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Old 16-12-2019, 12:53 PM   #31
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Bushmaster in Ballarat still making army vehicles I think. Performance ignition making distributors. Reflex copy paper.
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Old 16-12-2019, 12:58 PM   #32
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Lumen also outsources their manufacturing overseas so I'm assuming they do prototyping locally only.
There you go.
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Old 16-12-2019, 01:05 PM   #33
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Not if it's less than 20 yeras old it doesn't. BHP got out of the steel industry decades ago..
44 years old this coming March with BHP raised weld lettering on the main rails, yeah its an Aussie steel chassis.




Does Dellow automotive and Rod Hadfield make their bellhousings here still?
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It's sad there appears there are no longer any Oz made tools.
Mumme, Aussie made points and scutch holder chisels, available from Bunnings. Dark blue in colour.
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Old 16-12-2019, 01:15 PM   #35
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Bushmaster in Ballarat still making army vehicles I think. Performance ignition making distributors. Reflex copy paper.
That's Thales in Bendigo I think.

AME Systems in Ararat makes components for Kenworth.
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Old 16-12-2019, 01:19 PM   #36
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That's Thales in Bendigo I think.

AME Systems in Ararat makes components for Kenworth.
I thought Thales were an munitions maker in Benalla.
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Old 16-12-2019, 01:30 PM   #37
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Sutton Tools have a factory in Thomastown and the range can be bought at Bunnings.
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Old 16-12-2019, 01:31 PM   #38
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Couple more I just remebered

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HSV (HSV/Silverado/RAM)
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Old 16-12-2019, 01:51 PM   #39
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Mumme, Aussie made points and scutch holder chisels, available from Bunnings. Dark blue in colour.
Interesting I have bought their tools without realising they were Oz made. Been around a while too per: https://www.mummetools.com/content/our-history and they make tyre levers and bead breaker bars so yes automotive related too.
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Elfin still makes sports cars as far as I know?
Wasm't there some other really small niche car manufacturer?
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Old 16-12-2019, 01:56 PM   #41
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Old 16-12-2019, 02:18 PM   #42
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Its good we seems to adding ones till here rather than more that have got though I suspect there are many more of the latter. I think Hardie Ferodo is no longer making brake pas here either. Champion (Federal-Mogul Corporation) were also one of the many making spark plugs in Australia at one time too until they went deliberately bankrupt saving that asbestos brake pad company from litigation settlements.
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I thought Thales were an munitions maker in Benalla.
That's one of their divisions - Australian Munitions.

Thales Bendigo is the design team and manufacturing site responsible for Bushmaster and Hawkei defence vehicles.
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A couple more very small operations gone...... Vanmods (custom van parts), Haywoods Overlander, (Holden Overlander) Concorde plastics. (fibreglass panels)

One still with us Stebercraft commercial boats.
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I think in addition to Bridgestone, Goodyear, Dunlop, Olympic and even Ian Diffen (so perhaps Bob Jane too when they were friendly competitors) also made tyres in Australia at one time. Anyone still making alloy wheels here and which companies used to? ROH only design and test here now per https://roh.com.au/about-roh-alloy-wheels/
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IVECO still produce the ACCO Truck here (as well as assembling Trucks), Though they now use an IVECO sourced Cab as they killed off the Aussie built ACCO one 6-8 Weeks ago..


Volvo/Mack still assemble trucks here with a fair bit of Aussie R & D input. the Mack Sleepers & Bonnets are made here, along with a fair bit of the interior Trim
'assemble' is VERY different to 'manufacture', I know Volvo and Iveco 'assemble' here but Kenworth manufactures here
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That's one of their divisions - Australian Munitions.

Thales Bendigo is the design team and manufacturing site responsible for Bushmaster and Hawkei defence vehicles.
Thales 'munitions' is also in Mulwala

Yes the Bushmaster made in Bendigo, I think some input from Graytown as well
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. Anyone still making alloy wheels here and which companies used to?
Is Mullins still gong ?

Last set of Dunlop SP377 truck tyres I bought were made in Slovenia
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Yes the Bushmaster made in Bendigo, I think some input from Graytown as well
Same with Hawkei
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Austral locks
Lockwood/Whitco
Lock Focus
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ADI security products
Ross
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CMI safe co

And few others in the security industry.

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Babies are still made in Australia, too.
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Cox and greenfield mowers.
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Also boot makers Redback, Rossi and Mongrel.
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Babies are still made in Australia, too.
Chinese parents though in Sydney
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It's sad there appears there are no longer any Oz made tools.
Not tools as such, but Faber make tool boxes. You’ll pay big time for them though.
And I think the bloke, or one of them who started Faber may be doing it himself north of Perth under Red Dirt and Diesel tool boxes, at a fraction of the price. Waiting list is around 4 months, but worth it. Nice boxes.
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Babies are still made in Australia, too.
Not all of 'em though.......

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...-born-overseas
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Also boot makers Redback, Rossi and Mongrel.
I recently Bought a pair of Baxter Work Boots. The Factory has being in Goulbourn forever & a Day.In fact they even had a small manufacturing facility inside Goulbourn Gaol
The Box had "proudly Australian since 1850. yet The Boots have in very Small writing way down inside 'em "Made in China"
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