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We develop one of the world’s largest serial production 3D printers, creating the industry benchmark for large-scale printing to reshape manufacturing.

Our award-winning, German-engineered machines are establishing new standards in speed, reliability and efficiency. BigRep’s printers are the preferred choice of engineers, designers and manufacturers at leading companies in the industrial, automotive and aerospace sectors. Through collaborations with its strategic partners – including Bosch Rexroth, Etihad Airways and Deutsche Bahn – and key investors – including BASF, Koehler, Klöckner and Körber – BigRep continues to develop complete solutions for integrated additive manufacturing systems, as well as a wide range of printing materials on an open-choice source. Dr med Joerg U Rhau - Born and raised in Uelzen in Northern Germany, Dr Rhau went to the Schleswig-Holstein Medical School before commencing orthopaedic training at Lubinus Clinicum in Kiel. After qualifying as orthopaedic and trauma surgeon he went to Melbourne for specialist fellowship training in shoulder and upper limb surgery. The return to Germany was short-lived as the temptation to come back to Australia was too easy to give in to when QLD Health offered him a consultant position at Logan Public Hospital just south of Brisbane. These days Dr Rhau is working full time in his private practice ‘The Greenslopes Shoulder & Upper Limb Clinic’ He also travels to Mackay every month for outpatient clinics and day surgeries. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Brisbane and has a passion for windsurfing, lasting more than 40 years. He has also joined the ‘MAMIL’ army and rides road and mountain bikes. Busch Vacuum Solutions is one of the world’s largest producers of vacuum pumps, vacuum systems, blowers and compressors.

Its extensive product portfolio comprises solutions for vacuum and overpressure applications in all industries, including the chemical, semiconductor, medical technology, plastics, and food sectors. It also covers the design and construction of customized vacuum systems, as well as a global service network. Busch Vacuum Solutions was founded by Dr.-Ing. Karl Busch and his wife Ayhan Busch in 1963. The Busch group is a familyowned company and is still managed by the Busch family. Busch Vacuum Solutions has 3,500 employees in more than 60 companies in over 40 countries worldwide. Busch is headquartered in Maulburg, in southwest Germany. This is the location of Busch SE headquarters, as well as the German production facility and German sales company. In addition to Maulburg, Busch also has its own production plants in Switzerland, the UK, Czech Republic, Korea and the USA. Evonik is one of the world leaders in speciality chemicals and active in more than 100 countries around the world. We go far beyond chemistry to create innovative, profitable and sustainable solutions for our customers. We may not manufacture tires, medications or animal feeds, but we can make tires fuel-efficient, medications more effective, and animal feeds healthier. As part of the South East Asia, Australia & New Zealand region, Evonik has maintained business relations in Australia since the nineteen twenties and opened our first sales office in 1956. Today, out of our sales office in Mount Waverley near Melbourne, we manage our business activities in Australia and New Zealand aligned to industries. Our core activities in the region include among others feed additives, lubricant additives, hydrogen peroxide, precipitated silica, personal and household care additives, coating additives, and highperformance polymers. Your organisation needs local expertise in the domestic and global markets in which it operates. Crowe Australasia is a leading audit advisory firm and an independent member of Crowe Global, the eighth largest accounting network in the world. Whether you are a listed company, private business or community group, our specialists possess exceptional knowledge of business and combine local insight with deep expertise to deliver quality, commercial solutions.

Crowe Australasia operates as the Audit and Assurance and Tax Advisory arm of Findex - one of Australasia’s largest integrated financial advisory networks (www.findex.com.au). Together, our footprint extends to over 110 offices throughout Australia and New Zealand. • Risk consulting • Audit and assurance • Tax advisory • Performance consulting • Corporate finance • Global business desk • Credit consulting • Business advisory We welcome the opportunity to assist you. Contact us at www.crowe.com.au/contactus or reach out to Matthew Morgan at

matthew.morgan@crowe.com.au. Started by husband and wife duo, Kim and Boris Zoulek, Festival Services provides Australia’s most unique range of event equipment for hire to service your festival, show or event. From standard equipment needs through to unique hire items that only Festival Services can supply, your project needs will be professionally met to ensure a wonderful event for your attendees. Alongside the hire services provided, the team at Festival Services also put on some of Australia’s largest festivals including Oktoberfest Brisbane, Australia’s Largest German festival, and Slideapalooza, Australia’s Largest travelling inflatable waterslide festival.

The team behind Festival Services has a combined 55+ years of experience in the festival and large events industry. True to their German heritage, this business is an efficient and well-oiled machine. The results are clearly evident in the results they achieve for all their clients.

HANSA FLEX is a Global leading system provider in fluid technology and a value creation partner for highperformance companies of all sizes. HANSA FLEX Australia is a fully owned subsidiary of HANSA FLEX Ag and is an active part of their global footprint. Locally we specialise the range of Hydraulic Connection products to suit the Australian market.

We are also able to offer the range of product available in Germany to the market. HANSA FLEX focuses on international growth while expanding the product range. We will continue on our way to becoming one of the world's leading hydraulic system suppliers. The principle of success is called system partnership. It is the breadth and depth of the products and services that make the company a valued partner today. Our responsibility is far-reaching. For every employee, it requires specialist skills as well as a high level of motivation, entrepreneurial thinking, teamwork and constant learning. Metz was founded over 60 years ago on the 25th of June 1953. Since that time despite massive changes in technology and markets, Metz has remained focused on providing specialist building materials to assist industry to resist the damaging effects of corrosion and abrasion. Metz has been 100% Australian owned since 1986 and our businesses are located in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. The operating company manufactures and sells a broad range of materials predominantly used for Acid Proofing and Industrial Flooring. Metz is proudly Quality Accredited to AS/NZS ISO9001:2015 and our accreditation is for ‘The development and manufacture of acid proofing material, tile fixing systems and industrial flooring materials’. Metz is also partnered with a small number of specialist manufacturers of complementary products from around the globe. Metz sources Acid Bricks and Tiles from quality manufacturers so that we can offer our clients a complete solution for their particular requirements. Hofbräuhaus Melbourne located in the heart of Chinatown is one of the world’s oldest German restaurants outside Europe. Despite all other Hofbräuhaus venues around the world, we are independent of the franchise system even though we work closely together with them in terms of Bier supply. At Hofbräuhaus Melbourne we see ourselves as ambassadors for Germany's culture and products. Authentic flavours are as important as a hearty service. Therefore, we are importing a lot of goods from overseas such as Sauerkraut, red cabbage, gherkins, mustard, Bretzel and of course our Bier. Our mission is to support independent business such as ours hence why we handpick all of our suppliers to give other family-owned business, especially from

Germany access to a global market.

Sinapse is a professional services company specialising in management and IT consulting services to a range of clients across Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific and the Americas. Main Software solutions we support are abas ERP (ERP for Production Companies), SAP Business One (ERP for Professional Service Companies), Salesforce (CRM) and Trapiza (Risk management for the pharmaceutical industry). Some of our clients are: AGL, Australian Government - Department of Defence, Concept2, IXOM, Newcrest, Nufarm, Orica, Polymaster, ProClima, RioTinto, RSPCA, Schmalz Australia, Stockland, Telix Pharmaceuticals, Vision Australia and many more. Sinapse was founded in May 2008 by 3 partners and has grown to a 70+ person strategy, organisation effectiveness, ERP and IT consulting group turning over $16M in 2019. Our Focus is: • Change & Transformation Services • Salesforce Implementation Services • Strategic Consulting in the Health & Life Sciences Sector • IT & ERP Consulting & Implementation Services

INFORM develops software for the optimization of business processes using Digital Decision Making based on Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research. INFORM supplements classic IT systems and increases the profitability and resilience of many companies. INFORM systems can analyze huge quantities of data, cost-out numerous decision-variants and suggest the best possible solution to the user for implementation in a matter of seconds. Consequently, companies can swiftly respond to market requirements, create transparency and optimize the entire sequence of all business processes. As a result, they sustainably increase productivity through scientificallysubstantiated optimisa-tion algorithms based on research and fuzzy logic operations. INFORM rendered the mathematical methods employed for this purpose usable for business processes and has been tapping into a diversified market since 1969. Today, more than 750 software engineers, data analysts and consultants support more than 1,000 customers worldwide in manufacturing, trade, airports, ports, logistics, banks and insurance companies.

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