Innovative and visionary businesses working to keep Victoria’s manufacturing industry strong will be recognised at the manufacturing industry’s night of nights, the 2019 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards.
The Event
The theme for the 2019 Manufacturing Hall of Fame is Industrial Evolution – highlighting the resilience of Victorian manufacturing and the people who drive the industry, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs. Minister for Jobs, Innovation and Trade Martin Pakula highlights the importance of recognising the outstanding achievements of the state’s manufacturing industry.
“Our manufacturing industry is innovative and internationally competitive, with strong growth in exports, business confidence and capital investment over the past year.”
Victoria’s manufacturing industry contributes more than $30 billion to the state’s economy annually and employs nearly 280,000 people – more than any other state.
“We know that recognising the outstanding achievements of the state’s manufacturing industry is important, and the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards are a vital part of this.”
The Hall of Fame has been running since 2001 and recognises Victorian manufacturers who have made an ongoing impact on the industry through innovation, investment and trade and supply chain connections.
The Finalists
Following a highly-competitive nominations and judging process, the finalists for the 2019 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards are:
- Air Radiators
- Amiga Engineering
- Australasian Fresh/Alligator Brand
- A W Bell
- Barker Trailers
- Bombardier Transportation Australia
- Camatic Seating
- Columbia Australia
- Dulux Australia
- Dynamic Steel Frame
- Holden Special Vehicles/Premoso
- Integra Systems
- Leica Biosystems
- Marand Precision Engineering
- Metaltex Australia
- Robert Bosch Australia
- RUAG Australia
- Safetech
- Special Patterns/SP Robotics
- Viscount Rotational Mouldings
- Vossloh Cogifer Australia
Metaltex’s recognition in the industry
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Celebrating 40 years of operation in 2019, Metaltex Australia provides engineering, fabrication and CNC precision manufacturing of aluminium, stainless and mild steel products. Metaltex Australia is leading Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) company with national and international clients across a range of industries including: automotive, aerospace, defence, infrastructure, mining, energy, rolling stock, food processing, point of sale material, water transfer and storage, agriculture, electronics and general manufacturing.
Metaltex Australia has expanded rapidly over recent years, embracing the principles of Industry 4.0 manufacturing, focusing on its people, and investing in state-of-the-art equoment and technologies. In 2017, Metaltex Australia moved into its new purposebuilt manufacturing facility in Dandenong South. This has enabled the company to expand its contract manufacturing capability, improve its quality, precision and put it in a highly competitive position to achieve import replacement for Australian supply chains trading in local and global markets.
Metaltex is committed to ensuring the industry remains competitive in the future and undertakes cross skill training amongst all production staff.