RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
In an ever changing manufacturing environment, it is essential, that for Australian manufacturing companies to remain competitive in the market place, an emphasis is placed on “Research and Development”.
It is no secret that Australian manufacturers, across all market segments; struggle to compete on price with cheaper overseas manufacturers of the same or similar products.
Australians are historically inventive people, this ingenuity no doubt borne out over time, due to our geographical remoteness from the rest of the developed world. For Australian manufacturing engineering companies to remain relevant, we must continue to tap into this innovative nature and stay ahead of the competition through the development of our own advanced intellectual property. Lucan Engineering recognises this fact and as such has developed a “can do” attitude to most technical projects.
If an idea is good and a potential marketplace exists, to ultimately capitalise on the research and development investment, then Lucan Engineering will consider all the technical and commercial risk and proceed accordingly.
Lucan Engineering adopts this attitude across all market segments and draws on the experience of its engineering staff, which collectively brings a wealth of experience from many manufacturing business sectors.
Lucan Engineering equally draws on the experience of their customers and can work closely with them to research, develop and build bespoke equipment to suit their specific needs.
To date Lucan Engineering has conducted research and development programs for equipment and components in the following industry groups
- Landscaping
- Printing and Converting
- Paper Converting
- Packaging
- Pharmaceutical
- Mining
- Rail
- Steel
- Food and Beverage
- Fruit and Vegetable
- Textiles
- Automotive
- Building and Construction
- Tourism and Leisure
- Rural Equipment
Lucan Engineering can develop custom designed machinery and equipment for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as well as end users.
Lucan’s engineers work closely with our customers’ production and technical personnel, to ensure that the equipment we are developing exceeds their expectations.
“Lucan Engineering is a problem solving business, we pride ourselves on finding the right solution for all our customers engineering and production needs. Lucan Engineering is a company that has a streamlined management structure. The company is made up of skilled engineers and tradesmen who are capable of making decisions and take ownership of the task at hand. This means problems can be solved quickly, production continues moving forward, and the customer can see results, not red tape. Lucan Engineering offer solutions to a wide range of engineering challenges. We have a highly qualified engineering team with experience in many fields. Over the past 14 years Lucan Engineering has developed close relationships with many other specialised engineering companies, this has added to our solid engineering base.”
Luke Windsor - Managing Director, Lucan Engineering Pty Ltd