Radar · Industrial Goods and Manufacturing in Western Australia
Best Industrial Goods and Manufacturing Companies in Western Australia, Australia
The 76 best Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies in Western Australia, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Metals X.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
76companies tracked
$103.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · INDUSTRIAL GOODS AND MANUFACTURING × WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Our analysis of 431 Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies
$22.6b in tracked funding; 74% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
431companies analysed
74%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
13unicorns
2017median founding year
203kcombined LinkedIn audience
50%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies in Western Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austal Designer and manufacturer of ships for defence & commercial usgae | — | 2,393 | 1988 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 5M | — |
| 2 | pewag Manufacturer of chains | $385K | 230 | 1996 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | Top 5M | 1 launch |
| 3 | ATOM Supplier of industrial and safety equipment, offering a wide range of products across multiple categories… | — | 201 | 1978 | — | SummernoteQuillTinyMCE+27 | Top 5M | — |
| 4 | Vertech Group Vertech Group: Specialist Integrity Services Provider Australia | — | 190 | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | Top 10M | 6 job openings |
| 5 | JTMEC Manufacturer of electronic products and contractor of mining and construction projects | — | 190 | 2005 | Garry French Managing Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 10M | — |
| 6 | Metals X Developer and explorer of minerals and metals in Australia | $96M | 175 | 2004 | Damien Marantelli Managing Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | Top 50M | — |
| 7 | Diverseco Provider of weighing, automation, and calibration solutions for various industries | — | 145 | 1992 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+30 | Top 10M | — |
| 8 | Matrix Composites & Engineering Manufacturer of composites and provider of advanced material technology solutions | — | 78 | 1999 | Aaron Begley CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | Top 10M | 1 award |
Top 5 Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies in Western Australia
#1
Public · Belmont, Western Australia · founded 2002 · 3 employees$6.2Mraised▾
Public · Belmont, Western Australia · founded 2002 · 3 employees
Offers gold exploration and development services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 5.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Alternate Open Pit Manager
Funding rounds
- Sep 2024Post IPO$3.9M
- Oct 2021Post IPO$2.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Lion Selection
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjs
#2
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2004 · 175 employees$96.1Mraised▾
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2004 · 175 employees
Developer and explorer of minerals and metals in Australia
Funding rounds
- Sep 2019Conventional Debt$23.8M
- Sep 2019Post IPO$22.4M
- Jul 2018Post IPO$50M
Founders & team
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsElementor
#3
Funding Raised · Canning Vale, Western Australia · founded 1996 · 230 employees$384.7Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Canning Vale, Western Australia · founded 1996 · 230 employees
Manufacturer of chains. It offers snow chains, forestry chains, hoist and conveyor chains, do-it-yourself products, engineering, lifting and lashing chains and accessories, and tire protection chains.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 6.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$384.7K
Investors
Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Tech stack
BunnyCart FunctionalityCore-JsDoofinderGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#4
Seed · Maylands, Western Australia · founded 2013 · 11 employees$500Kraised▾
Seed · Maylands, Western Australia · founded 2013 · 11 employees
Social media platform and digital marketplace for the mining industry. It is a listing platform for the mining community. It helps users to discover connections, hiring, opportunities, idea, crowdsourcing, tools and resources for the mining industry. It helps mining operators to post work tenders, both manual tasks and supply contracts, which members can bid for.
Funding rounds
- Nov 2014Seed$500K
Tech stack
LitespeedHstsOpen Graph
#5
Funding Raised · Perth, Western Australia · 190 employees—raised▾
Funding Raised · Perth, Western Australia · 190 employees
Vertech Group Australia provides specialist access, inspection, maintenance, integrity services and more to a broad range of sectors across the globe.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 23k LinkedIn followers — 11.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 6 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +6 · hiring: Assistant Accountant, Project Accountant
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag ManagerJquery
Funding & investor landscape
$103.2Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
7disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,487,458 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Industrial Goods and Manufacturing coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia
How research on Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,299 Australia-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201520212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 56% → 74% across 2015–2026.
top research entities
- University College London152
- Deakin University126
- RMIT University111
- UNSW Sydney104
- Queensland University of Technology101
leading researchers
Ali Zolfagharian · Mahdi Bodaghi · Syed H. Masood · Cyrille Boyer · James I. Novak · Abbas Z. Kouzani · Nathaniel Corrigan · Geoffrey M. Spinks
▲
Breakthroughs298 · 23%
▲ 15%→27% share
▲1.8× share momentum11 median citations71% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (15%→27% of field), led by Nanotechnology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Nanotechnology3→35
- 3d printed7→34
- Composite material2→22
- Polymer1→12
- Microstructure3→13
Newly emergingFabrication 0→47 · Extrusion 0→19 · Tissue engineering 0→13
Landmark 4D Printing with Mechanically Robust, Thermally Actuating Hydrogels · 513 cites
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Advancements621 · 48%
▼ 51%→46% share
▼0.9× share momentum11 median citations58% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (51%→46% of field), led by Composite material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Composite material14→78
- 3d printed17→71
- Nanotechnology17→43
- Biomedical engineering3→29
- Extrusion5→27
Newly emergingProcess engineering 0→17 · Sedimentation 0→10 · Fusion 0→8
Landmark From rapid prototyping to home fabrication: How 3D printing is changing business model innovation · 793 cites
▼
Concerns185 · 14%
▼ 17%→13% share
▼0.8× share momentum16 median citations56% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (17%→13% of field), led by 3d printed.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- 3d printed3→19
- Mechanical engineering3→16
- Nanotechnology5→17
- Fused deposition modeling1→10
- Composite material4→12
Newly emergingPolymer 0→6 · Fused filament fabrication 0→5 · Biocompatible material 0→5
Landmark FDM-Based 3D Printing of Polymer and Associated Composite: A Review on Mechanical Properties, Defects and Treatments · 948 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia
Where additive manufacturing is researched across Australia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Melbourne450 · +0.40
Sydney248 · +0.49
Brisbane183 · +0.42
Perth73 · +0.38
Adelaide33 · +0.41
Canberra28 · +0.53
Common questions
How many Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies are there in Western Australia, Australia?
Radar tracks 76 indexable Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies headquartered in Western Australia, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies in Western Australia, Australia?
The Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies in Western Australia, Australia on this list have raised a combined $103.2M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Industrial Goods and Manufacturing company in Western Australia, Australia?
Metals X is the highest-funded Industrial Goods and Manufacturing company in Western Australia, Australia, with $96.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies in Western Australia, Australia are funded?
4 of the 76 Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies in Western Australia, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Industrial Goods and Manufacturing unicorns are there in Western Australia, Australia?
None of the Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies in Western Australia, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Western Australia, Australia Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies?
The most active investors in Western Australia, Australia Industrial Goods and Manufacturing companies on this list include AMP Capital, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, CHAMP Ventures, Dorado Capital, E&A.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.