15/04/2026
We're on the ground at SIMTOS 2026 in Seoul this week, one of the world's great manufacturing technology shows — and it's given us a moment to reflect on what Australian manufacturing actually represents.
There's a tendency to underestimate what gets made here. Australia doesn't have the scale of Germany or South Korea, but what our manufacturers consistently demonstrate is ingenuity — the ability to solve complex, specific problems with limited resources and turn those solutions into products that can compete anywhere in the world.
That matters more right now than it has in a long time. The current global climate — shifting trade relationships, supply chain fragility, renewed focus on sovereign capability — is forcing a real conversation about where things are made and why it matters. Manufacturing isn't just an economic input. It's infrastructure. It's the thing that makes a country genuinely resilient when the world gets complicated.
Australian manufacturing employs around 900,000 people and contributes roughly $150 billion to the economy each year. Behind those numbers are businesses that have spent decades developing deep technical expertise, often without much fanfare.
Sorensen Engineering is one of them. Everything we build — from precision components to the tools and software that help manufacturers work smarter — comes from that same tradition of solving real problems properly.
Being at a show like SIMTOS, surrounded by the best in the world, reinforces why that work is worth doing.
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