National Manufacturing Week 2016 begins today (schedule)

Doors have opened for National Manufacturing Week 2016, held at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park.

The three-day event includes over 200 exhibitors, live demonstrations, and is co-located this year with Safety First and Inside 3D Printing.

Day 1 at a glance

10:00am Doors open

10:30am Keynote address – CSIRO Manufacturing; Capabilities, Collaboration and Impact

11:00am  Live Demonstration of the Multicam CNC Routing Machine

11:05am South Australian Success – The REDARC Story

11:40am The importance of Leadership in a high-performing Manufacturing Company: what we have learnt from the Auto industry and how it’s helping other industries

11:45am  Live Demonstration of Waterjet Systems

12:15pm From the Lab to Commercialisation: Managing long commercialisation journeys

1:20pm The power and value of design:  how this can lead to new business models for manufacturing SME’s

1:55pm  Nautitech, How we survived, when the vultures were circling

2:20pm Live Demonstration of Pulse Mig welding

2:30pm Supply chain efficiency issues facing the manufacturing industry and what the future holds: Why Supply Chain Automation and Why Now?

3:00pm  Live Demonstration of 3D Printing solutions

3:35pm Connectivity, design and the industrial internet of things in Australia’s manufacturing future – impacts on products and processes and business potential

4:30pm Networking Function

6:00pm Doors close for day 1