A message from Jens Goennemann

In June, AMGC had the pleasure of partnering with @AuManufacturing, BDO, and the Australian Business Growth Fund for the Spotlight on a Scaling Up seminar. A special shoutout to Brent Balinski from AuManufacturing for organising this important event and for relentlessly putting pressing manufacturing topics on the map. AMGC and Australia’s manufacturing industry couldn’t ask for a better wingman.

The seminar seemed to be worth everyone’s time: remedying the fact that many manufacturers are highly capable yet remain subscale. A wrap-up is featured below in this month’s newsletter.

I moderated a panel including leaders from three cleantech companies in their startup phase, each a university spinout: Dr Ebbe Dommisse from Iondrive, Dr Thomas Nann from Allegro Energy, and Dr Warren McKenzie from HB11.

As with many leaders from manufacturing companies, regardless of how new or established or how ambitious or otherwise, their concerns seemed familiar.

To finish up, I asked them what they would change in Australia if they could. Long-term vision by governments, better investor support for capable companies looking to take the next step without the need to put the family home on the line, and recognition of Australia’s energy problem all got a mention.

The week beginning 21 July will be another busy one for us. We’ll be on the floor at the Industrial Transformation Australia expo, a Hannover Messe trade show for manufacturers, as well as hosting four sessions in three days under the AMGC Connect for Industry Growth Program participants. However, visiting us at our stand and listening to me share a few thoughts on the show floor is open to everyone, and we would love to see you there. While presenting, I will share a few thoughts about how we risk missing the train in comparison to other countries regarding our ability to make things.

Also in Sydney that same week, is the National Manufacturing Summit, hosted by our good friends from Weld Australia.

I’m under instructions not to give away too much about my presentation. I can share that it will address persistent misunderstandings about the industry, how these are holding back a more diverse and more interesting set of people considering manufacturing as a career, and how it all relates to the shallow high-vis vest kabuki theatre we have to witness during election campaigns.

I hope to see you when we’re out and about this month.