Add services to your manufacturing offerings
Adding services to your product offerings in a process known as servitization can access a greater share of the total lifecycle expenditure on what you make.
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Now even Aldi is selling copies of Australian designed products
Next time you think of shopping of Aldi you might remember they are now in the business of ripping off Australian designed products. Replica Mark Tuckey egg cup and Siobhan Glass’s Clothes Airer designs are on sale in Aldi Supermarket’s current catalogue. Design Institute of Australia CEO Jo-Ann Kellock has contacted Aldi to emphasise her…
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Collaborating “an absolute necessity” for defence manufacturers, says JSF supplier
Karen Stanton of Heat Treatment Australia writes in Defence Connect about a shift towards greater collaboration among defence manufacturers. HTA developed vacuum brazing technology for JSF parts and has won more and more defence work in the years since. According to Stanton, more companies are beginning to understand that partnering with others can be mutually…
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Trade war hots up, how are we being affected?
US President Trump plans to slap tariffs on another US$200 billion in Chinese imports, supposedly in retaliation for Chinese tariffs. Trump Administration Announces 200 billion in Tariffs These come on top of tariffs on $US32 billion of Chinese imports that came into effect on Friday. We have now had two rounds of tit for tat…
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High end Australian audio maker shows what Australia can produce.
Some years ago I was lucky enough to visit Kryon Audio’s factory in Adelaide and see how they made some of the world’s best audio speakers. The company’s speakers are at the very high end of the audio market so known only to real audiophiles, with most of its buyers overseas. The company recently posted…
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Does Australia need a peak body to represent and to grow its additive manufacturing industry?
An interesting yarn that appeared in Engineers Australia’s magazine a while ago is now online. Additive manufacturing is the future, and it’s time we take it seriously In it, Alex Kingsbury and Professor Ian GIbson of Deakin make the case for an Australia Makes, similar to America makes, to help build on the country’s early…
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Latest from the Australian Manufacturing Forum
It has been a big week in the Forum with membership passing 4,900, confirming our position as the largest social media group of Australian manufacturers. We have come a long way since 2013 thanks to posts, comments and interactions from members (please keep them coming).
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