie discusses “having a midlife crisis early on”, giving up a corporate job aged 22, travelling the world and then deciding to make healthy treats, and Maria Christina shares some of the intelligence from the Commbank Manufacturing Insights Report . To read CommBank Manufacturing Insights Report – May 2024 . visit www.commbank.com.au and type 'Manufacturing Insights Report' into the search bar, or follow this link...
Jul 21, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Send us a text Our guest in this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations is Steve Milanoski, Director, Manufacturing Technology at the NSW Government's Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility. Steve tells us about the AMRF's goals for lifting technology adoption and skills among companies, the need for a Australia to have a manufacturing development institute, and some lessons from a career in contract manufacturing in Australia and as an Additive Engineer at SpaceX before moving here. The AM...
Jun 27, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Send us a text 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 Manufacturing Research Facility , and the Commonwealth Bank. In this episode we hear from Ben Chapman, Mana...
Apr 30, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Send us a text 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 Manufacturing Research Facility , and the Commonwealth Bank. In this episode we hear from Cameron van den D...
Apr 06, 2024•46 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Send us a text Welcome to a special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski . This time around we’re featuring one of the sponsors that’s making our current series – Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers – possible. In this episode we hear from David Fox, Associate Director Research & Technology at the NSW Government's Western Parkland City Authority, which runs the Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility. He tells us about the unmet need the AMRF will fill, pre...
Mar 26, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Send us a text 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 Manufacturing Research Facility , and the Commonwealth Bank. In this episode we hear from Mike Bell, CEO of...
Mar 24, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Send us a text 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 Manufacturing Research Facility , and the Commonwealth Bank. In this episode we hear from Josh Hacko, Techn...
Mar 17, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Send us a text 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 Manufacturing Research Facility , and the Commonwealth Bank. In this episode we hear from Dr Heba Khamis, c...
Mar 10, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Send us a text 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 Manufacturing Research Facility , and the Commonwealth Bank. In this episode Matt Hill, CEO of Hypersonix L...
Mar 02, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Send us a text 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 Manufacturing Research Facility , and the Commonwealth Bank. In this episode Mark Henry, Managing Director ...
Feb 29, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Send us a text 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 Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility . In this episode Dr Lewis Dunnigan, the CEO and Co-Founder of Bygen, t...
Feb 22, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Send us a text 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 Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility . In this episode, Faz Pollard, Director at Adarsh Australia, tells us ...
Feb 18, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us a text 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 Opportunity in Heavy Industry -- here . ( Episode sponsored by SPEE3D) Episode guide 1:13 – One way to look ...
Feb 14, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us a text 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 Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility . In this episode, BlockTexx co-founder Graham Ross tells us about a pa...
Feb 06, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send us a text 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 Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility . Episode guide 0:54 – A manufacturer, recycler and – at heart – an R&a...
Jan 27, 2024•26 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us a text 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 Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility . Episode guide 0:51 – What Scimita does. 3:18 – A background in chemic...
Jan 18, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us a text 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 Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility . Be sure to check back at our website for regular updates, including p...
Jan 14, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text 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, typically defence personnel. Supplying and sustaining hundreds of robots and thousands of sensors for customers...
Dec 17, 2023•17 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Send us a text 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 Vaxxas since 2012. Plus what an explanation of what the company is trying to do. 2:03 – The first patents on the...
Dec 03, 2023•20 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Send us a text 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 can use along the way. This time around we're going with the theme “it’s for everybody”. Because innovation something every ma...
Nov 28, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Send us a text 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 Kalman filter. 3:40 – Starting the company with co-founder Chris Shaw. 4:56 – Why they chose the co-CEO...
Oct 29, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Send us a text 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 innovation districts. 6:12 – How do innovation districts create economically valuable proximity? 6:50 – ...
Oct 26, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Send us a text 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 competitive engineering, and to Amos and Perkins. 2:13 – Beginning in a garage with a contract from Orica...
Oct 01, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Send us a text 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 manufacturing divisions. 2:33 – Some company history and some changes brought on by the shrinking of the loc...
Sep 28, 2023•15 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Send us a text 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. 2:19 -- Previous role at Tritium. 3:03 - “There’s nothing more exciting than working for a business th...
Sep 27, 2023•15 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Send us a text 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 soon as 2026, where it will collect regolith and deliver it to a NASA payload, which will attempt to extract o...
Sep 18, 2023•19 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Send us a text 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 pinnacle of composites engineering and manufacturing in Australia, which has recently moved into high-temperature cer...
Sep 10, 2023•18 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Send us a text 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 company's story, the many uses of electrophoresis, the need to connect manufacturers with design houses and other ...
Aug 20, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Send us a text 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, Industry Director – Manufacturing at Fusion5. He shares some observations from a long career in oper...
Aug 08, 2023•21 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Send us a text 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 to the doers rather than the ticket clippers when it comes to the circular economy, how Australia is focus...
Aug 01, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 26
