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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.”

Quickstep, recently worked with the Business Council of Australia (BCA) to better understand growth in the Geelong area following the closure of the Ford Automotive facilities back in 2015. We established our Global R&D and technology Centre at Deakin University’s Waurn Ponds campus in 2015, so have seen the positive changes in the area. We are proud to have been asked to support the BCA video “A Quickstep into creating more high-skilled local jobs” focusing on the creation of high-skilled local talent in Geelong.

Quickstep Technologies and Radius Engineering, Inc. have announced their collaboration to establish a facility for the manufacturing of composite housings for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft’s countermeasure flares.

Examples of innovation in Australia abound. It is true that the dominance of resources can overshadow, in every respect, the success enjoyed by advanced manufacturing. But it is there and you don’t have to look that hard for it.

According Quickstep, it expects to increase revenues through the new work by $3 million to $4 million annually, assuming full rate production.