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@AuManufacturing Conversations

@AuManufacturing

@AuManufacturing Conversations is a regular interview program hosted by Brent Balinski (with other hosts occasionally) bringing you discussions with the folks who are contributing to a critical part of Australia"s economy.We hope to capture something of the variety of manufacturing, its place in the nation, its changing nature, and some of the personalities within it.From the boutique to the billion dollar, if it"s manufacturing and it"s Australian, then it likely matters to us. This podcast is an

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Episode 136 -- Valantis Vais from MYOB

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2025/11/26

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with MYOB, we consider the practical adoption of modern-day artificial intelligence. Valantis Vais, General Manager - Product and Product Marketing at MYOB, discusses the current uptake by manufacturers, a concept borrowed from SAE's Levels of Driving Automation, the implications of agentic AI, and more. Episode guide 0:53 – An introduction to our guest. 1:50 – What do we mean when we talk a...

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Episode 135 -- Philippe Odouard from SolidHydrogen

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2025/11/16

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, we hear from Philippe Odouard, who has spend the last 15 years leading Quickstep, XTEK (now known as HighCom) and now SolidHydrogen. He tells us about his experiences running technology startups in Australia, where he sees growth in the hydrogen coming from, the best ways to keep ahead of competitors wanting to steal novel IP, and more. Episode guide 0:23 – Moved to Australia 40 years ago and spent most of his time since then i...

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Episode 134 -- Dr Jan Golembiewski from Earthbuilt...

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2025/11/02

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, our guests are Dr Jan Golembiewski, CEO and co-founder of Earthbuilt Technology, and Dr Clyde Webster, Founding Director of Crest Robotics. They share the origins and goals of their Charlotte project -- showcased at last month’s International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2025 conference in Sydney -- and discuss the opportunity presented by construction robotics. Episode guide 0:34 – An introduction to our guests. 2:40 – What bo...

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Episode 133 -- Bruce Minty from MYOB

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2025/10/19

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with MYOB, we consider some quality standards for various kinds of manufacturing businesses, emerging standards that are worth paying attention to, tips on making proactive improvements at your business, and more. Our returning guest is MYOB Senior Product Marketing Manager, Bruce Minty, who recently discussed the importance of midsized manufacturers in episode 129. For more on MYOB Acumatica, visit thi...

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Episode 132 -- Rajat Kulshrestha and George Freney...

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2025/09/23

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, we hear from Space Machines Company's co-founders, Rajat Kulshrestha and George Freney. They tell us about why they plan to build hundreds and hundreds of their 200-kilogram vehicles, the local companies helping them do it, their new Scintilla engine, what Australian space manufacturers' collective superpower must be, and more. Episode guide 0:42 – Professional backgrounds of the two founders 3:32 – A very simple origin story. ...

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Episode 131 -- David Taylor from BusinessHub

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2025/09/15

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with MYOB, we hear from David Taylor, Founder and Managing Director of BusinessHub. BusinessHub has been in business for over two decades, and is an MYOB partner specialising in the MYOB Acumatica platform. Taylor shares how manufacturers can move beyond manual workarounds and isolated data to enable smarter operations. Make sure you listen to the end for a checklist you can use if you think you might b...

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Episode 130 -- Samuel Taubert from Turquoise Group

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2025/08/28

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, Samuel Taubert, CEO of graphene and hydrogen maker Turquoise Group, shares a little about the company’s story so far, the immature markets for what they make, and why they’ve elected for an “aggressive pricing strategy” rather than partnering with clients on applications development. Episode guide 0:25 – Career background, mainly in the oil and gas industry 1:55 – Why hydrogen and graphene? And the similarities/difference...

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Episode 129 -- Bruce Minty from MYOB

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2025/08/25

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with MYOB, we consider the vast potential in helping more manufacturers make the jump from small-sized enterprise to medium (or beyond.) MYOB Senior Product Marketing Manager Bruce Minty shares some reasons why midsized manufacturers matter, and how ambitious companies can navigate hurdles as they grow into the category. For more on The Bigger Picture report, see here Solutions like MYOB Acumatica are p...

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Episode 128 -- Jeff Lang from Vortair

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2025/08/19

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, we hear from Jeff Lang, a serial entrepreneur who is currently CEO and Executive Director of Vortair. Lang shares plenty of detail about the highs and lows of founding and growing high-tech manufacturing businesses, why the industry needs better leaders and to stop blaming others for its difficulties, and more. Episode guide 0:33 – Athletics aspirations and abandoning them to do a trade in signwriting. 1:32 – The early days of ...

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Alf Taylor and Nadia Taylor from TNA Solutions

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2025/07/29

Send us a text This episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations is the opening session of our June 25 Spotlight on Scaling Up seminar. Alf Taylor, Managing Director & Co-founder at TNA Solutions, and Nadia Taylor, the company's Director and Co-founder, share their story. The keynote speakers share their adventure from husband-and-wife engineering consultancy to an international food packaging and processing solution provider with a headcount of over 600 and offices in 30 countries, which be...

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Episode 126 -- Professor Henrik von Scheel from...

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2025/07/21

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with Hannover Messe’s Industrial Transformation Australia event, Simran Gill speaks to Professor Henrik von Scheel, the strategist who coined the term "Industry 4.0". He warns that Australia risks becoming a mere consumer of technology rather than a producer if it continues following global best practices instead of charting its own course in the Fourth Industrial Revolution @AuManufacturin...

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Episode 125 -- “It can happen here” with Martin...

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2025/07/17

Send us a text This episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations is the “It can happen here” session recorded at our June 25 Spotlight on Scaling Up seminar. The panel features leaders from three established manufacturing companies that have grown handsomely through international leadership within their respective niches. How have they changed their industry? How do they continue to stay relevant? And how do they address the challenges of doing this from Australia? The moderator is David M...

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Episode 124 -- Professor Veena Sahajwalla from UNSW...

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2025/07/14

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, published in partnership with Hannover Messe’s Industrial Transformation Australia event, Professor Veena Sahajwalla tells us about working at “the exciting new frontier” of recycling, where Australian companies can contribute globally, and more. @AuManufacturing is a media partner for Industrial Transformation Australia 2025. You can find more information about this free event – to be held July 22-24 at The Dome, Sydney Olympi...

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Episode 123 -- "Patient capital: how long tech takes...

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2025/07/10

Send us a text This episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations is the "Patient capital: how long tech takes at times" session recorded at our June 25 Spotlight on Scaling Up seminar. SoSU was hosted by @AuManufacturing in partnership with BDO, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, and the Australian Business Growth Fund. The panel featured three high-tech businesses, each of which took many years to develop and prove their technology through to eventual adoption, and each of which remains ...

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Episode 122 -- Dr Ian Mann from BluGlass

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2025/07/08

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, Simran Gill speaks to Dr Ian Mann, CTO of semiconductor business BluGlass, about why deep tech companies must prepare for scale from day one and embrace long development timelines. Further reading BluGlass raises $5.3 million in SPP BluGlass secures $2.9 million sub-contract through US microelectronics hub BluGlass to provide chips for blue ocean LiDAR project BluGlass completes GaNWorks acquisition BluGlass launches laser diod...

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Episode 121 -- John Broadbent from Realise Potential

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2025/07/02

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, John Broadbent tells us about the worrying prevalence of fully-depreciated equipment in Australia's industry, explains why a smart factory he helped build in 2011 has only become more productive in the years since, and more. @AuManufacturing is a media partner for Industrial Transformation Australia 2025, which Broadbent will be a speaker at. You can find more information about this free event – to be held July 22-24 at T...

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Episode 120 -- Dr Rosemary Wyber, Professor Glenn...

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2025/06/30

Send us a text When a critical medication that protects Australia's most vulnerable communities runs short, who pays the price? A new investigation reveals the shocking gaps in our pharmaceutical sovereignty. In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, Simran Gill learns about Australia's pharmaceutical manufacturing challenges and the experts' detailed proposals for sovereign medicine production. Featuring - Dr Rosemary Wyber, Senior Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Austra...

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Episode 119 -- Paul Childers from BDO Australia

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2025/06/16

Send us a text Spotlight on Scaling Up is an event by @AuManufacturing and sponsored by BDO, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, and the Australian Business Growth Fund. Join us at UTS Building 8, 14–28 Ultimo Road to learn the importance of the issue at an economy-wide level, how world-class local enterprises have grown out of the small business category and beyond, and how you can apply their lessons to your business. TICKETS AND INFO HERE here: https://events.humanitix.com/spotlight-...

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Episode 118 -- Rachel Reilly from Ethical Clothing...

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2025/06/12

Send us a text In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, Rachel Reilly from Ethical Clothing Australia tells us about the shape of the Australian TCF sector and its workforce, the importance of government procurement, what international trade issues could mean, and more. You can find out about the Ethically Made In Australia Week Pop-Up Event here. It runs Thursday June 26 – Sunday June 29, 2025, at 306-308 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC Episode guide 0:30 – Career path 1:50 – What Ethica...

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Episode 117 -- David Smirk from Phibion

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2025/06/01

Send us a text Welcome to this special episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, which is part of our annual Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers campaign. It's been made possible through the support of Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment, TXM Lean Solutions, the Industry Capability Network, Bonfiglioli Australia, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre and the SmartCrete CRC. In this episode, Simran Gill speaks to David Smirk, who explains how a vindictive equipment operator's a...

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