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5 days ago | 
aumanufacturing.com.au | Brent Balinski |Peter Roberts
There are limited tickets available for Spotlight on Scaling Up, and a limited amount of time to buy them. Don’t miss out on this all-star cast of experts examining the importance of manufacturers outgrowing their small business origins and ways they can do it.
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6 days ago | 
aumanufacturing.com.au | Brent Balinski |Peter Roberts
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 1) Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers 2025 report — now available to download for free@AuManufacturing is very happy to release our campaign report, wrapping up 2025’s iteration of the 50 Most Innovative.
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1 week ago | 
aumanufacturing.com.au | Brent Balinski |Peter Roberts
Awards 19 June 2025 19:00 By Brent Balinski Awards 19 June 2025 19:00 By Brent Balinski @AuManufacturing is very happy to release our campaign report, wrapping up 2025’s iteration of the 50 Most Innovative.
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1 week ago | 
aumanufacturing.com.au | Brent Balinski |Peter Roberts
Looking for growth equity is not something to blunder into, and Paul Childers, a Partner in BDO’s Advisory team, says an early and obvious enough question from investors will be around exactly why you need money. “There’s this concept called ‘use of funds’. So it’s really hard to go to the market and say ‘I need $20 million’ and then say ‘I know what I’m going to do with five of it and I’ll tell you later what I’m going to do with 15,’” he tells us. “And then… the type of investment.
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1 week ago | 
aumanufacturing.com.au | Brent Balinski |Peter Roberts
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Samsara Eco, lululemon announce ten-year offtake agreement on recycled nylon, polyesterEnzymatic recycling startup Samsara Eco and sportswear company lululemon have built on a partnership first announced in May 2023, announcing a ten-year offtake agreement that “could see” Samsara’s material “support approximately 20% of lululemon’s overall fibres portfolio”.
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2 weeks ago | 
aumanufacturing.com.au | Brent Balinski |Peter Roberts
As this title has written before, there remains a textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) sector in Australia. It cuts across other sectors (for example a piece of wound care fabric or a geotextile) and the companies that contribute to it are regularly on the small side. But it’s still here. An EY report from 2021 estimated the Australian fashion and textile industry was worth $27.2 billion to Australia’s economy, with $1.5 billion from the manufacturing side.
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2 weeks ago | 
aumanufacturing.com.au | Brent Balinski |Peter Roberts
Manufacturing News 8 June 2025 09:46 By Brent Balinski What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Sydney’s new buses arrive from China despite local build promisesNew South Wales Premier Chris Minns (pictured) is facing criticism after buses promised to be built locally arrived nearly complete from a Chinese factory, despite government pledges to revitalise domestic manufacturing.
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3 weeks ago | 
aumanufacturing.com.au | Brent Balinski |Peter Roberts
New guests have been added to @AuManufacturing‘s upcoming Spotlight on Scaling Up event, with Quickstep Acting CEO Demi Stefanova and Harvest B Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer Alfred Lo announced as panellists. Stefanova and Lo, leaders from a composites specialist and food technology startup respectively, will appear in conversation with Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre Chair Paul Cooper at the June 25 seminar. Their 10 am session is titled Addressing the missing middle.
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1 month ago | 
aumanufacturing.com.au | Brent Balinski |Peter Roberts
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Introducing Spotlight on Scaling Up: an unmissable June 25 event about one of Australian manufacturing’s key issues@AuManufacturing is excited to announce an upcoming event on the morning of June 25, in partnership with BDO, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, and the Australian Business Growth Fund.
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1 month ago | 
aumanufacturing.com.au | Brent Balinski |Peter Roberts
@AuManufacturing is excited to announce an upcoming event on the morning of June 25, in partnership with BDO, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, and the Australian Business Growth Fund. An all-star cast of experts will examine the need for more manufacturers to outgrow their boutique origins — helping create a more diverse, resilient national economy — and how it can be done. Here’s what’s planned.
