Friday, September 11, 2015

Three $150k Robots Replaced 60 Welders



By Michael Bailey, Sep 10, 2015 BRW

Ride-on lawn mower manufacturer Cox Industries might only employ 60 people today from 160 a decade ago, and has suffered three break-even years because it hasn’t rained enough, but co-owner Ken McColl says the Australian economy still can’t afford businesses like his to disappear.

“We have 400 separate suppliers, almost all of them local small businesses,” McColl tells BRW from Cox’s 20,000 sqm factory headquarters at Acacia Ridge, Queensland.

“From the makers of a specialist washer, to the electricians and plumbers and maintenance people here at the factory. I’m not even counting our bank, insurer or sandwich shop around the corner. People need to think about that when they’re comparing a Cox mower to an import.”

Founded in 1954 by inventor Owen Cox, the mower brand might have “cleared half of Australia” but it’s outsold here now by American-made imports, with John Deere, Husqvarna and MTD considered by McColl his three main competitors.

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