The 2026 Composites Australia Conference
brought together speakers from across the industry to address issues shaping composites manufacturing today and to share candid insights into engineering, strategy, and the operating conditions faced by businesses.
VIEWPOINT: Written by Tony Caristo, Managing Director at RPC Technologies. Internationalising Australian Composites – from Export to Embedded Capability. Working in composites in Australia once began with explaining the material
Colan Australia, the country’s sovereign manufacturer of engineered industrial textiles, recently celebrated its 70th anniversary with a gathering of the composites industry at its Huntingwood headquarters.
Plastool specializes in producing high precision components, tooling, and 3D CNC machining solutions.
Beneath New Zealand’s largest city, magic is happening: Watercare, the city’s water utility is building a 14.7km underground wastewater tunnel from Mãngere Wastewater Treatment Plant, across the Manukau Harbour to the central city. It’s the largest and most complex wastewater infrastructure project in New Zealand history
Earlier this year, Composites Australia commenced a scoping study on skills in the composites sector in Western Australia. The objectives were to obtain an understanding of the value and contribution of the composites industry in Western Australia to the state’s economic base by mapping the key features of the industry, its existing labour force, skills and training provision, and future predicted needs.
Few people realise the gleaming cauldron that was centre stage at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics and Paralympics was made in Murray Bridge, South Australia, not from steel, but from FRP (Fibre Reinforced Polymer).
