It is the country that gave birth to the ultrasound scanner, the black box flight recorder and the bionic ear. The skills challenge facing manufacturing is all the more acute because of the transformation of the sector toward more specialised and disaggregated advanced manufacturing processes. In previous years the report has been released near the end of the calendar year in partnership with Manufacturers’ Monthly. These product transformations are being driven by significant advances in digital connectivity and analytics, which are also playing a role in creating more efficient supply chains and factory floors. We offer services and contract-based research to clients in business, industry and government. [Image changes to show an outline image of three people below a constantly changing bar graph]How can we better prepare our businesses for an increasingly volatile future[Image changes to show a hammer, a microscope, a mortar board and a bar graph above three people]and how can Government, research, education and businesses collaborate? For example, co-operative research centres have been established to provide links between industry and the research community. Turning them into reality will require significant technological innovation by public and private research communities. In this report, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre reveals that across our manufacturing industry, jobs and revenues swell and contract by 20 per cent during economic upswings and downturns. Queensland has nine universities including three of Australia’s largest. [Image changes to show a pair of binoculars looking to the left, then the right and then straight ahead and then the camera zooms in on the lens of the binoculars and an image of a light bulb appears in the centre]We must ask what opportunities exist to help Australian manufacturers achieve sustained growth.
[CSIRO logo and text appears: CSIRO Futures, Unlocking Australia’s future growth opportunities]Over the next 20 years, Australia's manufacturing industry will evolve into a highly integrated, collaborative and export-focused ecosystem that provides high-value customised solutions within global value chains. Download the Advanced Manufacturing Roadmap or talk to What worked for us in the past won’t work in the future. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) is the Australian Government’s international trade promotion and investment attraction agency.We generate market information and insights, promote Australian capability, and facilitate connections through our extensive global network.Updates on trade, investment, education and tourism delivered to your inbox.
And advanced materials are being used in novel ways never thought possible. These include: Boeing and BAE Systems for specialist aerospace components; Ford, General Motors, and Toyota in the automotive sector; BASF and DuPont in the chemicals industry; and Siemens in energy and water treatment technology.In the spirit of reconciliation we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. [Image appears of an animation map of Australia dotted with factories]Narrator: Manufacturing is an important part of the Australian economy. Next-generation electronics are reducing the size, weight, power and cost of our products and systems. [Image changes to show an animation image of a bike and then the image changes into a motorbike]As the global industry transforms through increasing levels of customisation, advances in digital connectivity and analytics[Image shows a graph connecting to the motorbike and then the image shows the back tire of the motorbike being replaced]blurring lines between manufacturing and service provision[Image shows the front tire coming off and bouncing to the right of the screen and bouncing into an image of a group of cogs and tires and then the image disintegrates][Image changes to show an animation of an Australian map with a question mark in the centre]We need to consider what Australia’s role will be in this evolving landscape.
Some industry sectors have attracted particular attention among overseas high-technology companies.