THE WELDER SHORTAGE AND AN INDUSTRY-LED PROPOSAL TO TACKLE IT Written by SEMMA CEO Vonda Fenwick. SEMMA has developed an industry-led proposal to begin to tackle the current welder shortage hitting Australian industry. As anyone who has operated in the engineering/ sheet metal sector understands, Australian industry has suffered a severe shortage of… Read More →
Check out SEMMA’s latest media article on the benefits of manufacturing collaboration, written by CEO Vonda Fenwick. Featuring: Nico Adams – Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne Advanced Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Hub Media Partner: Prime Creative Media – Industrial Titles
SEMMA were pleased to hold our first in-person member event since COVID on Monday 29 March 2021, hosting the advanced Collaboration Workshop with David Pender. Check out the highlights below. SEMMA received a small grant from the Victorian Government, under the Grants for Business Chambers and Traders Groups, to fund the SEMMA Collaboration program.
We are pleased to share our recent article in Talking Business produced by our patron City of Greater Dandenong. In this edition, we talked to member Michael Van Dort, founder of D&M Auto Spray Painting about their successful pivot from supplying the Australian automotive industry to the arts and more. Click here to view the latest… Read More →
Written by SEMMA CEO Vonda Fenwick. Thank you to all our SEMMA members who have participated in our COVID IMPACT Surveys throughout 2020 – our first 2021 snapshot survey is out now, be sure to have your input! Click here to take survey. Looking over our 2020 survey results from our March, May, August… Read More →
The following advice has been received from the Associate Deputy Secretary, Industry Coordination and Recovery Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions. View the slideshow summary of manufacturing restrictions. _____________________________________________________________________________________ I am writing to confirm that, as outlined in the health directions, only essential work premises, that is work premises at which an essential provider operates or… Read More →
Catch up on our exclusive previous content from 2020! February 2020 March 2020 April 2020 May 2020 June 2020 July 2020 August 2020 September 2020 October 2020 November 2020 December 2020
Thank you from SEMMA The SEMMA Board and staff wish to thank all our members, partners and network for their continued support throughout 2020. This has been a year of unprecedented challenges which have impacted us all, however we are pleased to see signs of recovery and members of our Manufacturing community thriving, innovating… Read More →
SEMMA, at every opportunity, has engaged with Government at both State and Federal levels to advocate for greater Local Content and for a recognition that more than 90% of Australia’s manufacturing workers are employed by SME’s. Our submissions to government have specifically asked that contracts below the $1Million threshold be opened up to SME’s.… Read More →
Recently, SEMMA met with Tim Wilson MP to discuss investment proposals to assist Australian manufacturers. During that meeting, Mr Wilson agreed to refer on a submission from SEMMA to the Federal government. The submission covered several proposals including something along the lines of the dollar for dollar Manufacturing Modernisation Fund, however, with the added incentive to invest in… Read More →
