Supply chain squeeze breathes new life into Australian manufacturing
When the pandemic caused mayhem in global trade, local metalworkers filled the gaps left by foreign rivals. Now the challenge is to hold on to the business.
Pat Tallon, CEO of mining and defence engineering company Civmec, is one of the beneficiaries of recent disruptions to the global supply chain. Trevor Collens
When a batch of 400-tonne beams left Patrick Tallon’s Western Australian workshop on a giant boat bound for Queensland, it was not an everyday event, in more ways than one.
“We are very conscious that this is not the kind of work that would ordinarily be done in Australia,” he says, with a tone of gratitude in his voice.
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