Manufacturers’ Monthly speaks with South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance CEO Vonda Fenwick about the government’s approach to local content and the skills challenge facing Australian manufacturing.
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Energy innovations boosting resilience
Due to the uncertainty around energy sources for manufacturers, REDEI Enterprises, a Dandenong-based manufacturer, are making sustainable products for their customers, including their own lithium iron phosphate batteries.
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Smart cricket ball is developed for visually impaired players
At a time when sport has been curtailed and operated in restricted environments, innovators in the cricketing domain are developing a new and improved cricket ball for blind and visually impaired players.
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New industry-led course addresses local skills shortage
The South East Melbourne Manufacturers’ Alliance (SEMMA) has received $200,000 in funding from the federal government to launch an industry-led welding skills short course program, designed to provide a continuity of skills needed for the future of manufacturing.
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Local Content – the good, the bad and the ugly
Vonda Fenwick, CEO of the South East Melbourne Manufacturers’ Alliance (SEMMA), speaks to Manufacturers’ Monthly about how the good, the bad and the ugly in relation to local content.
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Business opportunities through collaboration
SEMMA (South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance) has embarked upon a new project to assist its members to secure significant packages of work.
SEMMA’s membership is representative of Australian Manufacturing
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Victorian manufacturer first in Australia to produce reusable face masks
A Victorian manufacturer has risen to the challenge of making personal protective equipment (PPE), which until now was only available from overseas.
Micro Plastics in Dandenong South recognised the need
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Why Australian manufacturers need to onshore their technology
Australian maker of electric vehicle chargers, Tritium, is trying to fix a problem that many manufacturers in advanced technology are facing.
The company, founded by three PhD students in Brisbane in 1999,
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Finding a path during sobering times
Results of the first survey by South-East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance to assess the impact of COVID-19 are in, and they are “sobering”, according to CEO Vonda Fenwick.
A recent survey by South-East
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Zero emissions manufacturing achievable, says think tank
The technology needed for manufacturers to make the transition to renewable-powered electrification is already readily available and could double manufacturing efficiency, according to a report by climate
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National Manufacturing Summit: Minding the skills gap
During the panel discussions as part of the National Manufacturing Summit, one topic that never strayed far from the lips of speakers was the issue of skills.
With the focus of the summit set by the opening
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Austech 2013 to connect with SMEs
Austech, Australia’s premier advanced precision manufacturing and machine tool exhibition, has invited small to medium manufacturing local businesses to participate in the new and extended Manufacturers Pavilion.
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