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Jul 2022
From the CEO: Accelerating Growth, Exploring Grants and Tax Incentives
This month we were pleased to have KPMG present to us a most informative webinar. We were privileged to hear from Georgia King-Siem Partner, Accelerating Business Growth. Georgia gave an outline on grants tax incentives and other important initiatives or start-ups and cluster members who are looking towards the new...
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Jun 2022
From the CEO: Cluster Plays Host to BAE Systems and LMATS Australia
During the month of May we welcomed a number of missions to the Cluster to meet our Key members as we move to invigorate the interaction within the member group. We were privileged to jointly host BAE Systems Senior Manager, including one member from their US team to the Cluster...
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May 2022
A Warm Welcome from Our New Cluster CEO
I would like to thank all of you for your support and welcome during my first few weeks in the role with the AFCG, the energy and enthusiasm among the group is wonderful. As discussed with each of you, my short term goal is to reinvigorate the cluster, increase interactions...
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Dec 2021
Leadership in Factory Automation – Carbon Revolution
Geelong one-piece carbon fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution is pressing ahead with the automation of its processes and the construction of its first Mega-line production line despite a year that the global automotive industry would rather forget. There was good news for the company’s wheels – the only single-piece...
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Nov 2021
Have your say on Composites Development project
Advanced Fibre Cluster members are being encouraged to provide input and Expressions of Interest for a new Industry Capability Development (ICD) activity proposed by DMTC Ltd. ICD Program Leader for DMTC, Charlotte Morris, gave a briefing to members as part of a recent workshop, The Composites Advantage, co-hosted by the...
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Sep 2021
Geelong Manufacturing and Innovation Leaders Meet with Breakthrough Victoria
Breakthrough Victoria Interim CEO Mary Harney met with Advanced Fibre Cluster Advisory Board members recently to share opportunities for expanding the Waurn Ponds precinct and to discuss progress in the establishment of the new $2 billion Victorian investment fund. The purpose of the new Breakthrough Victoria Fund is to increase...
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Sep 2021
New Webinar Series Explores Composites Capabilities to Drive Sovereign Manufacturing
The Advanced Fibre Cluster Geelong has teamed up with DMTC Ltd and the Geelong Manufacturing Council to deliver a series aimed at growing sovereign manufacturing capability. The series is in response to a report released last July, commissioned and supported by DMTC Ltd, highlighting the impressive carbon fibre and composite manufacturing...
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Sep 2021
Brand New Look for Geelong’s Sykes Rowing
Australia’s leading rowing boat manufacturer, Sykes Rowing, has launched their fresh new re-brand ahead of the 2021–2022 Rowing calendar. Building on the strong foundations of Australian proud heritage instilled from their previous logo, the new Sykes Rowing brand retains a similar but stronger typeface, and fast-moving kangaroo graphic with stylised...
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Sep 2021
Big Day in September for AFCG Founding Board Member!
We’re breaking from our traditional business and advanced fibre technology news with this update that’s been 57 years in the making! Congratulations to AFCG Director, Jeff Lawrence (and all the other over the moon Melbourne fans) on seeing the Dees win in the West over the weekend. Jeff, a founding...
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Sep 2021
Carbon Revolution Could Give EVs the Range Boost They Need
Jake Dingle, CEO of Carbon Revolution, recently spoke with Forbes magazine about the benefits that carbon fibre wheels bring to EVs. “In a world where range is really the battle ground and the desire for people to go as far as possible, being able to deliver in the order of a...