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Caroline Tung of Manufacturers’ Monthly speaks to aerospace components manufacturer Quickstep and the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) to find out more about the importance of digitisation.  

Quickstep Technologies, a global manufacturer of composite solutions for the defence and commercial sectors, have selected and implemented Jetcam Expert nesting and the CrossTrack composite manufacturing suite to manage nesting and prepreg composite location and life tracking for its facility in Bankstown, west of Sydney, Australia.

Quickstep has joined commercial aerospace supplier Spirit Aerosystems to produce aircraft structural components using its AeroQure process.

Quickstep’s full year sales were up 12 per cent on the prior year to $82.3 million, and the full year saw a positive cash flow of $200,000.

Boeing said Tuesday (7 July) it hired Australian small-to-medium enterprise Quickstep Technologies to supply the United States Marine Corps’ AV-8B Harrier fleet with 260 urgent, obsolete aircraft parts.

Carl de Koning of Quickstep talks to the Australian Manufacturing Forum about operational transformations to compete and grow using new tools and technologies.  Read on to see his eight key characteristics important to advanced manufacturers.

Quickstep is proud to supply the chassis for The Nano, the first X-ray machine featuring a carbon nanotube emitter, has booked $3.6 million in orders since the start of the year as health authorities embrace the lightweight, low power consumption and ruggedness of the device

Quickstep’s had a hard journey, it’s now profitable. They reiterated guidance in their Q3 trading update, and the company expects revenue to grow by 9 per cent,” he said.

QHL recorded positive cash flow of $100,000 on sales for the quarter up 16 per cent on the previous corresponding period to $19.2 million. Sales for the nine months to date were up 14 per cent to $57.7 million.

Quickstep Holdings has cemented its position as the country’s leading composites manufacturer with a first half net profit of $1.5 million, a $600,000 improvement on the previous corresponding period.