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JC Butko Engineering Pty. Ltd., located in Wodonga, was established in 1976 by John and Carolyn Butko. Employing 128 tradepersons and 30 contractors, the company’s expansion – particularly over the ten years – has seen its factory grow to the present size of 7000 square metres (with an additional 450 square metres of Administration area). With an average annual turnover today of $35,000,000, it is now the region’s largest general engineering company.

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) is widely used for insulation as well as lightweight protective packaging. It is especially effective in preventing damages to fragile products such as home appliances during transportation.

The government has launched a $50 million Manufacturing Modernisation Fund to support small and medium sized Australian manufacturers to modernise, invest in new technologies, grow and create more local jobs.

With more than 50 years of experience, Akyapak is a name known across the metalworking industry for being a premium Turkish manufacturer.

Our new Applied Machinery catalogue is now out! Flip through the pages to see our best solutions for your sheetmetal, engineering, recycling and plastics machinery needs.

China’s National Sword policy has been received with mixed reactions in the industry, with some concerns about the economic viability of the international recycling trade.

Fiber laser cutting has revolutionised the metal-cutting industry and Alliance Metal Solutions has taken the initiative and jumped on board the growing trend.

With China’s National Sword putting pressure on plastic recyclers, Applied Machinery has partnered with an Italian company to help recyclers hit contamination targets.

Good news stories from the manufacturing sector are always welcome but even more so when it relates to a regional area that has suffered with high unemployment in recent years. Traralgon based DJN Switchboards is one such case. Established in 1994 by David Nabulsi and his wife, this specialist manufacturer of switchboards and switchrooms took advantage of the latest in pressbrake and fiber laser technology to boost their capabilities and efficiencies in this area.

Fiber laser cutting is becoming the leading process for the cutting of metals, including brass and copper. The reason for that is because fiber lasers provide high throughput, high quality, precision, and accuracy of the cuts, flexibility in part design, as well as maintenance-free, stable production process.

We would like to congratulate our Service Manager, Matt Keogh, and one of our senior Service Engineers, Mark Bury on their recent IPG Certification.

The Yawei HLF series high speed, high precision fiber laser cutting systems are really making their mark in the Australian laser cutting sector

Polystar’s high efficiency Repro-Flex is made to be the world’s simplest operation system.

Humanity has come a long way in terms of technology, but we have also been leaving behind a huge pile of… waste. And it’s not doing our environment much good.

The new Yawei HLE & HLF fiber lasers have earned a reputation for high performance, coupled with a value for money price point. Sam Harris (General Manager – Ace Wire Works) first saw the Yawei at the Applied Machinery stand at Austech 2017 and compared the features with various other laser cutters in the market. The Yawei isn’t the cheapest fiber laser in the market, but in terms of value for money, it’s a clear leader.

Plastic recycling refers to the process of recovering plastic waste and transforming it into functional products. Plastics recycling helps conserve energy, reduce plastic pollution, while also reducing the pressure on virgin materials to create new plastic products.

If you are new to the bending game, or have been running torsion bar pressbrakes for years, you might want to consider how a CNC synchronised pressbrake could be the perfect machine for your company.

The HLF series fiber laser is the newest edition to the range of Yawei sheetmetal machinery on offer from Applied Machinery into the Australian market.

Market conditions in Australia are changing, though at the core of it all, Australian companies are amongst the most innovative and resourceful in the world.
We have seen signs of renewed optimism from our customers towards the back end of 2015, and it’s with this in mind that we think the following “Top 10″ will be where our customers will be investing their capital in 2016.

Moving towards zero landfill. AUSTRALIAN companies are making a big impact towards achieving zero landfill by using Genox recycling equipment.

Genox universal plastic washing plants are high performance recycling systems for rigid or flexible plastics from various sources, including materials with high contamination levels. Our partnership with Genox provides us with the flexibility to customise the perfect plastic washing system to match the wide-ranging requirements of our customers across the country.

Applied Machinery is pleased to report on a recent installation of a new Hurco CNC Vertical Machining Centre at Custom Plenum Creations in Wollongong, NSW.

After many years building strong relationships with our network of technology partners across the globe, it comes as no surprise that when one of our customers came to us with a requirement for a mould press that was outside the capacity of a regular machine, that it only took a few phone calls and production was underway on a made to order hydraulic mould press to get the job done.

Our range of Genox equipment, whilst very well known across the industry had not been exhibited on scale before in Australia, so we made to decision to attend, and to promote Applied Machinery and Genox to the exhibition and related conference delegates in a massive way.

Last night, Applied Machinery were proud sponsors of the “Marketing & Distribution” award as part of the second annual PlastixANZ Plastics Industry Achievement Awards dinner. Held at Melbourne’s world famous Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, the event was attended by stakeholders and passionate supporters of the plastics industry in both Australia and New Zealand, along with the Director of the Australian Industry Group, Tim Piper.

Genox Vision series single shaft shredders are the latest series of premium shredders on the market. Genox machines are well known across Australia for their quality, reliability and price competitiveness. They are well and truly Australia’s most preferred brand for most materials and waste reduction applications.

Applied Machinery is the Australian agent for JWELL extrusion machinery. Our partners at JWELL have recently installed this huge line in Turkey and it sits alongside two European lines producing exactly the same product in exactly the same conditions for approximately 50%-60% of the start up costs.

Applied Machinery is proud to represent Hermle in Australia. Hermle are all about milling. Their range of world class machines simply have to be seen to be believes. From design through to delivery, Hermle are world leaders.

Take a look at the HPE series of Servo driven CNC turret punch presses from Yawei Nisshinbo and Applied Machinery.

Servo drive CNC turret punch presses cut down power usage considerably when compared to hydraulic machines.

A slight change of thinking from a regular wash tank, the new Genox extended dwell time washing tank allows for customisable dwell time according to the varying washing needs for materials on a case-by-case basis.

New 152 Page Full Colour Catalogue – OUT NOW! Take a look at our ever-growing list of world famous brands that we are proud to represent in Australia: Yawei & Yawei Nisshinbo, Genox Recycling Technology, Cosen Bandsaws, Chen Hsong – Chende, Jetmaster, Supermaster, Minijet, Takisawa Taiwan, Wele-Toyoda, Hermle, Kreyenborg, SML Water Chillers & Ancillary Equipment, MyDay

It is with great pleasure that Applied Machinery can announce that we have been appointed exclusively to represent Takisawa Taiwan and their range of premium CNC Lathes in Australian.

Yawei Nisshinbo CNC Turret Punch Presses offer the latest in CNC punch press technology. Siemens or Fanuc CNC control systems, Metalix CNC CAD software with automatic nesting function,

Machtech 4 roll bending machines incorporate the highest level of technology and build quality. Utilising high grade carbon steel rolls with hydraulic control of position, the 4 roll system allows for prebending, thus perfect cylinders and cones can be produced in one pass.

Mazak FJV 60/80 CNC Vertical Machining Centre, Mazak FJV-250 CNC Vertical Machining Centre & Fanuc Robotcut Alpha 1iA Wire Cut Machine. As new & available in Melbourne

Applied Machinery Australia is proud to announce their partnership with extrusion machinery manufacturer, JWELL. Single screw, twin screw conical extruders, pelletizing lines

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