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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.

Quickstep are very proud members of CBCC and jumped at the opportunity to represent Quickstep at their gala dinner on Saturday 9 November, held at the Canterbury Bankstown Sports Club celebrating the growth of business and education in the South Western corridor.

Austrade’s Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) Scheme has underpinned the growth of companies such as Quickstep Holdings, which manufactures advanced composites for highly demanding projects such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. 

Chris Judd of Talk Ya Book is joined by Andrew Mouchacca, a partner and portfolio manager of Flinders Investment Partners, a high conviction fund specialising in small cap Australian listed stocks.  In this episode, Andrew shines a light on Quickstep Holdings (QHL) is an ASX listed micro cap stock that manufactures advanced carbon fibre composites that the US Department of Defence use for some of their aircraft.

In part four of Alan Kohler’s ABC 7.30 Report on Australia’s economic challenges and solutions, he spoke to CEO & Managing Director of Quickstep, Mark Burgess about the needs for greater emphasis on backing ourselves, backing ourselves in a global context and believing that we can meet and beat any competition anywhere in the world.  “Find your niche, be world class and succeed internationally.”