Australian Munitions in the Press
Refined Industries credits partnership as key to new growth
Constant innovation and customer focus have been key to the success of Refined Industries in building long term partnerships and accelerating business growth. Refined Industries is a plastic injection moulding company based in Carrum Downs, Victoria. Manufacturing a diverse range…
DTD Engineering seizes supply chain opportunity post COVID-19 disruptions
The importance of having trusted local suppliers has proven essential, with Australian-owned DTD Engineering stepping up to meet a supply chain gap caused by COVID-19. DTD Engineering is a stainless, mild steel and aluminium fabricator SME based in Thurgoona, on…
P&G Paper Tubes: a supply chain success story creating local opportunities
With competitive prices and a fast turnaround speed, there is no wonder P&G Paper Tubes are popular Australia and New Zealand wide. P&G Paper Tubes are an Australian manufacturer specialising in spiral wound cardboard tubes and cores since 2017. The…
US approves Australian TNT for military use
The US Department of Defense has certified Australian-made TNT to military specifications, paving the way for Australian TNT to be exported to the US from the Commonwealth-owned and Thales-operated plant in Mulwala, NSW. Read more
Australian Supply Chain Spending Hits Record High Despite COVID-19 Disruption
Accenture analysis finds Thales Australia’s payments to Australian suppliers hit a record high in 2020. In 2020 Thales spent $657m with 1841 Australian suppliers, and $1.9bn over the three years 2018-20. Thales spending supported 2,051 direct jobs along the Australian…
Australia’s Sovereign Guided Weapons Heritage
Corry Roberts, Vice President Land, Thales Australia & New Zealand There has been much made of the Prime Minister’s announcement in late March of the creation of an Australian Sovereign Guided Weapons Manufacturing Enterprise. And rightly so. This is a…
Total Graphic Solutions: High Tech Printing for High Tech Explosives
Total Graphic Solutions (TGS) is an Australian owned specialist printing business who pride themselves on consistently pushing the boundaries on what can be achieved within the printing industry, particularly with advancing and sustainable technologies. Based in Melbourne, Victoria, TGS has…
Historic year of exports for Australian Munitions
In 2020, Thales’s Australian Munitions business recorded its largest year of munitions export orders to date, signing more than $30 million in munitions orders to the United States, New Zealand, Canada, Asia and Europe. This success, achieved in a year…