BAE Systems: Tom Williams (ILF 2015), Brad Spencer (ILF 2018) & Jeremy Satchell (ILF 2022)
Dematec: David Hart (ILF2014)
Sage: Andrew Downs (ILF2013), Adrian Fahey (ILF2016) & Dion Draper (ILF2020)
AML3D: Sean Ebert (ILF2021)
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More than 250 SME manufacturers have demonstrated their products in a near-real life shipbuilding environment at BAE Systems Australia’s and Flinders University’s Factory of the Future at the Tonsley innovation precinct in Adelaide.
Many have gone through to be considered for use in production of Hunter class frigates now being built at the nearby Osborne Naval Shipyard, and some are even in use in BAE Systems’ submarine business in the United Kingdom, according to Jeremy Satchell, BAE Systems Australia business development manager.
Today the factory has been gutted and the machinery sold off, but it is far from silent as it has since been occupied by university departments and Tafe facilities, and a bevy of high technology companies ranging from X-ray manufacturer Micro-X to industrial company Siemens and automation specialist Sage Automation.
On a tour of the centre for visiting SME manufacturer leaders yesterday Satchell points to equipment and systems that are under testing from companies such as wire arc additive manufacturing specialist AML3D, cold spray additive manufacturer Titomic, ultra-low voltage lighting system manufacturer My Modular, along with sensor company Electrocad, positioning company Coda Wireless, 3D metal printer SPEE3D and automation specialist Demetec.